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Author: Travis Miller
Revisiting an Assumption: Who are OSR Games For?
When the OSR was new, nobody thought anyone born after Gary Gygax was kicked out of TSR would be interested in classic games. That might be changing.
Is Fudging Dice Good Game Mastering?
It's bad practice to fudge dice rolls for a number of reasons.

Thoughts About Time and Value
I want some of your lifetime and attention.
Customize Your Description
I have some old posts that haven’t gotten many views. Going back through them, I noticed that some of them are quite good but for some reason hadn’t received much attention. This is an experiment to see if the reblog function on the WordPress improves the views of the post.
Different people see the world differently.
I grew up around blue collar tradesmen. Most of my family, direct and extended relations, are blue collar people. A plumber looks at a toilet differently than you do. A friend’s dad was a linesman for the electric company. We’d be driving along and he would point out a transformer on a pole and tell a story about when his crew put it up in the middle of a blizzard. I wouldn’t even see it until he mentioned it.
When I describe a situation, I give different descriptions to different characters because they will see different things based on their skill set and world view.
The party comes across a camp that was recently wiped out by a large party of goblins.
The ranger will notice that the camp was set by a group skilled in woodcraft. They placed the tents where the weather…
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A Lesson Not Learned By the Gaming Industry
At some point in the 80's, someone at a game company called TSR noticed that there were more players than game masters. They came up with a hypothesis: If you make books for players instead of game masters, you can sell more books. That seems obvious but it turns out that this is not a very good long term strategy.

How Do I Play a First Level OSR Thief?
The lowly first level thief can be challenging to play in an old school renaissance game. They have some special skills but are weak in a fight. Here are some tips for playing a low level thief character.