#osr games

[legionofmyth]

Forbidden Lands - Strongholds

🛠️ Raise your banners in Forbidden Lands! 🏰 Our latest video showcases how to build the ultimate stronghold in this TTRPG. Become a legend! 🐉 Watch now! #ForbiddenLands #StrongholdBuilding

Forbidden Lands – Core GameA Simple Rescue – (Intro Adventure) Discover stronghold building in Forbidden Lands RPG. Watch our guide to fortify your legend now! Conquer the wilds of Forbidden Lands by crafting your very own stronghold, a vital sanctuary in this tabletop RPG by Free League Publishing. This video delves into the robust stronghold building system, where strategic planning meets…

[ribbloid]

[prokopetz]

I love this alternate universe "what if OD&D had been a shitty late 1980s zine game" thing a certain segment of the OSR crowd has going on, but my problem is that even when they're going out of their way to emulate the characteristic jank of the era, the production values are way too slick. If we're really aiming to capture the spirit of the times, where's the grotesque line breaking and the paragraphs that end in mid sentence? Where are the illustrations that were clearly drawn on line-feed printer paper in ballpoint pen, complete with visible edges where they were cut out and pasted into the master document? Where are the layouts where no two pages have the same margins? Where are the parts where the text is randomly canted at about a five degree angle off horizontal because somebody fucked up when feeding that particular page into the Xerox machine and couldn't be arsed to redo it? I want an end product that's barely readable, is what I mean to say.

[mismaxx]

[franciscolemos]

Gathering the ingredients

[losttrailsmaps]

City Streets Map Pack

Greetings everyone, welcome to another map pack! It features 12 total maps, including city streets, bridges, cathedrals and much more.

Patrons get access to gridded/ungridded and watermark-free maps. The grid size of each map is 30x40.

Check out the map pack here.

[dewthorne]

Old School Runescape

[chrisairgames]

When in Rome

Right, so I write for Mothership RPG, yeah?

It was basically a professional obligation for me to go see Alien: Romulus on its opening weekend.

Short review: Cool. Though I wish directors would make a new alien horror movie instead of new Alien movies.

Lemme tell ya, I might have designer brain disease, but this movie really is a series of problems for a sci-fi adventure, haha. My favorite thing about this movie was the smart, player-skill level problem solving the characters came up with. I was actually impressed. The film made me want to put my friends through the same ringer, and write up a similar scenario.

So I did.

When in Rome is a 20pg Mothership RPG adventure module with two player handouts, obviously heavily inspired by Alien: Romulus. I started last weekend, and released it yesterday. (What’s wrong with me, right?). That is: writing, playtesting, Mothership 3pp approval, peer review (thanks Josh Domanski, Christian Sorrell, Iko and Allen Hall!), hiring Brandon Yu “Chaoclypse” for the sick art, revising and putting into layout.

So yeah, this module is basically an adaptation of the film, but it does have some very notable (read: legally distinct) differences.

It's free for the next five hours, and I would love to hear what you think, and how your PCs fare on Caesar/Augustus.

Click here to download the module on itch.io. Note that I’m still working on the plaintext file and VTT asset updates. I would love to hear what you think, and how your players’ crews fare on Caesar/Augustus.

Good luck.

[theinstagrahame]

Announcing: Restful Actions

(It's here. You can go get it now!)

Restful Actions is a collection of 10 minigames for downtime periods in any TTRPG. They're designed to help players resolve character conflicts, complete goals, heal or explore, and take much shorter shopping trips. (You can, in fact, download the shopping trip minigame as a demo!)

For GMs, the goal is to give you a break, so you can start preparing the next Big Event. The minigames invite players to fill in some details of the world, creating shops, landmarks, even creatures.

You can pick up your copy here:

I've talked about this thing in more detail here:

[zranzax]

[anim-ttrpgs]

Poll: How important is a "leveling up" mechanic to you for a TTRPG?

For this poll "leveling up" is going to be defined very broadly. It could mean getting EXP and increasing level, it could mean using points to buy upgrades, whatever. The more your character does stuff, the more strong or complex their abilities get. How important is this feature to you in a TTRPG? Do you consider this an essential part of a TTRPG?

[legionofmyth]

Forbidden Lands - Journey & Survival

Dive into the heart of Forbidden Lands! 🗺️ Our new video decodes the thrill of survival and travel in this epic TTRPG. 🎲 Don't just play, survive! 🛡️ Watch now! #ForbiddenLands #TTRPGAdventure

Forbidden Lands – Core Game A Simple Rescue – (Intro Adventure) Master journeying and survival in Forbidden Lands RPG with our expert guide. Watch now! Embark on a gritty adventure through the treacherous landscapes of Forbidden Lands, the acclaimed tabletop RPG by Free League Publishing. This video guide plunges into the heart of survival and exploration mechanics that set Forbidden Lands apart…

[toodeepforyou]

runescape is truly one of the video games of all time. one of the most important skills is woodcutting. another is firemaking. the easiest mode of travel is fungus. the second-largest city in the world has an ogre encampment south of it and its south gate is a literal zoo. king arthur and the knights of the round table got isekai’d into the game. santa is there also

[prokopetz]

OSR games may not particularly be my thing, but I love seeing indie RPG designers whose usual line is more in the gay-catgirls-smoking-cigarettes strand of the medium decide to dip their toes into the OSR space and watching in real time as they discover the joys of writing Big Stupid Tables.

[rowansender]

In an exciting sequel to my last post, I want there to be more content about non-dnd TTRPG that arent just the maker promoting it. I love the self promotion, but I feel like that’s all I really see.

Anyone read or play anything weird recently?