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Writing adventures for Cairn is very similar to writing for other OSR systems, with a few additional tweaks. Before reading further, see my previous post for a decent...Linked by the ring
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Writing dungeon locations is hard. I'm not referring to the creating a dungeon (that presents its own sort of challenge) but rather the actual act of writing it down. You have...
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I play a lot of games with my son. Sometimes we don't have dice, cards, or other tools for resolving narrative situations. Initially I toyed with a resolution system that...
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Nerds love taxonomy; it gives order to the world, and provides a meaningful sense of control. Of course, it's all an illusion. At best taxonomy is a useful tool, and at worst...Linked by the ring
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Edit: I've published this adventure! Get it for free here! In the coming months I plan to publish a few more adventures in the Cairn Adventure Series. I thought it might be...Linked by the ring
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Two years ago, I ran a West Marches campaign using the tools from the Cairn Second Edition Warden's Guide. It was a lovely campaign. Games were almost never canceled, as new...
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A Call to ForumsLet's bring back forums! Or rather, let's bring OSR discussions back to forums. Indeed, there are already OSR and RPG-related discussions happening on places...Linked by the ring
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On December 29th, 2024 daseinphil asked on bluesky: "This might be an overly broad question, but: does anyone have specific advice on encouraging #osr style play in a group...
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IntroductionI've been running Play By Post (PbP) games for many years now, and I thought it might be helpful to some folks to hear exactly how I do that, what I've learned, and...Linked by the ring
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This is not one of those "look at how we've grown!" posts. Instead this is one of those "how did we get here?" kinds of posts, which I swear is totally different! To do that,...
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In this post, I'm going to describe exactly how I create an original, collaborative setting for a roleplaying game. If you're not very interested in the why, skip ahead to get...Linked by the ring