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Bombing Europe (research) and Great Inventions (I like casual history.)

Given that Senda and Phil are also game designer types, if you had your pick of an old school/obscure game to work on and rewrite/revive, which one(s) would you choose and why?

Exactly. I've also worn the 'battle DM' hat when we used to have large games with 8+ PC and large monster skirmishes. On more than a few occasions, I was also NPC #2. Handy when the players were listening in or spying and the DM did not want to talk to themselves.

Thanks! Cat herding is a tough job.

Hyper Light Drifter, the Role Playing Game https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/metalweavegames/hld-rpg HLD the video game kicked me in the teeth. It was brutal on the easiest modes for my terrible reflexes. But, I kept coming back because the colorful and mysterious world drew me in. Now you can pl...

Wow, as a raging introvert, I almost had an anxiety attack just listening to that episode.

Good advice, but I it also made me realize why I drifted to online and solo play.

Hyper Light Drifter: The Table Top RPG playtest rules.

I did a reaction to one of the books that a lot of OSR groups consider "Definitive" of the movement "A Quick Primer for Old School Gaming". I thought I would get a lot of blowback but most weirdly agreed with me. http://store32.net/osr/ Interesting read and thanks for sharing.

OSR is certainly an open definition and I don't think you can point to one thing. Solo gaming uses a ton of random tables, but I use those for indie titles these days. For me, OSR is about nostalgic play and that's a highly personal thing based on your own experiences (I played a lot more Arduin Gri...

I think I would meet the problem half way and go with a D20 based PbtA. That way all the old school values and such would still apply to the rolls. You then have the GM act on failure as per PbtA. Well, call me prophetic, the kickstarter for Hyper Light Drifter: The Role Playing Game is doing exact...