tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2860682263886693757.post8573962903065223918..comments2024-03-24T19:54:00.453-04:00Comments on Doomslakers!: OSR Nostalgia & Candy BarsJames V. Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07941310158122225850noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2860682263886693757.post-1467921295539842772022-12-23T03:51:50.431-05:002022-12-23T03:51:50.431-05:00100%100%Blue Tysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01090584083476832111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2860682263886693757.post-40657373807086331662020-08-15T07:15:08.295-04:002020-08-15T07:15:08.295-04:00Welcome aboard! Here's a caution: don't li...Welcome aboard! Here's a caution: don't limit yourself to just OSR. The label has its good and bad, and should never be taken as the gospel. There are games adjacent to it that don't bear the label that are wonderful to check out. DCC RPG is one, but also Best Left Buried and Into the Odd are exceptional (if you like rules light stuff) and worth your time!James V. Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07941310158122225850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2860682263886693757.post-34707315392915607962020-08-14T20:27:30.618-04:002020-08-14T20:27:30.618-04:00Very new to the whole scene. In fact, only recentl...Very new to the whole scene. In fact, only recently played my first ttrpg (Basic Fantasy) and teaching myself through solo play, blogs, and videos. It's an amazing environment, so creative. It's strange to learn about the negative stuff through learning about the games, unfortunately lots to navigate. Spent years focused on fine arts and literature; love how "OSR" combines the two! Decided to play to fill the D&D nostalgia (curiosity) that never happened for me long ago. Hope to be involved in the onward wave. Perplexing Ruinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08348430496414812489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2860682263886693757.post-54838701879616252382020-08-08T14:57:29.178-04:002020-08-08T14:57:29.178-04:00That's good to hear. The last DCC thing I got ...That's good to hear. The last DCC thing I got excited about was the 4th printing Kickstarter. I did go in on the Lankhmar Kickstarter too, but it's just sitting on my shelf. No shade on DCC, I love the game. I just don't feel like it fits every Appendix N book out there. I feel like DCC has its own vibe and trying to use it to fuel Lankhmar or Dying Earth is not a great fit.James V. Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07941310158122225850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2860682263886693757.post-87607929852812613152020-08-08T12:14:54.742-04:002020-08-08T12:14:54.742-04:00DCC is very active. The Dying Earth RPG Kickstarte...DCC is very active. The Dying Earth RPG Kickstarter is supposed to happen later this year, and they are still planning to release the Xcrawl RPG. And I think the latest Gongfarmer's Almanac was just released.Gordon Cooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12907319916602597979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2860682263886693757.post-48105220564826378812020-08-08T04:15:59.239-04:002020-08-08T04:15:59.239-04:00I feel it. But to be totally precise and get all e...I feel it. But to be totally precise and get all edition-y, it was 4e that REALLY slammed that WoW button. Fun game,though. I played it several times. Just not MY D&D, as a friend of mine put it. OSE is the bomb.James V. Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07941310158122225850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2860682263886693757.post-65924289523650578562020-08-08T04:13:42.381-04:002020-08-08T04:13:42.381-04:00Experiences varied. I have friends who hated it an...Experiences varied. I have friends who hated it and had terrible experiences because of a few bad eggs. But for me it was the bee's knees. One stop shop for all my RPG related needs. I could post whatever the fuck I wanted and actually have people see it and respond. It was nice. I miss it.James V. Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07941310158122225850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2860682263886693757.post-16454248814583764332020-08-08T03:41:34.913-04:002020-08-08T03:41:34.913-04:00Oh, cool! Let me know how it goes. One of my backb...Oh, cool! Let me know how it goes. One of my backburner projects is to do an expanded edition of that module. Since it is essentially a d20 random encounter table at heart I was considering making it a d100 and just add a bunch of new encounters.James V. Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07941310158122225850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2860682263886693757.post-36113878130713143872020-08-08T03:40:14.618-04:002020-08-08T03:40:14.618-04:00LOL. I'm leaving this up for comedy.LOL. I'm leaving this up for comedy.James V. Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07941310158122225850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2860682263886693757.post-47553770107926185002020-08-08T03:39:33.112-04:002020-08-08T03:39:33.112-04:00Oh yeah, I loved Clowes' work. I didn't ow...Oh yeah, I loved Clowes' work. I didn't own the comics but a friend of mine had a huge collection of oddball comics like Ed the Happy Clown and Peepshow, so I would borrow his stuff to read. I think Clowes is right. People probably have nostalgia for hacks of the Black Hack, which is nostalgic for classic D&D.James V. Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07941310158122225850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2860682263886693757.post-40824947340697179242020-08-08T03:37:37.177-04:002020-08-08T03:37:37.177-04:00Good deal. I might have posted there once or twice...Good deal. I might have posted there once or twice back between 2012-2014 or so. I can't remember.James V. Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07941310158122225850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2860682263886693757.post-498276575608704142020-08-08T00:19:19.329-04:002020-08-08T00:19:19.329-04:00Lol. I'm just now getting into the OSR after 2...Lol. I'm just now getting into the OSR after 25 years out of the loop. I basically missed 3.0 and 4.0, and come back and there's this thing called 5e, and it feels like WoW to me (world of warcraft). You are pressing the buttons you have on your character sheet, like in WoW. So I'm like, well, I'll just dig out my old Redbox and Palladium stuff then. I'll dink around with that. Then I see your stuff, and Questing Beast, and OSE (old school essentials) and I'm pulled back in completely. Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09866329313708655247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2860682263886693757.post-65216621870854899062020-08-07T11:17:41.201-04:002020-08-07T11:17:41.201-04:00Well-put. I do miss G+ way more than I would have ...Well-put. I do miss G+ way more than I would have ever expected.Ahimsahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05376285902328215363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2860682263886693757.post-75364325815566787772020-08-07T09:52:48.354-04:002020-08-07T09:52:48.354-04:00A good post to read on a fairly bleh morning.
Qu...A good post to read on a fairly bleh morning. <br /><br />Quite unrelated, but your Ice Forest is on the map in my recently started OSE game. DMWieghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03682249561077936507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2860682263886693757.post-69989300533919904552020-08-06T22:55:27.154-04:002020-08-06T22:55:27.154-04:00"Confederate flags (bad)"
I don't w..."Confederate flags (bad)"<br /><br />I don't want to give you a hard time about this.<br /><br />You're being judgy and frankly maybe racist. Consider:<br />Old Glory (bad)<br />Flag of Israel (bad)<br /><br />The south is a broken, defeated, conquered people. An easy target for random people to spit on. <br />Their flag is NOT synonymous with slavery and it's not up to you to or anyone else to decide what it represents for them. Have a little empathy for your fellow man. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2860682263886693757.post-10228713733018012562020-08-06T22:34:24.615-04:002020-08-06T22:34:24.615-04:00Did you read Eightball comics back in the 90s? Th...Did you read Eightball comics back in the 90s? The cartoonist did a story about nostalgia, and he predicts that before long there would be nostalgia for previous waves of nostalgia. The panel shows a guy dressed like Donnie Most saying "I'm not into the Fifties per se...I'm into the Seventies revival of the Fifties." And a guy dressed like Brian Setzer replies "I'm into more of an Eighties Fifties myself...."Alec Semicognitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06507482266305964982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2860682263886693757.post-58749018773185685842020-08-06T22:31:05.725-04:002020-08-06T22:31:05.725-04:00I have always thought of Dragonsfoot as the online...I have always thought of Dragonsfoot as the online center of the OSR. I've been a member there since before the board crash in 2002. I'm happy to say that Dragonsfoot is still going strong, debating and talking about and having fun with the 1st edition AD&D game. :)Geoffrey McKinneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00042661843714609025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2860682263886693757.post-33537858965925706532020-08-06T17:25:02.407-04:002020-08-06T17:25:02.407-04:00Indeed.Indeed.James V. Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07941310158122225850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2860682263886693757.post-22826142612638144812020-08-06T09:31:41.752-04:002020-08-06T09:31:41.752-04:00Onward!I think the biggest thing for me is to keep...Onward!I think the biggest thing for me is to keep creating,and keep playing games. shanepatrickwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09779728578574223142noreply@blogger.com