Whither Reddit? In the meantime, here’s a place to chat up old school revival (OSR) and new school revolution (NSR) style TTRPGs.
My name is Todd aka Hexed Press and I am the current caretaker (have I always been the caretaker?). Here are some other places to find me, if you are so inclined:
I’m playing through a small sandbox Solitary Defilement (Mörk Borg) adventure, and two days in, one of my two characters has already been killed by a betentacled, exoskeleton wearing stag.
Which is all to say it’s going great, and I’m having a good time!
Is that a solo supplement for MB?
Indeed it is. It provides a framework for adventuring on the road, microcrawls, and dungeons, using “oracles” (tables) to add descriptions and ambiance. I’ve been playing it in a journaling fashion, though my inelegant writing tends to lead to it being more of a log than any sort of prose.
Sounds like I need to add it to my reading list!
It’s pretty good for what it is, but, fair warning, it’s quite lite on content (and pages, being a zone sized) and serves more as a reference while adventuring. MB and Feretory (the other source that Solitary Defilement uses) are certainly better reads if you want tasty content.
Gotcha, thanks!
I've been running Worlds Without Number and Cities WIthout Number campaigns. I'm also putting the final touches to my homebrew game based on blending ACKS, WWN and classic B/X.
I haven’t read Cities yet but WWN is a terrific resource. Your homebrew sounds fascinating! I’d love to hear more about it (maybe in its own thread? 😂).
Cities is still in beta (version 0.24 currently) as the Kickstarter was so recent, but I believe it's planned to be finished by end of the month. I've been GMing it since version 0.07 though, and found it very playable already from day 1 :)
When I finish my homebrew I'll post some more about it. :)
Re: Cities, that makes sense. I’ll have to check it out at some point.
Can’t wait to hear more about your game!
Possibly The Black Hack. We wrapped up a Worlds Without Number game 2 weeks ago.
How did you like WWN?
Black Wyrm of Brandonsford tonight. I've run it once before and it was a hit. Players are continuing their leveled peasants directly from a game of Lair of the Lamb. Using a hack of Knave with 3 stats and a luck mechanic. Who needs 6 stats anyway?
Nice! It sounds like a great time!
Been thinking about running a White Star one shot. Some jedi vs borg nonsense probably.
Never read it. Love that premise!
Dungeon Crawl Classics! Starting with Sailors for a funnel and then moving into a hexcrawl seeded with modules.
Nice! I read through Sailors on the channel awhile back. It’s definitely one of the classic DCC funnel adventures.
My home game is tomorrow. It’s a homebrew based on classic b/x. The setting is my own sort of Arthur meets Dune political scheming mashup. Last week, my party avoided an encounter with brigands by escaping across a river. Getting back across was a problem but they managed it by befriending a similarly marooned merchant and a local with access to a small boat. The brigands are now a shiny new faction called the Scarlet Sashes but commonly referred to as Red Legs.
Very vanilla here. Playing a 7 year long campaign of D&D 5e that just reached a huge bossfight. It's the culmination of an arc we started 2 years ago. Recently jumped into a Pathfinder first edition and have been digging a little more crunch (and jank).
I have been considering dipping my toe into GMing soon, probably in 5e since that is what I am most familiar with. Planning to run one of the starting modules just to familiarize myself with the concept of DMing.
Wow! Good luck with that boss fight! I enjoyed my time with 3/3.5e (essentially PF1) but I didn’t love it. GMing is great and I think everyone should try it at least once! 5E can be very challenging to GM so don’t worry about making mistakes (you will, we all do) just try to stay loose and have fun. The first two starter kit boxes have pretty good adventures in them. I’m not as much of a fan of the latest one but it is more linear so it might be better for a new GM.
BECMI in DM Angelo's Game https://ageofworms.chiriaco.net/ Sat Running House of Dragon + Lavender Hack Game
In the BECMI game, how high level are you?
The highest character is now Level 4 My Thief is Level 3
I'm playing in an OSE game that's running us through various dungeons and that's been fun. Outside of OSR I'm also in Traveller and VtM games.
Ooh, which edition of Traveller are you playing?
Mongoose 2nd. It's my first time playing Traveller and I'm enjoying my role as the ship engineer. Turning wrenches was my calling all along.
I’m lucky enough to be running/playing in a few games at the moment - including my first in-person table in literally years.
I’m envious of all the games you’ve got going on!
It’s probably the most I’ve had going on at any one time. They’re all very brief though - 2~2.5 hours at most - which, oddly, has turned out to be pretty great for those games where everyone’s focused and ready to get stuff done.
My home games run about that long per session and it’s a pretty good length if everyone is focused. That said, I do miss longer sessions now and again.
I'm currently waiting for the PDF preview copy of Break!! to get sent out to the Kickstarter backers. I will be honest, I backed it entirety for the art style but I'm very curious to see how it plays.
Not familiar with that one, what’s the skinny?
So it's designed to be an easy to play ttrpg inspired by retro games and old cartoons/anime.
Aha, thanks!
Mecha HACK https://youtu.be/ODxb8sLro58
Hail Zeon Earth Dirty Scum
Fear the Mighty Red Zaku https://youtu.be/Hde0k_auWig
I don't really get to play much these days. But I'm currently reading Fléaux! to help me flesh out the Black Sword Hack campaign I'm planning.