A Different Direction for the OSR
I’ve been doing a lot of work on Emprise!™, specifically on the Players Manual, and one thing is become more and more clear to me as I continue the work. This is going to be flying in the face of Read More
The Old-School Grind
I only recently came across the use of the term “grind” in an RPG context. I know, I know– I am an out of touch grognard who is prone to telling modern gamers to get the hell off my lawn. Read More
The Need to Know
I’ve been spending a lot of time lately thinking about rulebooks and how they are– and should be– organized. Naturally, the AD&D 1E rulebooks are the prototype for a great many RPGs; divided, in their pristine state, into one book Read More
Interior Module Art
Why do publishers include art inside adventure modules? I mean, aside from the rare instance where an illustration is required to make the description of a particular area intelligible, or in the case of illustrations intended for the game master Read More
Is the Temple of Elemental Evil a Megadungeon?
Norman over at Troll and Flame thinks so. So do some of the commenters over at Grognardia. Personally, I disagree. It does touch on the definition of “megadungeon”, of course. To my mind, a “megadungeon” in the strictest sense lacks Read More
Is a Rules Lite, Generic, Sci-Fi RPG impossible?
I was thinking about why it was that generic scifi games don’t really work. The problem is only compounded in games that purport to be rules-light. When compared to the success of generic fantasy games, the question becomes positively glaring. Read More
