• Musings on the OSR

    calendar Jun 6, 2024 · 3 min read · OSR Mechanics

    I love the notion of OSR books - the bare minimalism, the daring reinvention and questioning of schemas and tropes. So here are my musings on some OSR-style mechanics.1

    Goals

    • like old D&D
    • don't fill the character sheet with 1,000 special skills
    • short rules
    • lethal game-play, forcing players to be clever

    Why HP?

    If …


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