OSR/NSR Tabletop Roleplaying Games

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Whither Reddit? In the meantime, here’s a place to chat up old school revival (OSR) and new school revolution (NSR) style TTRPGs.

My name is Todd aka Hexed Press and I am the current caretaker (have I always been the caretaker?). Here are some other places to find me, if you are so inclined:

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submitted 1 year ago by HexedPress@lemm.ee to c/osr@lemm.ee

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I thought it might be nice to set up a thread in which we can recommend game systems to one another. What do you like? Why? Give us a quick blurb about a game you like and why you think others might like it. Maybe call out if you think it would be good for absolute beginners or folks new to the OSR/NSR. Oh and the genre too. If this gains some steam, I’ll pin it to the sidebar for easy access.

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[–] EthanolParty@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nice! I've just been using it to build a campaign world for fun but I haven't had a chance to play it with people yet.

Are you finding it works well as a sandbox? I've never played any kind of cyberpunk rpg like that before, it's always been super-railroady because as players we understood that the GM spent time crafting some mission/plot in advance, so we might as well just go along with it.

[–] GrumblingGM@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's less sandboxey than my fantasy games, but I typically generate the missions using the tools in the book. If you use the tools to have your city, your districts and your factions in place, all you need is a quickly generated hook and I can easily proceed with a randomly generated mission.