blogroll
Profane Ape |
My brother's game blog. Heavy focus on gameable content (especially travelogues).
Selected reading: Wizards, their hats,
and their secrets
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Goblin Punch |
My entry point into the OSR. A little bit of everything, and absolutely essential reading.
Selected reading: Wtf
are those goblins doing?
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Delta's D&D Hotspot |
Deep dives into the mathematics of OD&D. Great foundational house rules. |
Coins & Scrolls |
Good theory posts, GLOG content, and ideas for making historical reality gameable. |
Roles, Rules, and Rolls |
Excellently presented modular house rules, lots of good mechanics posts.
Selected reading: Encounter Reaction/Morale Table
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A Blog Full of Demons |
A number of demons, exactly as advertised. |
DIY & Dragons |
Diverse blog with some excellent theory posts. |
Papers & Pencils |
Another foundational OSR blog. Nick has written several excellent books every referee should own. |
mindstorm |
Home to tons of excellent tools, advice, and procedures for referees. Killer web design.
Selected reading: Nested Monster Hit Dice
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Save vs. Total Party Kill |
Venerable OSR blog, home to the Ramanan Sivaranjan Awards for Excellence in Gaming. |
Spooky action at a distance |
Excellent Mothership, Traveller, and other sci-fi content. Marvellous web design to boot.
Selected reading: Worlds of Classic Traveller
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A Blasted, Cratered Land |
Lots of good GLOG content, and a sci-fi hack of Emmy Allen's Dungeon Bitches. |
Marcia's Blog |
Outstanding insights on the maths and theory of OD&D, as well as more general Marxist
writing.
Selected reading: Keystone
Readings
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Possum Creek Games Blog |
Author and publisher of Wanderhome, excellent storygame content. |
The Retired Adventurer |
One of the wellsprings of the proceduralist style of play. Tons of Openquest content.
Selected reading: The
Rhythm of Procedure
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Dungeon of Signs |
Influential blog from the mid-OSR. No longer regularly updated, but an absolute trove. |
All Dead Generations |
Lots of good proceduralist posts, inspired adventures, and fantastic art. |
Mazirian's Garden |
Wide range of content, including an excellent series on how to produce physical zines. |
Permanent Cranial Damage |
Writings of the author of Errant, perhaps the best take on OSR gaming I have yet
seen in print.
Selected reading: Errant
Anti-Archetypes
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Malevolent Bejeweled
Cutlass |
A number of short, sweet posts, some of which preserve information from Google+. |
Throne of Salt |
Many fantastic posts, with game-ready content for an astounding variety of settings. |
Prismatic Wasteland |
Lots of good thoughts on procedures, as well as procedures to drop straight into your game.
Selected reading: What Even
Is a
"Procedure?"
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I Cast Light! |
Tons of straightforward advice and house rules that cut to the heart of OSR gaming.
Selected reading: PSYCHOLOGICAL
WEIGHT IN SLOT-BASED ENCUMBRANCE
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Save vs. Worm |
Home of the King of Kings setting, a fantastical version of late antique Iran.
Selected reading: Inventories and
Encumbrace
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New School Revolution |
Musings of the author of Cairn. Excellent and provocative thoughts on design.
Selected page: The
New New School Revolution
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No Foes, No Traps |
Domain of the dread Hodag, artist extraordinaire. Immaculate vibes, and a fellow Weird Al
enjoyer.
Selected reading: Druids as
Jedi
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Rise Up Comus |
Developer of His Majesty the Worm and big fan of Tolkien—under-represented
in the wider OSR!
Selected reading: In Search of
Better Travel Rules
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Grognardia |
Arguably the blog that started it all. Inspirational/envious update frequency. |
Great Dungeon of the North |
Good blog for Traveller content, especially focusing on the Aslan. |
Tales of the Rambling Bumblers |
Long-running blog going back to pre-OSR days. Lots of great gaming morsels.
Selected reading: Shields Shall Be
Splendid!
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Dungeons of Signs |
Origin of the HMS Apollyon setting. Another great blog from the foundational days of the OSR.
Selected reading: Luceat Lux Vestra – Making Light Management More Interesting
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