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The 5 Reasons Evil Hat Is Going Under
So some very big tabletop RPG news hit the ground yesterday: Evil Hat--the independent game company which produces Fate RPG, Dresden Files, distributes Blades In The Dark and many other things--is...
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A Blurry and One-Sided History of the OSR (2008-2018)
...as if through one side of a cube-shaped aquarium. Or, really, more of an ant farm: industriousness, anonymity, repetitive and vital tasks, tunnels underground, connections you can't see no matter...
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OSR Guide For The Perplexed Questionnaire (Send it around)
Recently, Google +—where the heart of DIY D&D hangs out—has announced it will be closing up shop in a bout ten months. It’s been, actually, very nice: the community of gamers has realized what its...
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Drunk, Prone & On Fire (Tactical Transparency)
The success of Old School Renaissance games has resulted in this happening a lot in mainstream forums:Someone’s like “OSR games rule! Player skill! Sandboxy freedom!”And so then because words like...
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Ru--the City of Fear + Chambers of the Dark Suffering
( I make a lot of things for my campaign which will never be for sale, because they're made out of online OSR resources. This one was constructed without moving from my couch with maps from Donjon...
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New Toys, New Toys
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You Probably Want To Make Yourself One or Two Of These
A Digital DM ScreenOk, so using Angus Warman's new toy, you can turn a page of your blog into a custom DM screen for any setting or module you happen to be running. I shall demonstrate. Right now I'm...
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On The Reliability of Magic
In fairy tales magic is reliable: if the leprechaun wants you to be a donkey, you're gonna be a donkey. No save.Magic in that context is just the continuation of Nature by other means. And Nature is,...
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OSR Domination Progress Report
Preview Edition of Luka Rejec's Witchburner Adventure . Luka did the best One Page Dungeon and it looks to be a nice Warhammer-style adventure a little off the beaten path. Full of interesting NPCs....
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Trash RIFTS
You know Rifts?art by jez gordonOriginally: dope setting of post-apocalyptic intergenre chaos, incomprehensible rules. Now: same dope setting but kinda not evolved much, rules by noted sexual...
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"The Game" (that is, "the words")--PIG-PIP
More RPG theory. Thoughts and suggestions welcome and needed.Part 1--Intro to PIG-PIPPart 2 Part 3Also:Tactical Transparency30. Game Text As Reference Vs Game Text As SpeechTabletop RPG theory has...
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Trash RIFTS
You know Rifts?art by jez gordonOriginally: dope setting of post-apocalyptic intergenre chaos, incomprehensible rules. Now: same dope setting but kinda not evolved much, rules by noted sexual...
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Why Jews Never Forget Anything
The Genizah It is said that among the Jews there were once wizards who, after creeping from the beds of Christians, smeared fluids vital--still fresh from these fornications and interfaith...
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Powered By The Apocalypse Is Pro Wrestling
Warning: This blog entry is going to criticize a PTA game (Powered by The Apocalypse). If historical precedent holds, this means PTA fans will fall upon it and its author like jackals upon a luckless...
View ArticleFrostbitten & Mutilated Autogenerators
Oooh, Sebastian Calvo made some online toys using the Frostbitten & Mutilated tables, they're magnificent... Rival NPC PartyParty LevelParty CompositionAnimalsMotiveQuirkAnd this one's for...
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Characters and Tactical Subtext
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Some Damn FIne Work Over Here
First:Second:Demogorgonia made another cool Frostbitten & Mutilated autogenerator--this one makes amazon tribe names like "They Who Bring Venom".Third:Atlas Obscura has a feature on homemade...
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Aimé Césaire--Poet, Statesman, Game Designer
Aimé Fernand David Césaire was a poet and activist, a founder (along with Léopold Sédar Senghor and Léon Damas) of the négritude movement among the pre-war African diaspora, and served as president of...
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Grow Up
Ok, this started as a jokey post because when I saw people were again complaining that Monte Cook put out a pricey game (200$ or something) I went on twitter, searched the name of the game--"invisible...
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The Red & Pleasant Land TV Series Pitch
--p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica} span.Apple-tab-span {white-space:pre} Cold open. Candle-lit night in an 18th century bedroom. A man (competent-looking, late 20s, early...
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