I don’t know if you’ve heard the term NSR or New School Revolution. Layla (aka Pandatheist) revisited the term after blogging about it three years ago, laying out the tastes of designers and players who use the term. Yochai Gal who started the discord community followed up with a post about
The NSR article is interesting! I've been researching lately games in the tradition of OSR, NSR, O5R...it's fascinating to compare to the PbtA games I've primarily been playing the last couple of years.
So far, the games I want to run or play most are Old-School Essentials, Whitehack, Into the Unknown, and Stars/Worlds Without Number. I'm thinking of running OSE first with family as a baseline.
Great links this week. I think I've checked them all out.
That's great to hear! Thank you!
The NSR article is interesting! I've been researching lately games in the tradition of OSR, NSR, O5R...it's fascinating to compare to the PbtA games I've primarily been playing the last couple of years.
Oh nice! Any particular titles that have caught your eye?
So far, the games I want to run or play most are Old-School Essentials, Whitehack, Into the Unknown, and Stars/Worlds Without Number. I'm thinking of running OSE first with family as a baseline.