tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post7994916534804170051..comments2024-03-27T01:28:28.346-07:00Comments on False Machine: The Crypt of the OSRpjamesstuarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13288777018721199748noreply@blogger.comBlogger83125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-59573887395822264722023-01-27T05:56:41.839-08:002023-01-27T05:56:41.839-08:00The Internet never forgets: https://web.archive.or...The Internet never forgets: https://web.archive.org/web/20181205120249/https://cyclopeana.wordpress.com/<br /><br />https://web.archive.org/web/20110503174407/http://hugeruinedpile.blogspot.com/Michael S/Chgowizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052820400496340137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-25767969040785839402021-10-17T06:27:08.528-07:002021-10-17T06:27:08.528-07:00I have made every statement about him that I ever ...I have made every statement about him that I ever wish to make. I am done with him now and forever. Nothing will change that. I don't want to talk to, or about, him in any way ever. I regard every day I don't think about Zak fucking smith as a blessing from on high. This conversation is done.pjamesstuarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13288777018721199748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-49618844332560898252021-10-16T19:29:54.054-07:002021-10-16T19:29:54.054-07:00Thank you for the response!
So the reason for bei...Thank you for the response!<br /> So the reason for being "done with him" is all the stuff in the 2017 post? The (you should read this) post?<br />If it is, has anything been added or changed for you since then?Becami Cusackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07217505009455196473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-73232742981554600152021-10-16T02:30:24.298-07:002021-10-16T02:30:24.298-07:00I was done with him in 2017 and that was it.I was done with him in 2017 and that was it.pjamesstuarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13288777018721199748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-79060773794429510842021-10-15T23:41:48.076-07:002021-10-15T23:41:48.076-07:00What would Zak have to do to be welcomed back by y...What would Zak have to do to be welcomed back by you?Becami Cusackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07217505009455196473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-79696812522456458692021-09-05T07:57:12.911-07:002021-09-05T07:57:12.911-07:00That was Rod of Lordly Might: http://rodoflordlymi...That was Rod of Lordly Might: http://rodoflordlymight.blogspot.com/2009/03/skills-middle-road.htmlWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12215651059418273961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-84091608138677964662021-03-30T01:45:10.605-07:002021-03-30T01:45:10.605-07:00The late, lamented Year Of The Dungeon blog, start...The late, lamented Year Of The Dungeon blog, started around 2010 by Tony Dowler had fantastically evocative, yet not over-perplexed dungeon (and town, and whatnot) maps on http://blog.microdungeons.com/Voljahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08826776454392269862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-4283367063831603682021-03-25T22:38:43.117-07:002021-03-25T22:38:43.117-07:00It was a great think tank.It was a great think tank.JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03263662621289630246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-14904300962733350992021-03-20T04:03:31.230-07:002021-03-20T04:03:31.230-07:00I guess that by definition, the Oerth Journal cann...I guess that by definition, the Oerth Journal cannot be counted as OSR because by the time it's first issue came out in 1995 the subject matters of original edition D&D and the World of Greyhawk weren't that old to begin with... But for me the discovery of the OJ and it's sister website "Canonfire" in the budding years of this millenium stand as a premonition of things that were later to come. I remember later perusing Grognardia and Jeff's Gameblog sometime back in 2010 and thinking "oh shit, _this_ is what those people were talking about, I just didn't have the language back then to articulate what was so great about it."<br /><br />https://greyhawkonline.com/oerthjournal/Augusthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10923665112760189285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-42076619319811808962021-03-19T23:14:20.091-07:002021-03-19T23:14:20.091-07:00Hey, so, I was late to the OSR, having come back t...Hey, so, I was late to the OSR, having come back to TTRPG after a 25 year hiatus in 2014 via Pathfinder. Think I heard about LotFP in my news feed and found Bryce's Ten Foot Pole blog some time in 2015. Picked up Maze of the Blue Medusa and down the rabbit holes I went. So my response here isn't strictly following instructions, but there are a couple of blog posts I ran across while chasing hares that are stuck in my brain's OSR Hard Drive. <br /><br />This guy has great posts...haven't seen anything in awhile but it was the first time I ran across the concept of Failing Forward: https://www.runagame.net/2015/12/fail-forward.html. And I always wanted to follow this concept of world-building: http://iceandruin.blogspot.com/2017/02/the-free-association-map-method.html. <br /><br />Certainly not examples from the nether-reaches of the OSR but are part of my way-back machine, given my limited association. <br /><br />A lot of great posts and places to go here, Patrick Stuart. Appreciate the exercise.Ninsianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13539537016352161818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-80173367537105312482021-03-19T15:50:25.621-07:002021-03-19T15:50:25.621-07:00I remember reading 1KM1MT back in the very early 2...I remember reading 1KM1MT back in the very early 2010s and being excited about edits to games that I had never played (the site is gone now). The whole idea of playing DnD was better than materially playing.<br /><br />That led me to a blog called Monstrous Television and its 666-level megadungeon city set in gonzo hell (this is also gone but an archive exists)<br />(http://web.archive.org/web/20140108113307/http://monstroustelevision.blogspot.com/)<br /><br />The suggested blog reading included Games With Others and Dungeon of Signs, both of whom I read and copied from deeply. The HMS Apollyon setting and the whole megadungeon crawl still stick with me. I read the Dark Souls DnD conversion posts when it was still fresh.<br /><br />I also recall your Isles of The Imprisoned Moon play reports from years back, those showed me how good Into The Odd was as a rules-lite system.<br /><br />I was never a part of the G+ circle when it existed, or the OSR Discord that now exists. H Luckehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11772039151206008401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-66093836318915587802021-03-19T07:25:13.528-07:002021-03-19T07:25:13.528-07:00Damn Chris Tamm literally cannot be stoppedDamn Chris Tamm literally cannot be stoppedpjamesstuarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13288777018721199748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-43025223010310690862021-03-19T07:22:17.892-07:002021-03-19T07:22:17.892-07:00What strange energies within a man cause him to de...What strange energies within a man cause him to delete his own blog? These ruined cities litter the plains of the OSR, all lost to time.pjamesstuarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13288777018721199748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-61169892263089014202021-03-19T07:20:52.716-07:002021-03-19T07:20:52.716-07:00Ah I remember that post. Its been a while.Ah I remember that post. Its been a while.pjamesstuarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13288777018721199748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-46857291909610863902021-03-19T07:19:03.154-07:002021-03-19T07:19:03.154-07:00Interesting find thank youInteresting find thank youpjamesstuarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13288777018721199748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-25426607560990371952021-03-19T07:17:55.836-07:002021-03-19T07:17:55.836-07:00Damn, the Purple City in the ancient time. And tha...Damn, the Purple City in the ancient time. And thanks!pjamesstuarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13288777018721199748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-57068394189746404322021-03-19T07:14:28.330-07:002021-03-19T07:14:28.330-07:00Rob Conley is this one right https://batintheattic...Rob Conley is this one right https://batintheattic.blogspot.com/2017/08/my-axioms-of-sandbox-campaigns.html ?pjamesstuarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13288777018721199748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-69883412161733360802021-03-19T07:11:20.277-07:002021-03-19T07:11:20.277-07:00Strange that so many secret paths run silently thr...Strange that so many secret paths run silently through the Forgepjamesstuarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13288777018721199748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-74505619942540922292021-03-19T05:09:13.785-07:002021-03-19T05:09:13.785-07:00Sham was the one that had Skills: The Middle Road,...Sham was the one that had Skills: The Middle Road, right?Ynas Midgardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14972628887096890642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-74280076771684845282021-03-19T05:07:56.787-07:002021-03-19T05:07:56.787-07:00Yeah, I was really looking forward to seeing his i...Yeah, I was really looking forward to seeing his interpretation of SUD.Ynas Midgardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14972628887096890642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-57262393429977570392021-03-19T05:06:12.068-07:002021-03-19T05:06:12.068-07:00I sent an e-mail to Kabuki maybe a year ago (don&#...I sent an e-mail to Kabuki maybe a year ago (don't even remember why), but I haven't heard back since :(Ynas Midgardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14972628887096890642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-52881985031919421552021-03-18T07:51:00.209-07:002021-03-18T07:51:00.209-07:00For me, it started when the guy hosting our monthl...For me, it started when the guy hosting our monthly RPG sessions (mostly 3E/d20 system games back then, 2006) introduced me to this thread on The Forge: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/archive/index.php?topic=22161.0<br /><br />Then I found Robert Fisher's writings about BX and the Isle of Dread game he was running. The original site is long gone, but Robert relocated things here: http://web.fisher.cx/robert/rpg/dnd/<br /><br />Those led me to Dragonsfoot, and I posted on the forums fairly often for a few years, but then Jeff's Game Blog became my OSR reading hub. <br /><br />I love this thread, the comments have reminded me of so many great blogs that I'd forgotten about!Dennis Laffeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03053699552003336733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-55999458603874613512021-03-17T22:17:37.044-07:002021-03-17T22:17:37.044-07:00So, weird synchronicity, but it's been a minut...So, weird synchronicity, but it's been a minute since I've looked at any OSR blogs, and stopped by here on a whim, just to see what's been happening. As I'm reading this blog entry, my wife shows me an old picture of Kurt Russell on her phone (we're both whittling away our time on our respective devices). Then, I go down to the comments, and read "Scroll of Summoning Kurt Russel". Guess it worked! Although if there's a knock on the door and I see Snake Plisken through the peephole, I'm fucking out of here.Ninsianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13539537016352161818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-72875853882711971742021-03-15T21:48:19.284-07:002021-03-15T21:48:19.284-07:00Eh?! That was the original online discussion forum...Eh?! That was the original online discussion forum ... you can access it through Google Groups back as far as 1992. Better software used to exist.<br />Here is an interesting sample from 1992: https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.frp.dnd/c/be8Ftb0-w3Y/m/9PqFlFDhd5QJSteveghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07061412994661583425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-10476095853728496492021-03-15T21:14:58.924-07:002021-03-15T21:14:58.924-07:00Active since 2009: bxblackrazor.blogspot.com
I rem...Active since 2009: bxblackrazor.blogspot.com<br />I remember his "Conan is a Thief" post<br />Active since last year: inplacesdeep.blogspot.com, rolesrules.blogspot.com, savageafterworld.blogspot.com<br />Inactive(?) but online: backin81.blogspot.com, lawfulindifferent.blogspot.com<br /><br />My osr involvement started in 2008, so I don't have access to the bottom of the crypt :)Lee Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06698873084592329937noreply@blogger.com