I’m so used to people defining the OSR, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen someone define “story game” is that a pejorative word, or is there a community of people who embrace that label like the OSR? asking in good faith / genuine curiosity
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Sam Long
Профиль VivelyParent of 2 with a BA in Environmental Studies. Here to follow artists and game designers. Will not hesitate to block fascists ✌️ Toucan’t Game: https://toucantsam.itch.io/ Toucan’t Blog: https://toucant.bearblog.dev/
I propose we move to “The Silver Standard” Ranking is determined by the judges like normal—but the results for first place are never publicly announced. Judges are sworn to secrecy via blood rituals and NDAs Anyone who was nominated, but didn’t get an award, could secretly be THE CHOSEN ONE ✨🥇✨
Farmer GaddaThe Ennies should have some kind of Blue Shell rule where whoever in first gets nuked occasionally in the lead up so dolmenwood stops winning everything
This is neat! I’m considering applying the principles of “Tilecrawling” to my game Inventory Monsters Right now it’s a “booster crawl” that explores a linear route. Maybe with these tools I can expand it a larger collection of cards, or someone’s themed deck, for a regional map
I made a Free/PWYW Solo TTRPG that uses Pokémon TCG booster packs as a randomly generated 9 encounter Route #1pRPGjam toucantsam.itch.io/inventory-mo...
12 NPCs were a lot to write, but the formula I used was pretty helpful Each family has a reputation, then each individual has a personality adjective that adds context to their reputation “Bluntly Honest” in a Protective way “Bluntly Honest” in an Awkward way “Bluntly Honest” in a Helpful way
Sam LongMy official Appx. N Jam 2026 submission “The Gladsome Horror” is now available as a FREE demo! The $2 price tag is only there if you want the printer friendly version, and/or access to any future updates to this game #AppxNJam #OSR #Cairn #TTRPG
I forget how much I’ve curated my social media to only show me the cool people in OSR. Had never heard of Deathbringer until just now. Yikes
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I’ve always wanted to have one of my games included in a bundle, but I’ve never been in-the-know with itch. Happy that @rpgtrader.bsky.social promoted this one before the deadline! Check out my kid-friendly solo Pokemon booster pack crawl #InventoryMonsters here 👇
Because I opted to not recreate a paperback book cover, I was able to play around with the ghosting cheap book pages often get I inserted the spread of side B as a layer on the spread of side A, mirrored it, set the layer to multiply, then reduced the opacity to 3% #procreate #AppxNJam
Sam LongMy official Appx. N Jam 2026 submission “The Gladsome Horror” is now available as a FREE demo! The $2 price tag is only there if you want the printer friendly version, and/or access to any future updates to this game #AppxNJam #OSR #Cairn #TTRPG
My official Appx. N Jam 2026 submission “The Gladsome Horror” is now available as a FREE demo! The $2 price tag is only there if you want the printer friendly version, and/or access to any future updates to this game #AppxNJam #OSR #Cairn #TTRPG
When you stumble upon a phrase to describe your game, who’s acronym happens to be a homonym of a word that is thematically tied to the genre, and is uniquely spelled thus most likely unused in any other games ✨ #OnePageRPGJam