Questing for Tabletop Adventure Games
If you’re reading this, it’s likely you’ve run or played in a games in the Mark of the Odd family, be it Into the Odd or Runecairn or Weird North. I myself have run Cairn, Electric Bastionland, Maze Rats, and Mausritter and of course I’ve also run my own Skorne and Adventure Hour!, which trace … Continue reading Odd Notation: Monsters
After reading this interview from Sean McCoy, I've elected to make my systems on itch.io, including both Skorne and Adventure Hour! free/pay what you want. They're Creative Commons, so have at it. This then is an announcement for continued development and playtesting for Skorne as changes are made. It started with an idea: what if … Continue reading Skorne 1.3: The Rules
<First take of this crashed and died, never to be seen again. Curse you, WordPress!> Sean McCoy (of Mothership fame and more) is doing a thing, as is Luke Gearing (also Mothership and more). The thing is this: A dungeon room a day for all of 2023. I dig it. I can do anything for … Continue reading #Dungeon23
Gaming can be enhanced by physical products. We all know this even before we've backed our 60th kickstarter. Here are a couple smaller grabs on Amazon I've found flavorful recently: 1. Cairn I play Cairn. Did plenty of it last December and gifted copies to over twenty folks. I've also cannibalized the character sheet by … Continue reading Four Recent Dungeoneering Amazon Purchases
Shipwright Thinking about CosmicOrrery's post about diceless violence and the reference to this post about combat maneuvers. Skorne's no to-hit rolls or even damage rolls is something I didn't realize all the implications or applications of when I wrote it. Such is design released to a larger world, I suppose... This is really leading to … Continue reading Damage to dilemma, the diceless way
A pattern: Neverland. Public domain adventure story, Peter Pan. Green cover. Oz. Public domain adventure story, Wizard of Oz. Blue cover. My prediction: The next book in this series is Wonderland. Public domain adventure story, Alice in Wonderland. Red cover. Red-gardless, buy these and use them at your table. They're fantastic. I've run Neverland for … Continue reading Andrew Kolb Prediction
Let's get to it: My name's Thomas and I will soon be running Skorne on Roll20 as theater of the mind. Very soon in fact: in three days! While I am excited to run combat without dice rolls, I am wondering how combat maneuvers will work and I am hoping that you can give me … Continue reading Ask the Dragonslayer #3: Diceless Maneuvers in Skorne
"Renegade Edgelord" is my vanity license plate. Skorne, upon both release and remaster, did not include a character sheet. Something it shares in common with other ultralight/FKR games. That has changed. From the itch page: KILLER FEATURES Helper text below each section to minimize book flipping while creating a new Renegade. HIT COUNTER on the … Continue reading Skorne Character Record Sheet
1998, no other. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6yYi16iuYY This mood music slaps. This heroine is my all-time favorite. She's passionate, loyal, and clever. For her excellent problem-solving skills and aspirational character, I crown her queen of the OSR. If you need a plot refresher: There are five reasons I dub Mulan thus: 1: Choosing one, not chosen one The … Continue reading Mulan, OSR Queen
Shipwright. Title is a Sabaton reference. For Adventure Hour!, Adventure World, Skorne, and other systems with fewer dice: When you're Taken Out of the action or at zero hits, make a death save. Roll 2d6, minus one for every time you’ve rolled a death save up to now: On 10+ you rally with heroic effort … Continue reading Until Your Last Dying Breath
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