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Real vs Fake OSR

Started by RPGPundit, July 13, 2022, 09:56:53 PM

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RPGPundit

July 13, 2022, 09:56:53 PM
The people in the Fake-OSR are utterly confused as to why people in the Real OSR (especially me) get so much attention.
#OSR #dnd #ttrpg

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Spinachcat

#1
July 14, 2022, 04:02:20 AM
Does the Fake OSR actually make any OSR stuff?

Or is the Fake OSR just Twatterati wankers who produce nothing?

Is Zweifucker considered OSR? DannyBoi did make a WFRP clone, but are you focusing on the OSR = TSR D&D segment of the wider OSR?

Ghostmaker

#2
July 14, 2022, 09:31:44 AM
What is real? Are you the real Pundit, or are you a knockoff?

Omega

#3
July 15, 2022, 03:11:10 PM
He's only a model.  8)

And all of the OSR is fake. Its just now we have the woke and the clueless infesting it more and more.

Its not much different than "roguelikes" where the term Roguelike is now utterly meaningless. We are talking BGG levels of abject ignorance.

In a year or two OSR will be even more meaningless than it already was. Whats an OSR game? Why Idle Champions is an OSR game! Its got dungeons! and its got. uh... a REVIVAL of the old idle games. yeah yeah! Its OSR!



Thorn Drumheller

#4
July 15, 2022, 04:45:55 PM
See, with these fake osr idiots, I just assume they're bad faith actors. With the added benefit of riding pundits coat tails. "oh, pundit, yeah I hate that dude, so I'm gonna buy this twatterati's product that sucks"
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thedungeondelver

#5
July 16, 2022, 01:24:06 AM
Old School Roleplaying is an awesome idea.  "The OSR" as some kind of movement with leaders and influencers is such bullshit.  I'd have never kicked the whole thing off had I known what would lead to it.  I would've kept my mouth shut and just made stuff for myself and my tabletop. 
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RPGPundit

#6
July 16, 2022, 01:52:58 AM
Quote from: Spinachcat on July 14, 2022, 04:02:20 AM
Does the Fake OSR actually make any OSR stuff?

Or is the Fake OSR just Twatterati wankers who produce nothing?

Is Zweifucker considered OSR? DannyBoi did make a WFRP clone, but are you focusing on the OSR = TSR D&D segment of the wider OSR?

1. Sometimes they make products that are OSR-compliant, usually with a bunch of virtue signaling leftist propaganda. Often as cheap pdf-only products on itch.io; and rarely do they sell well.

2. Most of the fake-OSR are just twitterati wankers.

3. No. OSR is D&D-based products.
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NEW!
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Dark Albion: The Rose War! The OSR fantasy setting of the history that inspired Shakespeare and Martin alike.
Also available in Variant Cover form!
Also, now with the CULTS OF CHAOS cult-generation sourcebook

ARROWS OF INDRA
Arrows of Indra: The Old-School Epic Indian RPG!
NOW AVAILABLE: AoI in print form

LORDS OF OLYMPUS
The new Diceless RPG of multiversal power, adventure and intrigue, now available.

RPGPundit

#7
July 16, 2022, 01:54:43 AM
Quote from: thedungeondelver on July 16, 2022, 01:24:06 AM
Old School Roleplaying is an awesome idea.  "The OSR" as some kind of movement with leaders and influencers is such bullshit.  I'd have never kicked the whole thing off had I known what would lead to it.  I would've kept my mouth shut and just made stuff for myself and my tabletop.

The design movement known as the OSR is productive and awesome. There's never been any single design movement in the history of RPGs that has been anywhere near as productive or as successful.

The movement of virtue signalling leftists who claim to be OSR is bullshit.
LION & DRAGON: Medieval-Authentic OSR Roleplaying is available now! You only THINK you\'ve played \'medieval fantasy\' until you play L&D.


My Blog:  http://therpgpundit.blogspot.com/
The most famous uruguayan gaming blog on the planet!

NEW!
Check out my short OSR supplements series; The RPGPundit Presents!


Dark Albion: The Rose War! The OSR fantasy setting of the history that inspired Shakespeare and Martin alike.
Also available in Variant Cover form!
Also, now with the CULTS OF CHAOS cult-generation sourcebook

ARROWS OF INDRA
Arrows of Indra: The Old-School Epic Indian RPG!
NOW AVAILABLE: AoI in print form

LORDS OF OLYMPUS
The new Diceless RPG of multiversal power, adventure and intrigue, now available.

jeff37923

#8
July 16, 2022, 05:33:29 AM
Why does anyone pay attention to Twitter anyways? Watching Elon Musk fuck with them is funny, but nothing worthwhile has ever come from Twitter.
"Meh."

RPGPundit

#9
July 16, 2022, 08:13:52 AM
Quote from: jeff37923 on July 16, 2022, 05:33:29 AM
Why does anyone pay attention to Twitter anyways? Watching Elon Musk fuck with them is funny, but nothing worthwhile has ever come from Twitter.

Twitter is my favorite video game.
LION & DRAGON: Medieval-Authentic OSR Roleplaying is available now! You only THINK you\'ve played \'medieval fantasy\' until you play L&D.


My Blog:  http://therpgpundit.blogspot.com/
The most famous uruguayan gaming blog on the planet!

NEW!
Check out my short OSR supplements series; The RPGPundit Presents!


Dark Albion: The Rose War! The OSR fantasy setting of the history that inspired Shakespeare and Martin alike.
Also available in Variant Cover form!
Also, now with the CULTS OF CHAOS cult-generation sourcebook

ARROWS OF INDRA
Arrows of Indra: The Old-School Epic Indian RPG!
NOW AVAILABLE: AoI in print form

LORDS OF OLYMPUS
The new Diceless RPG of multiversal power, adventure and intrigue, now available.

Cathode Ray

#10
July 16, 2022, 10:08:05 PM Last Edit: July 16, 2022, 10:09:36 PM by Cathode Ray
I really know little about RPGs, and I had to ask what OSR is at first.  Now I know, and I think that my "Radical High" series is kind of OSR without knowing it.  If you know TWERPS or some of the cheaper versions of mini games that came from small houses (some actually from people's houses), they were simple black and white photo copies types with an IBM Selectric on 8 1/2 by  11 paper.  Then it was folded in half and given a neon or pastel paper stock cover.  The art usually showed skills but was undisciplined.  That's the kind of game that my game pays tribute to.

Here's a link to the cover for one module.  You be the judge.   https://pdoxg.files.wordpress.com/2022/03/college-bound-radical-high-cover-art-50-blue.jpg

Some prototypes https://pdoxg.files.wordpress.com/2022/02/rh_01_sm.jpg
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GeekyBugle

#11
July 17, 2022, 12:15:31 PM
Quote from: Cathode Ray on July 16, 2022, 10:08:05 PM
I really know little about RPGs, and I had to ask what OSR is at first.  Now I know, and I think that my "Radical High" series is kind of OSR without knowing it.  If you know TWERPS or some of the cheaper versions of mini games that came from small houses (some actually from people's houses), they were simple black and white photo copies types with an IBM Selectric on 8 1/2 by  11 paper.  Then it was folded in half and given a neon or pastel paper stock cover.  The art usually showed skills but was undisciplined.  That's the kind of game that my game pays tribute to.

Here's a link to the cover for one module.  You be the judge.   https://pdoxg.files.wordpress.com/2022/03/college-bound-radical-high-cover-art-50-blue.jpg

Some prototypes https://pdoxg.files.wordpress.com/2022/02/rh_01_sm.jpg

Links to buy/download?
Quote from: Rhedyn

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Jason Coplen

#12
July 17, 2022, 12:21:19 PM
Quote from: GeekyBugle on July 17, 2022, 12:15:31 PM
Quote from: Cathode Ray on July 16, 2022, 10:08:05 PM
I really know little about RPGs, and I had to ask what OSR is at first.  Now I know, and I think that my "Radical High" series is kind of OSR without knowing it.  If you know TWERPS or some of the cheaper versions of mini games that came from small houses (some actually from people's houses), they were simple black and white photo copies types with an IBM Selectric on 8 1/2 by  11 paper.  Then it was folded in half and given a neon or pastel paper stock cover.  The art usually showed skills but was undisciplined.  That's the kind of game that my game pays tribute to.

Here's a link to the cover for one module.  You be the judge.   https://pdoxg.files.wordpress.com/2022/03/college-bound-radical-high-cover-art-50-blue.jpg

Some prototypes https://pdoxg.files.wordpress.com/2022/02/rh_01_sm.jpg

Links to buy/download?

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/8385/Paradox-Games
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GeekyBugle

#13
July 17, 2022, 12:22:31 PM
Quote from: RPGPundit on July 16, 2022, 01:54:43 AM
Quote from: thedungeondelver on July 16, 2022, 01:24:06 AM
Old School Roleplaying is an awesome idea.  "The OSR" as some kind of movement with leaders and influencers is such bullshit.  I'd have never kicked the whole thing off had I known what would lead to it.  I would've kept my mouth shut and just made stuff for myself and my tabletop.

The design movement known as the OSR is productive and awesome. There's never been any single design movement in the history of RPGs that has been anywhere near as productive or as successful.

The movement of virtue signalling leftists who claim to be OSR is bullshit.

Lets see what we'd be missing had the OSR never existed:

SWN & WWN
ACK
White Box FMAG (and the many games based upon it like operation white box, White star, white lies...)
Basic Fantasy
Low Fantasy RPG
Dark Fantasy (or was it grim? no, I think it's dark)
Lion & Dragon
Star Adventurer
Guardians, Warriors of Mars, Lost Artifacts, Star Troopers

And that's just off the top of my head.

Now lets see what we'd be missing if the fake OSR never existed:
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Okay, I'm honestly drawing a blank here, can ANYONE poiint to a single good game they have produced that's OSR?
Quote from: Rhedyn

Here is why this forum tends to be so stupid. Many people here think Joe Biden is "The Left", when he is actually Far Right and every US republican is just an idiot.

"During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act."

― George Orwell

GeekyBugle

#14
July 17, 2022, 12:23:06 PM
Quote from: Jason Coplen on July 17, 2022, 12:21:19 PM
Quote from: GeekyBugle on July 17, 2022, 12:15:31 PM
Quote from: Cathode Ray on July 16, 2022, 10:08:05 PM
I really know little about RPGs, and I had to ask what OSR is at first.  Now I know, and I think that my "Radical High" series is kind of OSR without knowing it.  If you know TWERPS or some of the cheaper versions of mini games that came from small houses (some actually from people's houses), they were simple black and white photo copies types with an IBM Selectric on 8 1/2 by  11 paper.  Then it was folded in half and given a neon or pastel paper stock cover.  The art usually showed skills but was undisciplined.  That's the kind of game that my game pays tribute to.

Here's a link to the cover for one module.  You be the judge.   https://pdoxg.files.wordpress.com/2022/03/college-bound-radical-high-cover-art-50-blue.jpg

Some prototypes https://pdoxg.files.wordpress.com/2022/02/rh_01_sm.jpg

Links to buy/download?

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/8385/Paradox-Games

Thanks my dude!
Quote from: Rhedyn

Here is why this forum tends to be so stupid. Many people here think Joe Biden is "The Left", when he is actually Far Right and every US republican is just an idiot.

"During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act."

― George Orwell
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