Welcome to the Old School Renaissance General, the thread dedicated to first-decade, Gygaxian D&D, its faithful modern clones, and content created for use with them. Later editions (2e and newer) should be discussed elsewhere.Broadly, OSR games encourage a tonal and mechanical fidelity to Dungeons & Dragons played as intended by its creators from 1974 to 1983 — less emphasis on linear adventures and overarching metaplots and a greater emphasis on player agency.If you are new to the OSR, welcome! Ask us whatever you're curious about: we'll be happy to help you get started. We also have two excellent beginner guides created by Anons with feedback from the thread that you can check for help:>n00b DM's Guidehttps://pastebin.com/EVvt6P0B>n00b Player's Handbookhttps://pastebin.com/XALkXkV0>Troves, Resources, Blogs, etc:http://pastebin.com/9fzM6128>Need a starter dungeon? Here's a curated collection:Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97213058>I really like the consequences ACKS assigns to failing to pay, even though it apparently goes kinda hog wild with the expenditures.Agreed, it doesn't demand you pay it. It's just you'll be less respected and reputable if you don't.And you know the interesting thing? I can easily see players actually leveraging it to their benefits if they thought about it.Imagine pulling the classic Robin Hood 'Turn up at an archery competition wearing nothing but burlap only to dominate the shit out of everyone for the prize' just through your own cunning rather than DM fiat.
>>97214732haven't really played 5e for years, I play savge worlds with my main group. >Surprise segments with a duration that is affected by dexterity and armour/encumbrance, action declarations, charging, spell interruptions, initiative after the charge being dictated by weapon length rather than initiative roll, morale checks, fighters with multiple attacks per round (from the 7th level onward) always attacking before initiative is even rolled, grappling and overbearing, and so on?guess not, I'll check with my the AD&D GM about that but I don't think many of these are in BX correct? aside from moral and surprise anyway I ask because while I like the ideas presented by the OSR about exploration, resource management and player skill & freedom. My main highlight in any game is a good tactical combat which I guess I like in savage worlds.
>>97214764>I don't think many of these are in BX correct?Correct. But as we often say here, 99% of the problems in B/X are fixed by the DMG.>I like the ideas presented by the OSR about exploration, resource management and player skill & freedom. My main highlight in any game is a good tactical combat which I guess I like in savage worlds.No idea what savage worlds is, but that makes sense. Hopefully your DM will be able to appreciate AND run something closer to the full rules, but sadly many don't.
>>97214813>99% of the problems in B/X are fixed by the DMGright, I should read it. btw, is there a good log or video demonstrating a "by the book" encounter? >Hopefully your DM will be able to appreciate AND run something closer to the full rulesthanks I hope so too
>>97214764>>97214813Let me be more explicit:In B/X?>Surprise segments with a duration that is affected by dexterity and armour/encumbrance,Only surprise rounds, only one round when surprised.>action declarations, Yes, but simpler / fewer things to declare.>chargingVery partial implementation.>spell interruptions, Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Welcome to /wbg/, the thread for the discussion of in-progress settings for traditional games.Here is where you go to present and develop the details of your worlds such as lore, factions, magic and ecosystems. You can also post maps for your settings, as well as any relevant art. Please remember that dialogue is what keeps the thread alive, so don't be afraid of giving someone feedback or post whatever relevant input you might have, cunt!Last thread: >>96999149Worldbuilding links: Post someFantasy map generator: https://watabou.itch.io/medieval-fantasy-city-generator
>>97214270How far back do you reckon I'd have to dial back the year to in order for the fantasy parts to not be a coat of paint?
>>97214349Before smarthphones.
>>97214396That's what I've been planning. I think it's best to not have stuff like cameras, cellphones, computers, or other technology like that.
>>97214426Take the Flintstones approach.Magic and magical creatures take the place of modern appliances.
>>97210130I've seen Steamboy. >>97210164>The Difference EngineI need to look into that. Thank you.
Amazons Edition>Resources:WFB: https://pastebin.com/qVGrgwwhWM: https://pastebin.com/EsDAgebaWFRP: https://pastebin.com/inbyBsR6Novels: https://pastebin.com/PFqPDr0H>TOW:https://gofile.io/d/fxFgXShttps://www.warhammer-community.com/the-old-world-downloads/>Warhammer Chronicles:https://files (dot) catbox (dot) moe/0xt777 (dot) zip>Time of Legends:Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97214499Cowboy models? Why? Just because you want them?
>>97214771I can use em for non-gw games thank you very much. I dont think You cant get away with cowboys in the empire I think.
>>97214444>2009 It's insane when you think about the quality Perry Miniatures was producing almost 20 years ago compared to the shit GW is producing now, let alone what they were producing 20 years ago.
>>97214583>>97214590Then go play AoS.Secondaries, I swear...
>>97214444one or two casualty figures on the sprue should be the wargaming standard. we need to bring back sovl into the hobby
This is a second OSRG, seperate from the main osrg thread, where you CAN talk about 2e, retroclones, and any osr content you want.This is different than the regular osrg as due to rampant trolling from a handful of bad actors, discussion is impossible.
>>97214490so you are trying to say your evidence is your own lack of understanding how present perfect continuous works?honestly I'm not sure I can express what I expected but this seems to have just met my expectations.
>>97214664>I have been too busy to brows 4chan for quite a while.>But I happen to be online every time I'm mentioned and answer within one hour.>It's a coincidence, trust me bro.>And if you don't believe me it's because you don't understand present perfect continuous.ROTFL M A O
>>972144642e's compendiums were a result of 1e being such a clusterfuck mess of scattered rules. They're an imperfect solution made to try and fix an insurmountable problem, one deliberately made to try and increase book sales.
>>97214769>I happen to be online every time I'm mentioned and answer within one hour.oh I yeah forgot you have that other "foolproof piece of evidence">everyone who disagrees with me on an anonymous imageboard is one person
>>97214795>>97214196>>97214335>>97214355Totally different people.
How do we fix Steampunk?
>>97196423>How do we fix Steampunk?Play it straight. The genre's pool of published works is about 85% "subversions" with "plucky foid/groid protagonists fighting against The Oppressive System" which is why it dissolved into Tumblr Soup so quickly. You actually need at least one of the major colonial powers to be the unironic good guys totally justified in bringing Progress and Science and Basic Hygiene to the fuzzy-wuzzies. In an American setting this is incredibly easy to do by keeping the injuns the howling savages they were IRL and adding some neat alt-tech. In a British setting this is also incredibly easy to do by channeling your modern 21st century rage at the Pajeet Menace back at their ancestors and have Queen Victoria chastising her administrators for not suppressing them more effectively, or by looking at the fall of Rhodesia and South Africa to understand what those colonists were up against.
>>97200644wtf it was?pre WWI Europe meets Chinese Warlords cross-over?
>>97211225>Aneurysm: Of Steamworks And Magick Obscura
>>97206086Ah but you can't do that either, because unless you turned them into societies of super-geniuses living in steampunk Wakandas and all the white cultures were backwards shitholes(afterall, without all the wealth and knowledge and people and heckin genius we STOLE from the poor wholesome chungus natives, we'd be NOTHING) the same people who'd shit on you for depicting colonialism would also throw a hissy about you depicting primitive people as, well, primitive. And even if you did the Native Wakanda vs Dimwit Luddite YTs, you better have at least 70% nignogs(and a token Amerindian) on your company's staff because otherwise you'll be "appropriating the culture of the oppressed" or whatever.My point is there's no way to win, not until we go back to simply rejecting the premise that depiction and endorsement are synonymous, and also the premise that people of one culture aren't "allowed" to depict, draw from, or make comment upon another.
We had a perfect Steampunk universe once, with slight elements of Aetherpunk and "Tech vs. Wilds" concepts, but PP ruined it.
Wasted Edition▶Previous thread:>>97108804Battlefleet Gothic, Blood Bowl, Epic, Kill Team, Man-o-War, Middle-Earth Strategy Battle Game, Mordheim, Necromunda, Shadow War: Armageddon, Titanicus, Underworlds, Warcry, Warhammer Quest, Warmaster ...... and any other GW system and board game are welcome.▶Helpful resources: (feel free to suggest additions!)https://pastebin.com/qq9N8V0V▶TQComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97212901Are you aware that MESBG is in a different scale from WFB?
>>97212901>>97213718The lotr range is a different scale due to some copyright thing were the Tolkien estate gave GW the green light to create minis, but it had to be a different scale to make it stand out from regular warhammer.
>>97213727that's not really the reason. the mesbg stuff was always sculpted with more realistic proportions like historicals, but they used to be the same height as WHFB and 40k. it's just the mesbg stuff stayed the same size while the mainline games got scale crept to hell.
Is there a bookmarked PDF for warmaster Revolution? One on the site isn't, it's got one single bookmark in polish.
New necromunda book's out. Could someone give us the spoilers and confirm that the ongoing narrative is over?
It's Da PDF Share Thread!Get ready to stuff your hard drive like a cosplay hooker at a con!STEP 0:<----- That image is not a PDF, it's an image, at least for now. Check the 4plebs link below to find the PDF.PLEASE READ DA FAQ BEFORE REQUESTING OR SHARING.It will answer 99% of your questions about this thread. If you haven't read it, we will know.STEP 1:Please exhibit good manners. Threads start sliding off the board after a certain number of posts. More posts wasted on being rude means fewer posts available for sharing.STEP 2:Request, share, stay awesome!Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97214316NV anon only updates infrequently these days, typically weekly.
>>97214486Thx!
>>97211495Seeing only the cover on NV so far, looking for it as well
[REQ] Maze of the blue medusa
>>97214772osrchive
The Three Emperors EditionPrevious thread:>>96939608>Thread Question:Do you plan any big projects for the next year already?>Community Summary of Wargames:https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11JoUpGIRDp5DZdgJ24rijKHgyY-qvvR5QnVtHIp57Tw/edit?usp=sharing>List of Historical Tactical, Strategic, and Military Drill treatises:http://pastebin.com/BfMeGd6R>ZunTsu Gameboxes:Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97214144Crimea doesn't pay
>>97214551Crimea is russian
>>97214562But niggers do Crimea all the time?
So how bad exactly are the warlord games successor state models?Who makes better kits?
>>97214144Why are those Dagestanis dressed up as Sharpes Rifles?
I love minis and so should you :)post your favorite minis or minis that you think are terrible
Got done with the remodeling of the minis, pretty fun to do actually
>>97206875lookin' dope anon
>>97176000lmao took me a sec
The first fantasy miniature I ever painted has gotten lost over the years, but I managed to find another one via some eBay dredging. Heartbreaker Miniatures 119a, arrived pre-stripped. Now to find 119b that I also had, that one seems a good bit rarer.
>>97166689Ral Partha minis still seem to be sold these days.I like this undead beastmaster.>>97213838Good luck on it, anon!I gotta find my first mini now. I hope I can.
Valakut editionPrevious: >>97129473>News & RemindersWorld Championship 31 won by Seth Manfield (Izzet Lessons, United States, he/him)Complete winter achievements for rewards December 16-January 6From November 18, 2025–January 19, 2026 Golden Packs will temporary contain cards differently than before due to "various pieces of internal nonsense"https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/mtg-arena/announcements-december-15-2025>Useful Linkshttps://pastebin.com/QFA0hqaA>TQHave you played the brawl challenge, and if so, which commander?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pw2HV9NtEqQGet in here bros>>97213501Standard was good until the June bans
>>97214053
i was on the same flight with this guy to an scgcon oncegl lil nigga
new jank
>>97214462I'm pretty sure that dude has delivered my Uber Eats a couple of times
Alright, if NOT 5e, what should be babby's first tabletop in 2025+1?
>>97205950>The idea of beginner ttrpgs does more harm than goodt. harmed when entering the hobby> and whatever gameplay elements tickle your fancy then choose based on those.Yeah, I can totally see how newfags are going to make that choice, especially in an informative way. Gee, I guess it must be totally disconnected with the fact WotC is spending on marketing of D&D more than rest of the companies that arent GW are worth.
>>97212967Nta, but consider the following>Have to explain ALL of BRP, literall the whole fucking set of rules>"When doing something, you roll those two dice, to get result equal or lower to the values listed, and this value represents your percentage chance of success, so the higher the number, the more likely its to succeed"That's all. That's literally all there is to explain. NOTHING else. d100 is consistently the easiest to explain to anyone above age of 10 (age 13 if they are American), because they already know what percentage is and thus you only need to tell them it's a % to succeed.If you are running for kids below that age, then your best chance are dice pool systems with "roll x times same" or dicelesst. running an open table bi-weekly with no game that takes more than 30 minutes to explain to a complete layman or a newfag to the hobby
>>97205876I feel like the Sine Nomine "___ Without Numbers" systems are a pretty good starter.The good PbtA systems aren't bad as PLAYER beginner but I wouldn't recommend them for new GMs.Dungeon Crawl Classic might be a good starter, depending on the kind of person.if somebody is a tacticsshitter I might do Lancer.honestly and unironically, also depending on the type of person I might try Goblin With A Fat Ass. I got several people into TTRPG with a pre-kickstarter era version of Goblin Quest, and it's arguably a better version of that.
>>97205876Tales of Equestria.So simple literal preschoolers can play. No math required just the ability to count.
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>>97214112previous concept, for comparison
>>97214577Face of a child on that body. Creepy.
Ok Dr. Pizza
>>97214728I don't know who that is.
Ever had to say fuck it this is above our paygrade, and just bail from a dungeon?I get that GM probably put some amount of effort into preparing it and skipping the place would put that to waste, but when the very first encounter makes it painfully obvious pushing on would be suicidal, nobody can really blame the party for doing literally anything else, right?
>replying to off topic spamYep just another day on tg
>>97207726Since I want to respect the DM's prep time, I would say to them OOC that the dungeon just seems too hard and I'm concerned we are likely to die. I would ask if he is sure that it's beatable or if it's possible for him to either tone it back or let us do something else that he has prepared.
>>97208008/thread.
>>972077354chan is not a site for church ladies, fuck off.
>>97213059Diverting a river and flooding a dungeon takes time, which allows for countermeasures such as digging improved drainage channels.Sealing the known entrances to cause suffocation also can be circumvented through environmental modification.Neither is useful against creatures that don't need to breathe.
Why do lawful "good" players get upset when you remind them that all demons are objectively evil, and therefore must be purged?
>>97214217That's clearly not a demon, though.
>all demons are objectively evilAccording to who?
>>97214217Marriage is between a man and a woman, yes.
>>97214369That's a demon: japan
Weebshit demons are just humans with horns because everything in nip fantasy is watered down and gormless.
Lgs gripe thread?>if you have bluk for people to go through, either go off tcg player, or have a minimum price per card>do not do bothAll you are doing is making me not want to buy from you when i have to wait for you to scam them on your phone and then charge me almost twice what your phone said
>>97212226If you are an official WotC D&D spot, they require you to buy a bunch of shit for organized play events as well as other odds and ends. Often, there aren't enough players to cover the cost of those OP event materials, so smaller LGS spread the cost to all D&D players by having them all buy table space. Your thought is probably "Why don't they just not be an official spot then?" (Mine was) and that's because you have to agree to be one for X amount of time. You find out your draw is a fraction of what you expected, you still have to keep paying. It's one of those situations where it's best not to get involved with WotC in an official capacity. Games Workshop has some dumb fuck requirements too which is why small stores that start doing WH stuff might have heaps of shit they can't unload because local markets don't want to spend that much on WH stuff but they have to keep buying it anyway.Gameshops often do better by avoiding getting involved with WotC or GW in any official capacity if they are smaller joints. Then again, game shop owners are usually (not always) some of THE dumbest mother fuckers on the face of the planet.
>>97212056God, this. Just fucking have a price. If I have to check prices online I'm gonna BUY online you stupid fat fuck.
>don't hold products in reserve for 5 weeks while your broke ass friend tries to scrape together 100$ to buy it.>also pull reserved stock off your fucking shelf.
>>97211984Who the fuck is looking up the price on shit in the bulk bin? The whole point is they trade labor for revenue. You did the labor and reap the rewards if something good is in there
>tones of lgs' in area>most of them smell>2 are full corpo>better ones farther awayA cursed existence
