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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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Before I left Bluesky, I sent out a poll about what kinds of posts I should focus on this year. Warren from Prismatic Wastelands responded to that thread by asking me a number...
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Hello friends. I don't usually write posts like this. Generally, I don't even write posts about myself, and I am not trying to create more drama with this entry. There is...
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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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On today's episode of Between Two Cairns, we discussed a module called Gone Fishin'. We mentioned that it is kind of hard to find, and that the original sources were lost in a...
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What Is?The Kickstarter for the Cairn 2e Box Set will "go live" for backers sometime in late March. Click here to "follow" it! WHAT IS IN THE BOX?The Player's Guide Featuring...
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I'm very excited to announce that tomorrow, Friday Dec 1st, the Kickstarter for Beyond the Pale is finally launching! WATCH THE TRAILER WATCH ME TALK ABOUT IT FOLLOW THE...
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Cairn 2e KickstarterFirst, the good news: Cairn 2e has a new publisher! Earlier this year, we were very sad to learn that LFOSR would no longer be able to publish the Cairn 2e...
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SummaryA few weeks ago I released the Player's Guide playtest, an 80+ page rulebook for the upcoming Cairn 2nd edition. Since that time, I've received a flood of positive (and...
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At long last, the first playtest for Cairn 2e Player's Guide is available! But WAIT: Please sign up for my newsletter. I host the software on my own server, so you can be sure...
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I have a podcast! It's called Between Two Cairns. It is co-hosted by Brad Kerr, creator of many popular OSR products. Each week we'll be discussing a new RPG product...
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By request, I put together a list of reading material that directly influenced the writing and design of Cairn, as well as my old school setting/adventure Beyond The Pale....
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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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I reviewed Where The Wheat Grows Tall by Camilla Greer and Evlyn Moreau, for Bones of Contention. Check it out!
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My son is 5 this April. Like most kids he loves games, particularly any that involve a high level of freedom along with a generous helping of pretend violence. Unsurprisingly,...
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We've built quite an amazing community around Cairn (especially thanks to the NSR Discord). I am deeply humbled by this, you guys ROCK. We have adventures, hacks and...
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I recently posted a list of public RPG systems, adventures/settings & zines available on Lulu.com. I'll try to keep it up-to-date going forward, but please let me know if I've...
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The following is my retelling of a folktale, told to me via a Jewish lens (though I understand it has manifested in many cultures over the years). I have always loved this...
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Over the past month I have been "seeding" Little Free Libraries all over town with RPGs, character sheets, dice and adventures. I've been giving out both Cairn and Rogueland...
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Over the past few months I've been fielding a number of questions about GMing Dungeon World and how that differs from most OSR games. The answer is actually fairly simple, as...
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I've recently been reading "My Father's Dragon" by Ruth Stiles Gannett (with illustrations by her mother-in-law, Ruth Chrisman Gannett). The books are totally aligned with OSR...
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A print version of Cairn is now available! Check it the purchasing options here. About CairnBased on Knave by Ben Milton and Into The Odd by Chris McDowall, Cairn is an attempt...
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I was recently interviewed about Cairn on the Lost Bay Podcast. Have a listen!
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In a recent Twitter thread, I spelled out some of my thinking behind designing Cairn, prompted by a misreading of a comment by wereoctopus. I decided to clean it up a bit and...
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I have opened the NSR Discord server to the general public. Folks interested in playing in games, running games or just chatting RPG theory, please join in! Join by clicking...
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 I made a game! Cairn is an adventure game for one facilitator (the...
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The Clay Shelf is an adventure I wrote for Into The Odd: Electric Bastionland, set in the Deep Country, far from the civilized domains of Bastion. As usual, it's free to...
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Our month-long Eclectic Bastion Jam is finally over! The Jam was a resounding success, with 61 entries in total (though I'm aware of a few submissions that didn't make the...
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The mods of the Into The Odd Discord (which includes me) are throwing a month-long "Eclectic Bastion Jam" over at Itch.io. We're encouraging folks to create a hack, adventure,...