Part of the charm (torture?) of old school D&D is gleaning at hints of play that appear in various nooks and crannies of rulebooks, supplements, and adventures. Here's one that I randomly ran into while reading module X1, "The Isle of Dread".
Going live in less than 10 minutes! I'm going to talk about hexcrawls and whatever other topics come up,! I'll also be working on a hexmap as I go! It should be fun if you feel like hoping over and joining in.
Earlier today I streamed a look at the updated Tome of Things I from Kobold Press. It’s a nice book with a good variety of creatures, well laid out, and I appreciate the appendices with monsters organized by CR, type, and terrain.
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.