My go-to system when I'm running OSR stuff is Basic Fantasy. It's my favorite blend of old-school style and a cleaner, more modern rule set. One thing I do prefer about other versions, however, are the digest-sized or A5 sized booklets they are often printed in. A recent example is the Necrotic Gnome's Old-School Essentials … Continue reading Basic Fantasy – Spells & Magic: Table Reference – Beta Version
I've run a few sessions of Ultima Forsan, the Savage Worlds game set in a Renaissance Europe recovering from a zombie apocalypse. It's currently my favorite of the Savage World settings. When a character is bitten by the dead and is wounded, they will most likely be infected, and will be doomed to die. Before … Continue reading Ultima Forsan – Sardonic Grin Handouts
Three Faces of the Wendigo is a book from Just Crunch Games with three scenarios for the Cthulhu Hack, all based on the legendary Wendigo. The second adventure, Lovely, Dark and Deep, has some pregenerated characters. There aren't any player handouts provided, so I've made my own based on the Cthulhu Hack character sheet I … Continue reading Three Faces of the Wendigo Pregens
I've been playing around with creating a new version of a character sheet for the Cthulhu Hack. I'm not completely certain I've got the design completely right yet, but here's what I have so far - in both fillable PDF and editable LibreOffice Draw versions: Fillable PDF file LibreOffice Draw version I'm open to … Continue reading Cthulhu Hack Fillable Chracter Sheet
Hawkmoon was a 1986 Chaosium RPG based on the Runestaff and Count Brass novels by Michael Moorcock. It's set in a far future science fantasy version of Earth during something called the "Tragic Millenium". It's a fun setting with flamingo mounts, flame lances, and the Dark Empire of Granbretan. It wasn't a terribly popular game, … Continue reading Hawkmoon Character Sheet
Over on Cardboard Warriors, a great web board for people who create and use paper miniatures, the user Yifferman posted some Alien Xenomorph paper minis a few years back. Recently I ran a one-shot GURPS adventure set in the Aliens movie universe from the Game Geekery Blog. In the scenario, the players are Colonial Marines … Continue reading Alien Xenomorphs Paper Miniatures with Cutfiles
Polyhedral Nonsense 