I’ve finished up my conversion of the OSR zine Lumberlands (DriveThruRPG / itch.io), the fun lumberjack fantasy setting, to the Black Hack ruleset.. I've assembled everything into two zine-sized (5.5" x 8.5") PDFs that can be downloaded and printed. Remember that you'll need a copy of both the Black Hack and the Lumberlands zine to … Continue reading Lumberlands: A Black Hack conversion in two PDF booklets
I’m continuing my conversion of the OSR zine Lumberlands (DriveThruRPG / itch.io), the fun lumberjack fantasy setting, to the Black Hack ruleset.This time, I'm making a custom character sheet and spell sheet. Previous Posts:Part I – Classes are here.Part II – Sasquatches are here.Part III – Dangerous CreaturesPart IV - More Creatures This character sheet … Continue reading Lumberlands: A Black Hack character sheet for the fantasy forest setting
I’m continuing my conversion of the OSR zine Lumberlands (DriveThruRPG / itch.io), the fun lumberjack fantasy setting, to the Black Hack ruleset. Previous Posts: Part I – Classes are here. Part II – Sasquatches are here.Part III - Dangerous Creatures This is a list of stats for the rest of the monsters found in the … Continue reading The Lumberlands – More Creatures – Black Hack conversion Part IV
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 one-shot of In the Light of a Ghost Star, the rules-light science fantasy RPG from the Highland Paranormal Society. The setting is the long-abandoned Earth in the far future, after the Sun has diminished into a white dwarf star. Players are humans from Mars, who travel to Earth to scavenge for … Continue reading In the Light of a Ghost Star: fillable character sheets for a science fantasy RPG
Over on itch.io, there's this game jam that just concluded. It's called the MÖRK BORG Album Crawl: Jam Session 2: ALBUM CRAWL ROCKS THE 80s. The idea behind this jam is that the designers would create something for the indie OSR RPG Mörk Borg that was based on a musical album from the 1980s. The … Continue reading Mörk Borg, Cyndi Lauper, and the music of the 1980s
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
Just ran my first session of Knights of the Road, the fun RPG about hobo paladins battling monsters in a fantasy version of 1920s America. I'll probably write up the adventure eventually and release it, along with some pregens. When preparing for the game, I found these glossaries of hobo slang a useful resource: http://hobonickels.org/alpert04.htm … Continue reading Hobo Slang: A resource for Knights of the Road and other 1920s RPGs
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