1 | Greetings, this is where we meet. » Hello again, again » 10/06/2026 10:26 am |
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roryb wrote:lest the old ones rise up again and wipe everything we have worked for away.
Not a chance - we'll hold them at bay with the Kalukans.
| Everywhen rpg rules and gaming » The Stars are Right for someone...not you! » 10/06/2026 10:23 am |
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Yeah, that's probably a fair assessment TBH. I think it has a few good game mechanics, such as torch timing, but a lot of the OSR games can feel a bit training wheels'ish - which is why I use Simon's game Crimson Blades so much; it has some great mechanics and the game has a great balance.
| Greetings, this is where we meet. » Hello again, again » 10/06/2026 7:29 am |
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Many thanks. I do love these forums so I don't know why I've been away for so long. I guess real life can get in the way. I've been perusing some of the threads and I'm glad to see there is still chitchat going on regularly here.
| Everywhen rpg rules and gaming » The Stars are Right for someone...not you! » 10/06/2026 7:25 am |
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You might want to consider taking a look at Shadowdark for things like managing torch timing in a game. It really is a good OSR game system.
| Everywhen Settings: Sword & Sorcery, Space Pulp, Pulse-Pounding Pulp+ » Games so far in 2026 » 10/06/2026 7:20 am |
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A bit late to this thread. Essentially, I am still; running my long term All For One campaign that started back in 2012. We try to play it every other week on a Sunday. For the other Sundays we tend to either do a board game, play online or run other TTRPGs. Lists of RPGs played are as follows:
1) All For One (Ubiquity system)
2) Vaesen
3) Crimson Blades
4) AGON
5) D&D 5e
The list would usually be longer but we've had some significant gaps in playing this year for various reasons.
| General discussion » Inspiration crushed! » 10/06/2026 7:02 am |
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I've been planning to watch this series for some time. You've inspired me to watch it now.
| Greetings, this is where we meet. » Hello again, again » 10/06/2026 7:01 am |
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I did it again
Been away for far too long and decided it was high time to visit the forums again.
| Dicey Tales, Dogs of War, Honor + Intrigue, etc to be discussed here » Pulp-ish Adventure films of the '80s » 3/07/2026 3:22 pm |
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Very late to the conversation but just want to support the view that Lassiter is a terrific movie; definitely one of Selleck's best and the movie is very udnerappreciated.
Not a movie, but a great resource for pulp-style shennigans, is Tales of the Gold Monkey. It still holds up and I recommend it to everyone who loves pulp.
| Lands of Lemuria » I Remember Lemuria, but do I remember Sword & Sorcery correctly? » 3/07/2026 3:17 pm |
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The only thing I'm going to add to this is that the characters in S&S books tend to be the best at what they do, which allows them to then do exactly what it is they do.
Players can tend to think a bit more about situations because they don't want their characters to die. BoL is perfect because it allows players to be over the top and still have their characters live to tell the tale. My experience has been that, once players have got a couple of BoL combat sessions under their belt, they quickly adopt the S&S "stab first ask questions later" mindset and the games move along at a rapid pace.
FWIW, I've found Crimson Blades to be an excellent S&S OSR system (I use the d20 version) and when running my Thieve's Guild campaign the players do not overthink their decision making either.
| General rules (Mythic/+) » So now that I've finally played, I have questions/comments/criticisms. » 3/07/2026 2:43 pm |
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I'm pretty happy with the rules as written TBH. One thing I did implement in my games a while back is combat specialisations. Basically, I grouped melee and ranged weapons. As characters gain points in melee and ranged combat they choose a group of weapons they are skilled with. If they use weapons they are not skilled with they can either suffer -2 or a disadvantage (GM choice).
I also use And/But dice in the games to add extra elements to combat.
Regarding magic, someone shared a document listing a massive amount of spells for BoL. I know I still have it on one of my HDDs somewhere. Message me if you'd like a copy.