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  • An Exploration of Old School Tabletop Roleplaying Game Design Principles

    by Panayiotis Lines

    This is the introduction to a series of articles that will comparatively explore the slew of tabletop roleplaying games that have spawned from old school gaming movement. This is often known as the 'OSR' which means 'Old School Revival' or 'Old School Renaissance.'  This article will be discussing some of the key design principles that tie these many varied games together.

    These roleplaying games are ostensibly inspired by the original versions of D&D such as original D&D, the Basic & Expert line of D&D as well as AD&D. You can read more about those here. 

    Posted in dnd, mothership, ose, osr, ttrpg

  • A comparative history of Dungeons & Dragons - AD&D 2nd Edition - 1989

    by Panayiotis Lines
    In this series of articles we'll  be exploring the differences and similarities between every edition of Dungeons and Dragons. In the last article...

  • A comparative history of Dungeons and Dragons - BECMI 1983

    by Panayiotis Lines
      In this series of articles we'll  be exploring the differences and similarities between every edition of Dungeons and Dragons. In the last artic...
    Posted in dnd, ose, ttrpg

  • A comparative history of Dungeons and Dragons - Basic and Expert (B/X) D&D - 1981

    by Panayiotis Lines
    In this series of articles we'll  be exploring the differences and similarities between every edition of Dungeons and Dragons. In the last article...
    Posted in dnd, ose, ttrpg

  • A comparative history of Dungeons & Dragons - Holmes Basic D&D - 1977

    by Panayiotis Lines
    In this series of articles we'll  be exploring the differences and similarities between every edition of Dungeons and Dragons. In our last article ...
    Posted in dnd, ose, ttrpg

  • A comparative history of Dungeons and Dragons – 0E D&D

    by Panayiotis Lines
    0E D&D Cover In this series of articles I will be exploring the differences and similarities between every edition of Dungeons and Dragons...
    Posted in dnd, ose, ttrpg

  • A comparative history of Dungeons & Dragons - AD&D - 1977

    by Panayiotis Lines
    In this series of articles we'll  be exploring the differences and similarities between every edition of Dungeons and Dragons. In the last article...
    Posted in dnd, ose, ttrpg

  • Shadow of Mogg RPG Design Blog - The Mogg Rustler Class

    by Panayiotis Lines
    In this series of game design blogs I’m going to go through each of the 36 classes in the table top roleplaying game Shadow of Mogg to explain some of the creative decisions I made when designing it. 
    Posted in Shadow of Mogg, ttrpg

  • Shadow of Mogg RPG Design Blog - The Intensive Care Nurse Class

    by Panayiotis Lines
    In this series of design blogs I’m going to go through each of the 36 classes in the table top roleplaying game Shadow of Mogg, of which I design...
    Posted in Shadow of Mogg, ttrpg

  • Shadow of Mogg RPG Design Blog - PandyPonty FireFighter Class Analysis

    by Panayiotis Lines
    In this series of design blogs I’m going to go through each of the 36 classes in the table top roleplaying game Shadow of Mogg, of which I designed...
    Posted in Shadow of Mogg, ttrpg