…I unironically like the old Warhammer 40K universe depictions and canon. You know, the Rick Priestley, John Blanche era. Where everything was bad, grimy, gloomy and evil. This is peak Leman Russ, as he should be: Not this: Warhammer 40,000, as depicted and conceived in the 80ies absolutely was a satire and reaction to Thatcherism in the UK, quite in line with comics like Judge D...

Our sensational OSR Euro Con is over, and participants and organisers alike are hooked! Already, folks are craving for Cauldron 2024, and we are determined to make it as big a success as the first one – a second edition that doesn’t suck (Thanks, Hasran, for this pun)! (c) Bestia ex machina So what happened at Cauldron 2023? Four dozen attendees travelled from eight different countr...

The situation in our open table campaign on Discord The Crimson Brotherhood is invading the Wild Coast. From their ships, three savage orc tribes and one tribe of seasoned Olman warriors set foot on the territory of Safeton, led by a spell-casting seer. They are joined by a unit of mounted scurrers in the service of evil mastermind Goldmund Oohia, a crime boss (and former player character) see...

It is a few months since I finished Mail Order Apocalypse, and apparently, writing games is a tiny bit addictive: I’m already about 70 pages into writing the next game. (For comparison: MOA clocks in at 106 pages, a lot of them being random tables) So, the next game, what is it? The working title is Raiders of Arismyth, and it is supposed to be a modern dungeon crawler. Which is slightly ...

Don’t miss out on the OSR event of the year 2023! Join us at Castle Hohenroda, Hesse, Germany for rolling dice and meeting OSR players from across Europe from Octobre 27th to 29th 2023. Cauldron 2023, let’s cook some Original, Basic and Advanced D&D and OSR garnish!

Lesezeit: 3 Minuten “The Bestiary”. The ultimate book of creatures for MIDGARD. To play MIDGARD, you need two books, “The Codex” (“Der Kodex”) as well as “The Arcanum” (“Das Arkanum”). They contain the core rules of Germany’s first fantasy role-playing game, but what about creatures and other encounters which the players characters could… Weiterlesen Der Beitrag MIDGARD: The Bestiary erschien zuerst auf SteamTinkerers Klönschnack | KLNSCHNCK.

…so many people over the past few days again, it was delicious. It was that time again, where a plethora of nerds descended upon the non-existent town of Bielefeld and gathered to eat, drink, be merry — and play games! The food was delicious, the drinks came in just the right amounts and potency, the merriment filled the days but I guess what you really want to hear about are the games. Le...

Lesezeit: 3 Minuten What do I need to play the current 5th edition of MIDGARD? It has been a while since I wrote an article about MIDGARD, Germany’s first fantasy role-playing game in English. But everything needs its time, and the time has now come. The following article provides you with all of… Weiterlesen Der Beitrag MIDGARD – What do I need to play the game? erschien zuerst auf SteamTinkerers Klönschnack | KLNSCHNCK.

I present to you the new Crowdfunding Collection #202, including every tabletop rpg project started between 10/23 and 10/30. The collection is back to the weekly rythm and hence features a more digestible amount of projects. Heist – The Roleplaying Game is one project that immediatly caught my attention. The games is inspired by movies […]