1d12 fully original ideas for your next OSR blog post

Like it says on the tin. I can guarantee that no one ever writes these kinds of blog posts, so feel free to pilfer those ideas.

1, "My Interpretation of Thief Skills"

2, old school D&D's implied setting (did you know it's post-apocalypse + western frontier with a medieval coating, and also there's an Appendix N ?)

3, esoteric random table or encounter that's more microfiction than gameable material (OK, I actually love them when it's deliberate and lovingly-crafted)

4, crunchy, unnecessarily fiddly hexcrawl travel procedures. ("Here's a quick and simple wilderness travel procedure. First, take a d8, a d16, some hex paper, a calculator, and use this two-page chart...")

5, a GLoG wizard class.

6, Appendix N readings (did you know it's PULP ?!?)

7, "Proudly announcing my new MÖRK BORG module !"

8, "Proudly announcing my new MOTHERSHIP module !"

9, "so sick of the weird / gonzo trend, here's a boring as fuck setting" 

10, "so sick of traditional D&D fantasy, here's a gonzo sci-fantasy setting" 

11, "So, What Is The OSR ?" 

12, "The OSR Is Dead And Means Nothing And I'm Leaving (but not really)"

(These are only written for fun, and are not snark directed as any one in particular.)

A scribe makes their debuts

 Welcome, welcome ! 

This is the first article. Gotta make one, right ? 

 « Le joyeux scribe » means  « the happy scribe »,  for those of you non-French-speaking heathens.

Who's the happy scribe ? That's me ! Writing from France with my ADHD-burdened brain, finally daring to participate in the RPG/OSR blog scene.

My first exposition to the hobby was a matter of cultural osmosis, through video games (levels ! Hit points ! A little guy in green who cuts grass with a sword !),  « choose your own adventure » books, and literature (old sci-fi, 19th century classics like Jules Verne or H. G. Wells, and, yes, Lord of the Rings). After playing my first RPG session ever back in 2012 and discovering the OSR movement and RPG blogs in 2015, it was about time for me to start my own thing.

For some reason it seems easier to write in English, perhaps because that's where most of the online activity takes place.

So this is a separate effort from my blog in French, and I'll limit myself here to what feels fun or interesting only. Just dropping whatever strikes me as relevant.

Might be random tables, rules discussions, thoughts after other readings, and so on. We'll see ! 

And now, let's begin.