I took one of the foam core presentation boards I sliced up, and made it a #BasicFantasy GM screen.
#TTRPG #OSR

So I ran a session of my West Marches #BasicFantasy game today.

My sessions are paper mini heavy, but I accidentally grabbed the wrong box of minis, so I had to improvise an adventure with the ones I did bring.

So I had a whole adventure involving zombies, wild boars, and the animated scarecrows of the Guardian of the Corn.

Honestly, It was probably better than the thing I had planned.
#TTRPG #OSR

Kiinnitetäänpä tämäkin viesti. Suomentamani Basic D&D -yhteensopiva seikkailumoduuli Mustaterhon moisio (The Blackapple Brugh), tekijänä Kyle Hettinger, on ladattavissa ilmaiseksi Basic Fantasy -retrokloonin kotisivuilta. Samoilta sivuilta on ladattavissa ilmaiseksi myös suomentamani Basic Fantasy -pelin säännöt ja runsaasti lisämateriaalia.

*Peilimies, peilimies, saavuthan,*

*Kolmosella kasvosi katsastan,*

*Yy... kaa... koo!*

#roolipelit #BasicFantasy

https://basicfantasy.org/downloads/KH1-The-Blackapple-Brugh-r21-fi1.pdf

Four sessions in on my Basic Fantasy West Marches-style campaign. Had my first TPK.

Everyone seemed to have fun (and they liked my paper scenery), but I'm wondering if if might start the players at level 3, rather than 1, just to give them a slightly better chance of survival.

This would also mean I could start throwing more interesting monsters at them.

#TTRPG #WestMarches #BasicFantasy #OSR

Chris Gonnerman will be a guest at Nuke-Con and talks about his schedule and what he’s running. Nuke-Con #basicfantasy #nukecon #ttrpg https://youtu.be/iHvQYvoj-nI?si=TpOLim7lnfm-yfkT

After-action report for SaltCON End-of-Summer. Picked up some #TTRPG loot. I played/ran #STA #DCC #Space1999 #MontyPython #Mechawarrior #BasicFantasy and #Daggerheart

SaltCON-End of Summer 2025 After Action Report – TardisCaptain's Blog of Holding
https://tardiscaptain.com/2025/09/03/saltcon-end-of-summer-2025-after-action-report/

#rpg bubble what would be a gamesystem like #whitebox / #basicfantasy but for a cyberpunk setting? Could be #cyberpunk like or #shadowrun like. Is there anything like that. Zine or book like would be great

RPGaDAY2025 – Day 30 – Experience – XP in the OSR

What’s #RPGaDAY2025 ? See the details here.

Day 30 – Experience

I’ve recently started running an OSR West Marches game using the Basic Fantasy rules. It’s going pretty well so far, but I think I’m having issues with awarding Experience Points (XP)

Basic Fantasy is mostly a retro-clone of B/X. Here’s how the current (4th) edition explains how to reward XP.

Experience points are given for monsters defeated, and for other challenges as the GM sees fit.

Every monster has an XP value, and some extra points are given if players use their class abilities.

Here’s the problem I’m having. Since I’m running a West Marches game, and I don’t have the same players each session, XP gains are very slow. I’ve run five sessions and none of my players are anywhere close to getting to level two.

The issue for me, as GM, is that since the players are staying at 1st level, it’s limiting what adventures I can run. I can’t give them any higher-level adversaries without risking a TPK. Which can be fun once, but I can’t have it happening every session.

So I’ve been looking at some of the other methods of awarding XP that other OSR games have tries, and worked out which might be best for my game.

XP Methods

Treasure: A pretty common one. I don’t care for it. It forces a GM to have to plan treasure hoards a little too carefully to avoid

Individual Feats: Giving XP every time a player does something cool. I think this would work well in a ongoing campaign with a set roster of players. I’m running a West Marches, and many of the players are entirely new to me, so this seems a little unfair. I don’t want to be perceived as favoring or disfavoring anyone in particular.

Goalposts: Set XP reward for accomplishing certain things in a setting. This is the one I’ll probably go with. It seems to make the most sense in a West Marches.

Here’s my initial ideas for general goalposts. I’ll also have specific goalposts for each scenario. The point totals are per player, and aren’t set in stone. They’re just my first estimates for good values.

• Exploring a new place – 200 XP
• Saving an innocent life – 100 XP
• Discovering a new bit of lore – 150 XP

#BasicFantasy #HouseRules #OSR #RPGaDAY2025

Chris Gonnerman, author of Basic Fantasy, one of the first OSR games, will be at Nuke-Con in Council Bluffs, Iowa Oct 3rd - 5th 2025! Consider joining us for games and fun and meet one of the OSR pioneers! #ttrpg #osr #basicfantasy #ttrpg #nuke-con https://www.nuke-con.com/welcome-special-guest-chris-gonnerman/

Iron Falcon & Basic Fantasy RPG

https://mdhughes.tech/2025/08/06/iron-falcon-basic-fantasy-rpg/

One of the many OSR retroclones of some form of early Dungeons & Dragons, is Basic Fantasy RPG, by Chris Gonnerman, originally in 2006, and has lately been fully cleaned up as Creative Commons, no OGL or other license problems. And just recently his other game Iron Falcon, from 2014, has got the same CC cleanup and rerelease.

On both sites, the PDF or ODT (LibreOffice)

#dnd #osr #ttrpg #ironfalcon #basicfantasy

From the creators of Basic Fantasy the cc edition of Iron Falcon. #ironfalcon #basicfantasy #osr #dnd https://youtu.be/cgghuoJCrRE?si=FOjrLVqbmn918gNa

My after-action report for SaltCON-Summer 2025 where I ran #StarTrek Adventures #BasicFantasy and Teenagers from Outerspace. Played The Expanse, Pirate Borg, Shadowdark and others.

SaltCON-Summer 2025 After Action Report – TardisCaptain's Blog of Holding
https://tardiscaptain.com/2025/06/10/saltcon-summer-2025-after-action-report/

Ran my first session of my West Marches campaign today. Used the Basic Fantasy rule set along with some paper miniatures.

Went quite well, actually. Only one player died.

Protip: After you turn an undead creature, leave it alone.

#TTRPG #OSR #BasicFantasy #BasicFantasyRPG

There's a new update of Basic Fantasy 4th Ed.
https://www.basicfantasy.org

PDF's free, print copy's only $9 SC/$18 HC.

It's mostly more cleanup from the SRD removal, it's now all CC, but if you have 3E or earlier it's a big update.
#ttrpg #basicfantasy #osr

#dnd #ttrpg #basicfantasy #bfrpg

Basic Fantasy tonight! #dnd #ttrpg #basicfantasy #bfrpg

Which of these #TTRPG games do you think I should try to run?

#ryuutama #mutantsandmasterminds #basicfantasy #osr #startrekadventures

Thinking about a new game for 2025 in my local game group.

I've always wanted to try running a West Marches style-campaign

I'm thinking of keeping it simple - Basic Fantasy OSR rules in a standard D&D environment. Nothing exotic - the usual D&D monsters in a hex/dungeon crawl environment.

I'm hoping to use this as an on-ramp game for new players.

I'll also use miniatures. Cheap paper minis, but minis all the same.

#TTRPG #OSR #BasicFantasy

I'm really struggling with the decision about whether to use #bx or #BasicFantasy for my upcoming campaign.

So of course I just bought #swordsandwizardry

#ttrpg #osr