A fascinating look by Valeria Loves. With data!
Turns out, not all of the OSR is about the "meat grinder" image many have. Sure, that's there. But there's also the "picaresque" style, evident in games like Dolmenwood or TSR D&D.
The full article with data is insightful, and hopefully will help broaden the appeal and interest in OSR games. Read it at Valeria Loves.
While I found Daggerheart's Free RPG Day release "The Dying Spire" disappointing, their One Year Celebration adventure, "The Wish Thief" designed by Rob Hebert, was a challenging and delightful one-shot. I loved running this adventure despite (or perhaps BECAUSE of) challenging, and --in
Daggerheart adventure "The Wish Thief" delighted and challenged me as a GM, and brought cheers and even some sentimental tears from the players. While "The Dying Spire's" success or failure comes down to a single roll of the Duality Dice, and shouldn't
ORS-LA, a collection of Los Angeles-based TRPG players organized on Discord, has published a collaborative zine as a free giveaway to help players discover the group. This zine has been distributed at several local game stores, and will be also handed out at this week's LFG-
Deep under the charming village of Dragon Town, an evil, long forgotten, seems to be stirring anew. Residents of Dragon Town are mostly halfling farmers, whose magical apples bestow wonderful, helpful effects when you eat them. The Mayor of the town is a benevolent dragon, who lives in the ruins
