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Getting Started With The OSR: Part 3: Put Story In Its Proper Place

On June 23, 2022June 29, 2022 By Travis MillerIn design theory, game mastering advice, musings8 Comments

Emergent narrative is a fundamental concept of Old School Renaissance gaming.

Getting Started With The OSR: Part 2 : Play a Retro-Clone.

On June 16, 2022June 16, 2022 By Travis MillerIn game mastering advice, recommended3 Comments

The number of games in the OSR is overwhelming. I think the best place to start is with a retro-clone.

Dragon’s Bend Game Report 25

On June 13, 2022June 13, 2022 By Travis MillerIn game reportLeave a comment

Sometimes you eat the tentacled crawfish from the outer planes and sometimes the tentacled crawfish from the outer planes eats you.

How Does a 5E DM Get Started With OSR Games? : Part 1: The Key Concept

On June 9, 2022June 10, 2022 By Travis MillerIn design theory, game mastering advice, musings9 Comments

A lot of game masters picking up an OSR game believe that the rule set is the number one difference between WotC published versions of D&D and Old School Renaissance. I disagree.

Dragon’s Bend Game Report 24

On June 6, 2022 By Travis MillerIn game report1 Comment

Atticus and Quintus led the party into the depths of the hypogeum to renew their assault on the 4th level of the dungeon. The party decided to see if they could clear out the goblins in the south side of the level before tackling the driders in the north.Some of the goblin corpses had been …

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Sword & Sorcery Characters Don’t Change

On June 2, 2022June 2, 2022 By Travis MillerIn fiction, storytelling2 Comments

Sword & Sorcery protagonists don't change and that's just how we like it.

An Example of Milieu Centricity

On May 28, 2022May 29, 2022 By Travis MillerIn design theory1 Comment

The glue that holds a long term old school campaign together is the campaign milieu.

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