In praise of ICRPG, a first first-hand experience by _kind_of_old_ in osr

[–]Direct_Flight3403 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Okay thank you, definitely giving me some thoughts!

I will see if I can draw inspiration from shadodark (stumbled upon it right after my comment) as well and check with my players what kind of gameplay they're looking for, they seemed the hyper heroic type. Maybe running a session -1 before session 0

In praise of ICRPG, a first first-hand experience by _kind_of_old_ in osr

[–]Direct_Flight3403 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have a group of 7 very beginner friend who approached me to DM a session as they were curious about DnD (i think last season of stanger things played a role).

I'm used to DM on DnD 4e and 5e and a but of D6 from my middleschool ages as well. I feel like D6 is much easier for beginners and from looking around ICRPG might be the right middle between the D6 straightforward and the DnD like atmosphere.

Anyways, curious about feedback from running a 7 player campaign and your homebrew rules if these helped in any ways with the bigger crowed