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Salvage Union Design Blog #3 - Why Stat Modifiers and Skills Suck in Salvage Union.
Salvage Union Design Blog #3 - Why Stat Modifiers and Skills Suck in Salvage Union.
This is part of a series of design blogs exploring the development of Salvage Union a post-apocalyptic mech tabletop roleplaying game currently live on Kickstarter here.  One of the most common pieces of... Read more...
Salvage Union Design Blog #2 - Why Quest?
Salvage Union Design Blog #2 - Why Quest?
This is part of a series of design blogs exploring the development of Salvage Union a post-apocalyptic mech tabletop roleplaying game currently live on Kickstarter here.  Salvage Union is a hack... Read more...
Salvage Union Design Blog #1 - What is the Quest RPG?
Salvage Union Design Blog #1 - What is the Quest RPG?
Salvage Union is a hack of a fantasy RPG called Quest and in this blog we're going to discuss what Quest is in lead up to explaining why we decided to... Read more...
A Comparative Exploration of OSR RPG Systems - Quarrel & Fable
A Comparative Exploration of OSR RPG Systems - Quarrel & Fable
In this series of blogs we're exploring the various OSR RPG systems in the community and how they compare to one another and the original D&D rules.   This week we're looking at... Read more...
A Comparative Exploration of OSR RPG Systems - Into the Odd
A Comparative Exploration of OSR RPG Systems - Into the Odd
Into the Odd by Chris McDowall is about the exploration of a bizarre, wondrous and horrific world that is too large to map. Characters take on the role of an explorer within that world... Read more...
White Box Fantastic Medieval Adventure Game Cover
A comparative exploration of OSR RPG Systems - White Box: Fantastic Medieval Adventure Game
White Box:  Fantastic Medieval Adventure Game by Seattle Hill Games is a retroclone of Original D&D. The name implies this, harkening back to the original 'White Box' that the OD&D rules came in.  White... Read more...
A comparative exploration of OSR RPG Systems - The Mecha Hack
A comparative exploration of OSR RPG Systems - The Mecha Hack
The Mecha Hack by Absolute Tabletop is a roleplaying game of titanic warmachines with The Black Hack. As a system it demonstrates how you can take the core chassis (excuse the pun)... Read more...
A comparative exploration of OSR RPG Systems - Dungeon Crawl Classics (DCC)
A comparative exploration of OSR RPG Systems - Dungeon Crawl Classics (DCC)
In this series of blogs we're exploring the various OSR RPG systems out there and how they compare to one another and the original D&D rules.  Last week we took... Read more...
A comparative exploration of OSR RPG Systems - The Black Hack
A comparative exploration of OSR RPG Systems - The Black Hack
In this series of blogs we're exploring the various OSR RPG systems in the community and how they compare to one another and the original D&D rules. This week we're taking... Read more...
A comparative exploration of OSR RPG Systems - Basic Fantasy
A comparative exploration of OSR RPG Systems - Basic Fantasy
In this series of blogs we're exploring the various OSR RPG systems out there and how they compare to one another and the original D&D rules. This week we're taking... Read more...
A comparative exploration of OSR RPG systems - Mork Borg
A comparative exploration of OSR RPG systems - Mork Borg
This is the next in a series of articles exploring various OSR RPG systems. This week we're taking a look at Mork Borg by Fria Lingan. METAL is the aesthetic that Mork Borg  oozes, from it’s jagged, black... Read more...
A comparative exploration of OSR RPG systems - Swords & Wizardry
A comparative exploration of OSR RPG systems - Swords & Wizardry
Swords & Wizardry (S&W) by Frog God Games is ostensibly a retroclone of Original Dungeons & Dragons. However unlike retroclones such as Old School Essentials it does not attempt to... Read more...