• tgirlschierke@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOP
        3·
        6 months ago

        if you don’t call them an MC the community will kill you

        (MC is the PbtA term for a DM, meaning Master of Ceremonies and used by tonnes of games that apparently didn’t realise that Apocalypse World was made by two sex educators who intentionally used an old-timey slang for a penis)

      • A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world
        6·
        6 months ago

        “Old School Renaissance” in this case, the revival of zine-style RPGs influenced directly by Basic+Expert DnD from the late 70s and early 80s. The term has been diluted somewhat from the original blog scene of the 2010s (ish), with some games being near-perfect clones of BX DnD like Old School Essentials to extremely rules-thin games that are almost better enjoyed as art projects (Mork Borg, Ultraviolet Grasslands) and everything between.

        • 🔍🦘🛎@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          6 months ago

          Most groups are open to a one shot in a different system, so if you’re up for it, suggest running one for Dungeon Crawl Classics or something. Or just use part of another system, like doing character creation in Traveler style but modified for a newer system.

  • 5too@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    6 months ago

    I thought I was at least somewhat in tune with the RPG community, but… I know none of these names.

    Anyone in the know interested in enlightening me?

    • tgirlschierke@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOP
      5·
      6 months ago

      As you’ve realised, these are fake, but these are the games I think they’re parodying:

      • Ironsworn

      • Apocalypse World, Blades in the Dark, and their many clones

      • Golden Sky Stories

      • Yazeba’s Bed & Breakfast

      • Lunar Echos

      • Mausritter

      • Dungeon Bitches