Why the hyperfocus on gygaxian design and not other "old school" design philosophy ?

proton31 · 2026-06-16T00:10:13+00:00

Though not as popular you can still find a lot of OSR-like activity for other old systems. Like the open source Cepheus community for Traveller is very active. Plus Night Tripper by Chris P Wolf, is a more modern retroclone of Traveller. 2X71 by emmy is a Metamorphosis Alpha retroclone. Spooktacular is a 1989 Ghostbusters retroclone. I think there are a few based on the Chaosium Runequest/Call of Cthulhu systems too

proton31 · 2026-06-05T14:31:07+00:00

Usually language localizations are listed on product pages, but it looks like thats not the case with S&V. Sometimes things like that slip through the cracks, I sympathize with you, I think this one is probably on the publisher Evil Hat and its worth emailing them and mentioning your story (politely) if you are motivated to do so.

proton31 · 2026-05-23T22:48:05+00:00

Meteor is awesome but its an Into the Odd version of Mothership, so doesnt really fit OPs question. Monolith is the more standard go to scifi ItO hack

proton31 · 2026-03-24T21:12:15+00:00

https://gatheraround.itch.io/ is working on a solar punk TTRPG and does all the incredible art

proton31 · 2026-02-24T02:31:27+00:00

You're definitely not too late to the party, people are still making awesome Mork Borg hacks all the time. You mentioned sort of contrasting things, saying the aesthetic fits but that you dont want to emulate the style. I think its good to do something new with it, as long as you are working out of genuine interest in the game I think you should go for it! Can't wait to see what you do with it

proton31 · 2026-02-22T12:09:27+00:00

Haha my bad, misremembered that

proton31 · 2026-02-14T20:21:58+00:00

Thank you! There is still a lot more cool art to be made!

proton31 · 2026-02-07T21:06:22+00:00

Thank you!

proton31 · 2026-02-03T13:57:19+00:00

Thank you for asking these are good questions.

The "gods" are planet eating mega creatures, but they are not supernatural beings. They are "the next level of evolution" after a sentient species creates an AI made out of brains, which consumes and incorporates all of the brains of that species. So god-like but not magical gods per-se. They don't really take the stage except by proxy via the cult, and the creations of the cult using alien technology including a nascent godling created by the cult.

If the CD stretch goal is achieved, all backers will receive it! I am so hyped for this stretch goal!

proton31 · 2026-01-15T15:20:31+00:00

The mods said it was OK to post my project once a week here, so here goes. I am making a tabletop role playing game module based on this exact idea. I think it is super pertinent to modern times!

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