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OSR as a rudimentary science
P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; direction: ltr; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); widows: 2; orphans: 2; }So this that I am about to tell is fortunately an old story but it popped up out of my mind because recently I...
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Gatewar (1994)
"Believeable Fantasy Role-Playing in the World of Vinya."From the back cover:"GateWar is a comprehensive, believable fantasy role-playing system that introduces or enhances several concepts in the...
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The soundtrack for your dungeon phantasies
Feeling depressed because you never managed to find a suitable music which could convey the thrills of deep dungeon exploring?i have always been suspicious to use music whilst game mastering to my...
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Highlighting all the 32 classes of Arcanum: the Beastmaster
One of the most delightful aspect of this old fantasy rpg is the multitude of classes available. It's gorgeous to read all the features of each one, i find it so inspiring.So,let me show you this...
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The unsolved problem of Combat in Dungeons & Dragons
I had been thinking for pretty a long time about making a series of posts devoted to the intricacies of D&D's combat.What i am interested mostly in is the different schools of thought that have...
View ArticlePerhaps i was bound to have a mystical union with Spawn of Fashan
In fact, today i re-discovered this old post of mine that i wrote some time ago.I almost forgot i wrote that, but that dream was, well..true. I had it.And now i have scheduled the project to bring SOF...
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"What price glory" is part of the Holy Trinity
This was sold on ebay a while ago...this is the 2nd time i saw this item for sale in years and years.. I have my copy and as i said before it is one of the most cherished treasure in my collection and...
View ArticleTwo tables I would be willing to borrow from Harnmaster
Here they are: two tables of Harnmaster rpg that i like.Both of them are taken from Harnmaster 1st edition (1986) by Columbia games. The first one are guidelines for a sort of “alignment” system,...
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Justify your character’s life
What follows is an interesting list of character motivations: someone may notice where it comes from.I have always thought that any character should start with a reason for his adventuring, and such a...
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A clever way of assigning hit points for your character
An interesting way of assigning hit points for your character may derive from the system found in “Thieves’guild” 2nd edition (1984) by Game Lords.I read it today for the first time, and I was very...
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HOW TO DESTROY THE PHANTOMS OF PHENOMENA
P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }Or, Which fantasy rpg can carry me to the dreamworld? PART IIIt is difficult for me to try to expound this second and final part of my post (the first part can be found...
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Is Tolkien's work inaccessible?
P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }I always find myself dreaming of a game which can enable to transport players inside the Silmarillion tales. After the glorious days of Merp (which, as far as I am...
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One of the main reason i am against the OSR
Look, "Fantastic Heroes & Witchery".YAOSRG (yet another old-school renaissance game).Maybe it's cool, and probably it is indeed. The proliferation of new simulacrum is a good thing, i appreciate...
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My battered copy of P&P..going to make a new character tonight
Tonight i'm going to make a new P&P character, because a friend of mine (he who introduced me into the rpg hobby in the eighties and who is currently playing AD&D 2nd edition) is willing to...
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Chivalry & Sorcery hard-to-find articles by Ed Simbalist
While i don't hide the fact that i regard Ed Simbalist as the king among kings of the fantasy rpg hobby (and consequently C&S as the Summum bonum among old fantasy rpg's), i must admit this one...
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Obscure finnish fantasy rpg interview: Miekka Ja Magia (1987)
The author, Risto J. Hieta -how the idea of MJM developed? did you have any influences or inspirations which lead you to the writing of the game? Was it just a burst of creativity on your part? Or were...
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