I’m continuing my conversion of the OSR zine Lumberlands (DriveThruRPG / itch.io) to the Black Hack ruleset. Previous Posts: Part I - Classes are here. Part II - Sasquatches are here. This is a list of stats for the monsters found in the Dangerous Critters section of the Lumberlands Zine (pg 32). These are just … Continue reading The Lumberlands – Dangerous Critters – Black Hack conversion Part III
I'm continuing my conversion of the OSR zine Lumberlands (DriveThruRPG / itch.io) to the Black Hack ruleset. Original post here. This is a write-up of the Sasquatches, one of the main monster factions in the fantasy forest setting. These are just the mechanics - for the descriptions, you'll need to get a copy of the … Continue reading The Lumberlands – Sasquatches – Black Hack conversion Part II
There's a really entertaining little OSR zine called the Wampus County Travel Guide 1: Lumberlands (DriveThruRPG / itch.io) by Lost Pages games. It's a system-agnostic setting for any fantasy game, though it's clearly intended for some kind of OSR system. It's set in a vaguely North American forest setting, with influences from old lumberjack lore. … Continue reading The Lumberlands – An OSR forest setting – Black Hack Conversion part I
I just ran a quick one-shot of Golgotha, the sci-fi tomb raiding RPG by Greg Saunders. It's a fascinating little setting. I've made a fillable character sheet for it. The Game Players are teams of Scavengers who travel beyond Human Space to seek out the Golgotha - mysterious alien ruins from long-dead civilizations. There, they … Continue reading Golgotha Mini-Review & Character Sheet
I recently posted a character sheet for the High Seas Hack – the Black Hack-based OSR RPG set during the golden age of piracy. The High Seas Hack treats sailing ships almost as characters, with their own hit points and stats. To match the character sheet I made, I've also made a High Seas Hack … Continue reading Ship record sheet for the High Seas Hack – an OSR pirate RPG
I was planning on running a quick one-shot of the High Seas Hack - the Black Hack-based OSR RPG set during the golden age of piracy. The character sheet that comes with it is a little plain, so I've made a full page fillable character sheet. It's based on the sheet I did for another … Continue reading Character sheet for the High Seas Hack – an OSR pirate RPG
As I posted previously, I've been working on a character sheet for the Cthulhu Hack designed to be used with any Cthulhu Dark Ages scenarios. Here's what I have so far. It's fillable. NOTE: Flashlights/Smokes has been renamed Reason/Passion. They are mechanically identical. I just changed the names to match the setting. cthulhuhack_charsheet_darkagesDownload Eventually, when … Continue reading Character Sheet and Woodsman Class for the Cthulhu Hack – Dark Ages Style
Operation Unfathomable is a super-fun, gonzo OSR underground wilderness crawl by Jason Sholtis. I've run it a few times using the Black Hack OSR rules set. The book comes with ten pregenerated characters for Swords & Wizardry and other old-school D&D-style RPG. To make it easier for myself, I took the characters and converted them … Continue reading Operation Unfathomable: Black Hack Pregens
I've made an ODT (Open Document Text file) template to create custom classes to match the style found in the Black Hack Second Edition book. I've designed it in LibreOffice. You can add your own text and images. You can print it directly or export it to a PDF. BH2E_Template (ODT) You'll need the following … Continue reading The Black Hack: Custom Template for Classes
I just got my copy of Barbarians of the Ruined Earth, a gonzo post-apocalyptic RPG using the Black Hack rules by Mike Evans. I got a chance to play this at the last Gen Con, and I'm happy to finally have the finished version. It's heavily inspired by the old Thundarr the Barbarian cartoon from … Continue reading Barbarians of the Ruined Earth: Revised character sheets
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