I hang out with a lot of OSR folks. It’s where I’ve found community, and it’s where I perceive the most discussion happening in the ttrpg space. The blogging culture is thriving and it feels like people are talking with each other rather than posting to an audience. Unfortunately, despite the excellent work Elmcat is … anti-blorb principles
The beacons are lit. Prismatic Wasteland calls for aid. A new blog bandwagon emerges. This holiday season, Warren has assembled us to write a hex based on the Rankin/Bass Christmas cinematic universe. For those who don’t immediately recognize the name, that’s the studio behind the old 60’s stop-motion holiday movies. Everything from Santa Claus to … blogwagon: broken bronco on the silver steppe
In a game where every character can participate in commerce, what is a merchant? Every character can pick up a sword or steal, but fighters and thieves are established archetypes. We could conclude, then, that a merchant is someone particularly skilled at business. This perspective is both reductive and conceptually boring: stories of business are … the merchant class
I keep avoiding the elephant in the room: I really haven’t said anything about The Serket Hack’s combat system. I know the vague shape of it, but my ambition to have unique character classes means that I don’t have a lot in the way of details. As previously mentioned, there are sixteen paths that players … the serket hack: totally effective fighters
