Old School Renaissance
The OSR has established itself as a part of the RPG landscape. Regardless what you may think of it, it isn’t going away. After years of fractious arguments, divisions and uninformed hot air, I realized I haven’t made my contribution. It’s never too late to add fuel to the fire. Read more
An Echo, Resounding was written by Kevin Crawford in 2012 for Labyrinth Lord, a house-ruled clone of B/X Dungeons & Dragons. It attempts the laudable goal of adding domain level play to the B/X rule set. Domain level play was an assumed part of early editions of Dungeons & Dragons Read more
“They don’t make them like they used to.” “You can’t live in the past.” Two expressions that seem to contradict each other. Many people would say the first expression sounds like an old person letting nostalgia cloud their judgement. These same people would tell you the second expression is a Read more
I got my copy of Original Adventures Reincarnated 2: The Isle of Dread. I’ll try to find time in the weeks ahead to read it through thoroughly (323 pages isn’t easy when you have children and are trying to learn new Web technologies). I noticed in the opening essays that Read more
https://anchor.fm/the-mixed-gm/episodes/Part-1-with-Adam-Simpson-e2e279/a-a5trr0 I had a great time talking with the Mixed GM last night on his podcast. We talked about OSR games and some of the misconceptions people have about them. I may be on his podcast again sometime. I met the Mixed GM at North Texas RPG Con last summer. Read more
Jeffro Johnson said if you like fantasy roleplaying you shouldn’t miss Fight On! Magazine. After his great book on Appendix N I decided to give him the benefit of a doubt and ordered the first 4 issues. Lulu.com carries issues of the magazine both in PDF and print form. What Read more
I just finished the first issue of Megadungeon by Hack & Slash Publishing. I had heard about the little magazine a while ago but it took me some time to get curious. It weighs in at 38 pages and is rather small. The art isn’t top notch but I rather like Read more
I drove home (reluctantly) from North Texas RPG Con yesterday. It was a weekend of fun, industry insights and good fellowship. If you like roleplaying games and you weren’t there you really missed something. Bill Webb, CEO of Frog God Games, ran a game Friday night called Tower of Mythrus Read more
This week I finished The Dungeon Alphabet by Michael Curtis. The 4th printing of this book was released not long ago. This book is a system-free book of ideas for people running players through dungeons in OSR fantasy roleplaying games. It’s a marvelous book and I recommend it to game Read more
I recently found the time to read through my copy of Adventurer Conqueror King by Autarch. I picked it up because I heard it was an OSR clone of B/X (Basic/Expert) Dungeons & Dragons (also called Moldvay/Cook) that added a much improved implementation of domain level play. I’ve always been Read more