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What would you say the must have OSR products are?

Started by Arkansan, July 24, 2015, 04:37:46 PM

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Zak S

#30
July 30, 2015, 04:36:49 AM
I agree the must-have OSR stuff is the free content on the blogs.

It's one reasons the rubes have so much trouble wrapping their heads around the OSR "OH BUT THESE GAMES ARE ALL D&D WITH HOUSERULES" yeah, they are, go read Jeff's Gameblog, it's free, that's the OSR.

The products are crapshoots--the real "must-have" is the back and forth froth of ideas and the community.
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#31
July 30, 2015, 05:30:49 AM
Quote from: Zak S;845225The products are crapshoots--the real "must-have" is the back and forth froth of ideas and the community.

Well said.  For anyone who likes maps made in advance, I'd recommend Dyson Logos' blog:

https://rpgcharacters.wordpress.com/

Though lately I've been generating dungeons on the fly with dice drops and drawing out letters/numbers.  Thanks Zak for that idea.

The Butcher

#32
July 30, 2015, 08:59:50 AM
Quote from: NathanIW;845228Well said.  For anyone who likes maps made in advance, I'd recommend Dyson Logos' blog:

https://rpgcharacters.wordpress.com/

Though lately I've been generating dungeons on the fly with dice drops and drawing out letters/numbers.  Thanks Zak for that idea.

I cannot fathom the magnitude of the brain-fart that made me overlook Dyson's Delves. A real life-saver for the time-pressed DM. Two booklets of keyed, ready-to-rock dungeons.

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#33
August 01, 2015, 04:08:24 AM
A lot of stuff that started out on blogs eventually turned into some of the great books of the OSR.
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#34
August 02, 2015, 08:17:11 PM
Quote from: misterguignol;844674Here's a page with links to all the free stuff I've done. Literally hundreds of pages of free stuff, now that I look at it. Good lord, why.

Anyway, thanks for kind mention, fellas.

Downloaded it today. Very impressive. Would recommend to anybody reading this. Congratulations on a fine work.
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#35
August 02, 2015, 08:27:00 PM
They really could use an OSR newsletter that compiles "the best of the blogs"; throw in some product reviews, mention of upcoming products, the occasional interview, and maybe even scans of advertisements from the late 70s/early 80s, and you'd have a damn fine zine.

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#36
August 02, 2015, 08:50:08 PM
If you like Greek mythos & OD&D, I highly recommend...

Mazes & Minotaurs
http://storygame.free.fr/MAZES.htm

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#37
August 02, 2015, 09:24:22 PM
+1 to all the Sine Nomine stuff.
It's interesting, varied and if you don't actually want to use the game mechanics, the various sandbox tables are awesome.

I would love to see a generic fantasy book from Sine Nomine.
I know Kevin Crawford has said in the past he wouldn't do that, as he felt he would be just rehashing existing stuff and recommends using LL or something like that.
But it WOULD be nice to have the Fantasy mechanics for his SWN systems there as well, as well as all the fantasy sandbox tables.
Yes, there's Scarlet heroes, but that's a sort of separate 1 on 1 system and is very setting specific anyway.

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#38
August 02, 2015, 10:11:27 PM
Quote from: misterguignol;844674Here's a page with links to all the free stuff I've done. Literally hundreds of pages of free stuff, now that I look at it. Good lord, why.

Anyway, thanks for kind mention, fellas.

It's really good stuff.  The type of work where you can use it as a cohesive whole or just borrow elements here and there.  The terror and horror rules on page 57 and onward of the first volume are definitely worth a read for anyone interested in such things.

misterguignol

#39
August 03, 2015, 12:07:01 AM
Quote from: Eric Diaz;846136Downloaded it today. Very impressive. Would recommend to anybody reading this. Congratulations on a fine work.

Thanks! I don't think much of my own stuff, but I always hope someone else finds it useful.

Quote from: NathanIW;846157It's really good stuff.  The type of work where you can use it as a cohesive whole or just borrow elements here and there.  The terror and horror rules on page 57 and onward of the first volume are definitely worth a read for anyone interested in such things.

Thank you as well. The terror and horror stuff is probably what I am happiest with in that project.
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