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
There's about a day left in the OSE Class Jam over on itch. It's a 72-hour game jam where everyone creates a new class for Old School Essentials. The theme is Seaside Adventures I've created an aquatic, squid-headed race-as-class called the Squidfolk. They shoot ink clouds. https://ng76.itch.io/squidfolk
I recently received my Kickstarter copy of Knights of the Road, the OSR fantasy RPG from Bordercholly. It's a hack of the Into the Odd / Bastionland system. I haven't run it yet, but it's a cleanly written, fun little system. It's set in the Western States - a thinly disguised fantasy version of the … Continue reading Knights of the Road: 1920s Hobos battling monsters – review and custom character sheet
I've always been a big fan of Barsoom/Dying Mars/Science Fantasy set RPGs. I've been maintaining a list of Mars games in this genre. One of my current favorites is BX Mars by Michael Gibbons. It's set on a dying Mars called Zerzura. It has a fun pulp science fantasy tone. It's got dead cities, Red … Continue reading B/X Mars: A character sheet for an OSR Mars science fantasy RPG
I recently designed a custom Troika! character sheet for my Barsoom: 1960 setting. I've decided to make a generic version for any Troika! game. I've made versions in several different colors. They're in A4 and US letter sizes https://ng76.itch.io/troika-character-sheets
I'm continuing to read through all of the entries in the TroikaFest Jam 2021, which ended last week. Here's a few more of the entries I thought were particular standouts. Part 1 is here. The Greate Phalanstère by Karol Popow A 10-page setting exploring a 19th century inspired city called Phalanster. It's described as a … Continue reading The Best of the TroikaFest Jam – Part 2
I've created a new custom Troika! character sheet for my Barsoom: 1960 setting. It's already posted on the itch.io site, but I thought I'd put a copy here as well. I've also made a version without the Barsoom: 1960 logo that can be used in any Troika! game. I have added this post to my … Continue reading Barsoom: 1960 – Custom Troika! character sheet
Last night, I ran a one shot of Mörk Borg, the OSR dark metal fantasy RPG. The best thing about Mörk Borg, and what more RPGs should aim for, is providing all of the little tools that make like easier for GMs The character generators, the dungeon generators, the free Foundry VTT plugin, and of … Continue reading The Tools of Mörk Borg
So the Troika Fest Jam just ended. I've already posted about my entry, so I thought I'd highlight some of the other fun Troika! supplements that people have made. I'll admit I haven't actually looked at all 120+ entries, but it's good to support small creators, so I'd thought I'd highlight the ones I thought … Continue reading The Best of the TroikaFest Jam – Part 1
