I thought I was at least somewhat in tune with the RPG community, but... I know none of these names.
Anyone in the know interested in enlightening me?
One of us got wooshed rn, just not sure who...
!whoosh@lemmy.zip
Lol, should have Googled it first after all!
Here I was hoping I could get someone excited to geek out about how all these new-to-me systems play together!
As you've realised, these are fake, but these are the games I think they're parodying:
Ironsworn
Apocalypse World, Blades in the Dark, and their many clones
Golden Sky Stories
Yazeba's Bed & Breakfast
Lunar Echos
Mausritter
Dungeon Bitches
Yeah but everyone still just plays Dungeonbone, there's no escaping it
Next time your DM is unavailable, step in to DM a one shot in Iron Hope!
if you don't call them an MC the community will kill you
(MC is the PbtA term for a DM, meaning Master of Ceremonies and used by tonnes of games that apparently didn't realise that Apocalypse World was made by two sex educators who intentionally used an old-timey slang for a penis)
I have no idea if you're messing with me, and I find that hilarious
That's the shame of the whole thing.
It's a hard life being a punter, but it beats having no taste
Some days, I think learning to read was a mistake.
Huh, that's kinda the point of Snow Crash, come to think of it.
No no. It was a mistake learning to read QR codes.
Systems Bitch actually sounds like a pretty rad mag. Where do I subscribe?
How it feels being an OSR nerd with 5e friends
What does old school RuneScape have to do with tabletop games?
"Old School Renaissance" in this case, the revival of zine-style RPGs influenced directly by Basic+Expert DnD from the late 70s and early 80s. The term has been diluted somewhat from the original blog scene of the 2010s (ish), with some games being near-perfect clones of BX DnD like Old School Essentials to extremely rules-thin games that are almost better enjoyed as art projects (Mork Borg, Ultraviolet Grasslands) and everything between.
Most groups are open to a one shot in a different system, so if you're up for it, suggest running one for Dungeon Crawl Classics or something. Or just use part of another system, like doing character creation in Traveler style but modified for a newer system.
I read this in the Interdimensional Cable voice
(Whispers) "Little biiiiits"
Hmmm yes, I know some of those words.
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