Hello,
I've been playing TTRPG's for about 3 years now and OSR systems for about 1 year, over this time I have been trying to learn as much as I can about D&D and TTRPG's in general. I like to think that over this relatively short time I have learned a lot mostly from older more experienced DM's but some also from Autistic overthinking of mechanics and rule implications. I still have a lot to learn and I'm by no means an expert so fair warning I'm probably wrong most of the time. I view this blog mostly as a tool for me to improve and learn though I hope I will be able to provide something of value to others.
Anyway I have a list of TTRPG related New Years resolutions that I hope will be a bit of a preview of what I plan to talk about on this blog.
1.try more systems, I have played a few OSR systems over the last year but there are a lot I still am looking to play as well as some non OSR systems like Fallout 2d20, Call of Cthulhu and shadows of the demon lord. I am interested in trying new mechanics and exploring different game styles.
2.use more digital tools in the prep and running of games, when I first started playing ttrpgs I had an aversion to digital tools, seeing them as clunky and frustrating to use, however over the last year having started playing exclusively digitally I have been forced to re think this, I have started using campaign documents to prep and record the events of my games as well as using worldogropher to generate maps. I may post some of the game reports that i record during and after play on this blog too.
3.create a mega dungeon, this is something I've tried a bit in the past and definitely a style of play I enjoy, my plan is to create a 30 floor (yeah maybe not that big) mega dungeon over the month of March for the Swords and Wizardry complete rules.
4.build some mini settings, I tend to have a lot of ideas that flash up and then are lost before i can incorporate it in to any game I'm currently working on, the idea behind these mini settings is that they are just small hexcrawls or city crawls, as a archive of game ideas I've had and may want to revisit, the types of settings will vary wildly as well as the system I had in mind for each.
Again I'm quite new to ttrpg's but eager to learn so constructive criticism and advice is always welcome, I hope you have a Happy New Year
Good luck Mr. Caretaker! Welcome to the OSR.
ReplyDelete>create a 30 floor mega dungeon
ReplyDeleteThat's about 27 more than you'd ever need. Even at that, you're practically underwater by then. Keeping players interested is more important than sheer size.