OSR/NSR Tabletop Roleplaying Games

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Whither Reddit? In the meantime, here’s a place to chat up old school revival (OSR) and new school revolution (NSR) style TTRPGs.

My name is Todd aka Hexed Press and I am the current caretaker (have I always been the caretaker?). Here are some other places to find me, if you are so inclined:

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Game System Recommendations (lemm.ee)

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I thought it might be nice to set up a thread in which we can recommend game systems to one another. What do you like? Why? Give us a quick blurb about a game you like and why you think others might like it. Maybe call out if you think it would be good for absolute beginners or folks new to the OSR/NSR. Oh and the genre too. If this gains some steam, I’ll pin it to the sidebar for easy access.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Hey there, just joined the party late, but since it haven't been named here, I'd like to add my favorite OSR/NSR systems:

Beyond the Wall & other Adventures is a super basic (in the B/X sense) low fantasy, low magic system, that wants to create the atmosphere of Le Guins Earthsea, Krabat and European mythology (and does it well imo). 3 basic classes, but lots of flavour created through character books. Speaking of this, character creation is zero-prep and a village is created alongside it, to give a starting point and linking aspect for the group.