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Lessons learned about teaching the OSR play style to middle schoolers using Cairn Second Edition.Linked by the ring
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A blog post talking about my ideal campaign structure for an Adventure game of the OSR play style.
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A blog post talking about the benefits of developing and advancing your character based on experiences grounded in in-session action when playing Adventure games of the OSR play style.Linked by the ring
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A blog post talking about the events of PAX Unplugged 2025, specifically focused on several playtest sessions of OSR games.
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A blog post talking about the benefits of embracing random character creation when playing Adventure games of the OSR play style.
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A blog post about how Religion in D&D and other Fantasy RPGs approaches polytheism in the wrong way and how to fix that in order to have more mystery and adventure in your game...
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A blog post reviewing the OSR module The White Horse of Lowvale by Tania Herrero.Linked by the ring
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A blog post about how to design a regional sandbox pointcrawl map that is player-facing.Linked by the ring
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A blog post about how to think about and design obstacles when designing adventures for OSR systems.Linked by the ring
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A blog post about how to handle death in OSR games, and some alternatives that are more dramatic than instantly killing a Player Character.Linked by the ring
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Image taken from the Magic Tree House anime. Can you believe they didn't bring this thing over to the US? Missed opportunity. IntroductionA lot of ink has been spilled on...Linked by the ring
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IntroductionHello, Gentle Reader! It's time to take up quill and ink and return to the task of creating Player-Facing Pointcrawls. If you have no idea what I am talking about,...
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IntroductionHello, Gentle Reader! I recently had the opportunity to run a few TTRPG sessions for some Middle Schoolers at my school (Editor's Note: Hahahahahaha! I wrote this...
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Player-Facing Pointcrawl Series 1: What Makes A Good Player-Facing Pointcrawl? 1.5: Cairn In the Classroom (Optional: technically a play report, but reading it before you read...
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Painting in the public domain of Alexander the Great cutting the Gordian Knot. IntroductionI'm really a fan of all the many pleasures of the OSR play style, but one of my...
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The Upper Valley. Map by Amanda P. IntroductionThis session marked a milestone in the campaign, as rather than pursue a paying job from one of our established faction contacts...
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The Upper Valley. Map by Amanda P. Player Characters: Harrow (Derek/Me) - Fieldwarden Background Aster (Zedeck Siew) - Beast Handler Background Snowdrop (Bobby M.) - Foundling...
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IntroductionHello there. Several months back I wrote a blog post designed to introduce new people to the roleplaying game Cairn. To preface my specific guidance for that game,...Linked by the ring
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The Upper Valley. Map by Amanda P. IntroductionIt has been too long, Gentle Reader, since I have updated everyone on the goings ons of the Cairn 2e West Marches playtest. It...
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IntroductionToday is a bit of a combination blog post, Gentle Reader. I was recently given the opportunity to run a game for my wife and a married couple we are friends with,...
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The Upper Valley. Map by Amanda P. IntroductionI'm back again, Gentle Reader, with another play report from the ongoing West Marches game being run by Yochai Gal, creator of...
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The Upper Valley. Map by Amanda P. IntroductionAs many people are likely aware at this point, a playtest document for Cairn 2nd edition has recently been released. What you may...
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The Cover of Break. Art and layout by Grey Wizard. IntroductionThis is a bit of an unusual post, Gentle Reader. I don't typically set out to review TTRPG game systems. Not that...
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Art by Gus L. IntroductionHello again, Gentle Reader. This session actually happened a while ago, but a combination of online and offline projects conspired to keep me from...
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IntroductionThere's a game jam for Cairn going on this month, A Town, a Forest, a Dungeon, and I have decided to enter. Given that I am an incredibly opinionated person, but...
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Lesson #1: The cover is flipping you off. IntroductionHello there. There has been a lot of new blood injected into the OSR/NSR space recently. I'll leave the hot takes as to...
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IntroductionI have said on more than one occasion that Gus L.'s Crystal Frontier is my favorite published setting, and Cairn is my favorite game, so it is only natural that I...
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Habis the Wanderer by GusL. IntroductionHello again, Gentle Reader. Unfortunately, I was unable to attend the last game and am unable to give you a firsthand account. However,...Linked by the ring
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Iron Barrow Exterior by GusL. IntroductionWe are back, Gentle Reader, with another exciting session of GusL's Hinterlands of Empire Open Table. This session we had a larger...Linked by the ring
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IntroductionI've decided to start reviewing modules, focusing mostly on things that I own and especially if I don't think they have gotten enough attention (or I feel like I...