Quote from: Cole;401669Runequest(The one I have played is the Avalon Hill version)

Quote from: Benoist;401670AKA RuneQuest 3.

Quote from: Benoist;401658Of course you can. Why not, if that's what one fancies?


I can only talk about me particularly, but I feel that a complete book first provides a frame on which to build your campaign, and provides you with tools to do so. The amount and nature of the tools you would need to use your imagination to the fullest will greatly depend on the individual we are talking about.

For me, it will vary with time and particular inclinations. Sometimes I will want to have a very loose frame and be able to build whatever I want out of the game, and will select the 1974 OD&D rules then, for instance, and at other times I will want a very extensive rules set shockfull of tools, bits and pieces, and will take say Mythus for that purpose.

I think there is also a strong thematic and inspirational vibe I pick up from looking at a particular gaming book. This comes from the mechanics, both details and the big picture of the system, the layout of the book, its art, its prose, and so on and so forth. This whole affects me in the way I imagine the next game, picture some NPCs and creatures, visualize situations and scenery and therefore, the way the game will later unfold. Reading a little bit through the First Ed DMG for instance is all I need to visualize OS dungeon environments.

Quote from: Danger;401681Hmmm...amusingly enough, it seems that my fantasy itch is served by nothing but old-school stuff (looking at my shelf and the 2nd ed. Warhammer stuff notwithstanding; WH is different enough for me to classify it as something else - my opinion and all of that)

Seems as if I was "OSR compliant" and just didn't know it all these years.

Quote from: Benoist;401658I think there is also a strong thematic and inspirational vibe I pick up from looking at a particular gaming book. This comes from the mechanics, both details and the big picture of the system, the layout of the book, its art, its prose, and so on and so forth. This whole affects me in the way I imagine the next game, picture some NPCs and creatures, visualize situations and scenery and therefore, the way the game will later unfold. Reading a little bit through the First Ed DMG for instance is all I need to visualize OS dungeon environments.

Quote from: ColonelHardisson;401727There are a lot of games mentioned that I would absolutely play, but which I don't consider old-school. It's a very subjective judgment as to what is or isn't. The ones I'm thinking of are:

WEG's Star Wars
Pendragon
Call of Cthulhu
Ghostbusters

I really can't fully articulate why they don't seem old-school to me. They all seem somehow "new." All of them are very good, and I own all of them, including multiple editions of some of them.

Quote from: Silverlion;401618What old school materials do you like? It can be from the era you consider old-school, or it can be a retro clone. It doesn't have to even be core rules, although that's what I'm most interested in hearing about.

So share!