…other than Spears & Spells, of course. If you know me, you know I’ve been playing RPGs since what are now Old School Renaissance (OSR) games were just … games. While I adore modern gaming, every so often I need…
Modern game accessories with an Old School feel!
Author: R P Davis
You’re a GM. You’re stuck for ideas. You Google “adventure design”. The trouble is most of what you find is bullshit.
The recent OGL panic has seen a ton of players abandon Fifth Edition and try other games. Many of those games are from the Old School Renaissance, or OSR. The trouble is the look like D&D and use the same dice as D&D, but they’re not at all like Fifth Edition, no sirree.
Did you know our best-selling fantasy RPG Spears & Spells comes with a license that gives you the freedom to make your own S&S content and sell it? Well, it does! The text follows. If it looks familiar, it’s because…
Happy New Year, gang! Buckle up. This is going to be a long one. I’m R P Davis, owner and CEO of Kabouter Games. I’m also the lead developer — hell, only developer — layout designer, project manager, you name…
Truth be told, we’ve had one for some time, but we haven’t made a big deal about it. If you’d like to support our work, please consider becoming a Patreon patron. You could even get your name in the credits…
or, I can’t believe we’re still having this conversation One of the things that regularly pops up in tabletop RPG conversations — and one that drives me absolutely batshit — is the idea that hit points directly equate to wounds…
In this “episode”, we talk about interacting with the environment, how to recognize when you need to do more of it (pretty much always), and how to avoid building a situation where you’re passive, basically watching the GM narrate like…
This is a new blog series wherein we provide tips to have a quality Old School RPG experience. These posts are aimed at Fifth Edition players coming to Old School gaming for the first time. In this first post, we…
I’ve been selling Fifth Edition work on the Guild since pretty much the beginning. I’ve experienced some small success on the platform. In that process, I’ve seen a lot of flap out there about selling your content on the Guild. Some…
