Are there assholes in the OSR? Of course. Anywhere you go there will be at least one asshole. That's life. Assholes draw attention to themselves. They do that because they want to control things. They think they have all the answers. Often they are smart, knowledgeable, even competent. That makes them even more insidious. They …
I have an article about wandering monsters, why you should use them and how to make interesting useful tables in the new zine Gary's Appendix. The Kickstarter opened this morning and will fund in the first 24 hours! The writing is turned in and the project is already in layout. I'm very confident this will …
Osric, Quintus, Elinore explore the well, loot part of level 5 and carry their treasure back to Oktar's Town.
What make an OSR game an OSR game? I have a simple heuristic and thoughts about the broader definition.
Quintus, Osric, and Elionor steal a door.
I have a shelf full of books about writing and storytelling. Some of them are written by famous writers. Some are written by people you have never heard and teach the craft of fiction at well regarded university writing programs. They all have something useful in them. They all have varying degrees of bullshit. Here …
Where Madness Dwells is an outstanding traditional metal album released by IRONFLAME. If you enjoy old school metal inspired by sword-and-sorcery then you should check this out.
Grumpy Wizard 