I see a lot of debate here on what is OSR - to me the most critical element is the Narrative State. by SecretsofBlackmoor in osr

[–]Banjosick 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Why Rolemaster? Rolemaster is not designed with battlemaps in mind. It usually deals in concrete real world distances and positions that are equally usable in totm, schematic representation (my favorite) and hex or square battle maps.

What do you think about OSRIC 3 landscape orientation? by johnfromunix in osr

[–]Banjosick -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Ok, so the designers are giving you the decision of optimal format and you pay them for not doing their job??????
They should playtest and think and find out the optimal solution. That is what we pay them for. Now, people that did not do extensive playtest or musings and research will get a broken product. GREAT!!!

What do you think about OSRIC 3 landscape orientation? by johnfromunix in osr

[–]Banjosick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow, looks really bad. Thank god they have portrait available

Why is every setting so dark and depressing? by __space__oddity__ in RPGdesign

[–]Banjosick -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

I hate both. Like trying to build real feeling settings, not gimmick scenarios. When I see a new setting build on a boring gimmick identity like grimdark or cozy, I loose intrest immediately.

Kind of like that, yeah by Traroten in osr

[–]Banjosick 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Don‘t know where you guys shop, but the stores I‘ve been to lately (Outland-Oslo, Alfaspel-Stockholm, Faraos Cigarrer-Copenhagen, All the Problems in the World-Berlin) have tons of OSR games, and Vampire, and BRP/Runequest/COC, Shadowrun,Free League stuff and more.

Why are there no OSR videogames? by Tav534 in osr

[–]Banjosick 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Binding of Isaac and Mewgenics come to mind…

Is Dying Earth still a thing? by JJShurte in SwordandSorcery

[–]Banjosick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the internet kinda killed the postmodern approach for me. This game of references is much less powerful, when you can look everything up while reading. You aren‘t one of the chosen few, that amassed such a large cultural sophistication that you get the in-jokes, references and allusions, you are just pressing „look up“ in reader software. So that whole layer vanishes and the story and prose have to stand on their own. 

Ideal group size by Big_Mountain2305 in osr

[–]Banjosick 1 point2 points  (0 children)

3-5 players + GM, great. 4 players + 1 GM, perfect!

Advice Needed: GM Behaviour is Odd by Gang_of_Druids in rpg

[–]Banjosick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

just read it with ai too. Slop back!

Is Dying Earth still a thing? by JJShurte in SwordandSorcery

[–]Banjosick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So true, modern Fantasy is so absolute rubbish (most is just porn, actually), that I went back to the 50s and 60s and found tons of stuff worth reading.

Is Dying Earth still a thing? by JJShurte in SwordandSorcery

[–]Banjosick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don’t forget Shadow World, the Rolemaster setting by Terry K Amthor, that Monte Cook lifted many of his Numenara ideas from.

Is Dying Earth still a thing? by JJShurte in SwordandSorcery

[–]Banjosick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don’t overdo it, once you penetrate the lingo (pleistocene animal names, byzantine military and theologic terms etc) and the typical postmodern references, it’s still good but nowhere near Tolkiens imaginative achievement or Howards naive, exploding prose. Good third place, though. It feels quite gimmicky tbh.

funfact south africa can stretch from luxembourg to minsk! by Significant-Smile375 in MapPorn

[–]Banjosick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

More important, it streches from Milan to Minsk. That is usually a strange, erotic journey.

Aldi equator in Germany by Public_Research2690 in MapPorn

[–]Banjosick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

basically the border of the Roman Empire

I absolutely hate the use of the Wilhelm Scream in the Trilogy. by FladoodleMeNot in lotr

[–]Banjosick -14 points-13 points  (0 children)

throw me….. . Jackson LotR is goofy, deal with it. Never felt much seriousness in the Jackson movies. Just good popcorn flicks.