Ynas Midgard's RPG Blog

In dramatic situations, such as combat, the sequence of events becomes increasingly important, so determining who may act after whom is nece...

This post sums up the streamlined hexcrawling procedures I developed for Grim Tales. This lacks the tables referenced in the rules (except f...

Originally made for my players, here is a rules summary of Zweihänder, a grim and perilous fantasy role-playing game.

Dramatis Personae Ozir the Stump Elderly, Corpulent Ogre Hedgewise Scholastic Lowborn Ferocity/Hatred Drawback: Veteran's Foot Ray ...

I present to you a comprehensive list of OSR/D&D-esque games. Only those games qualified that are either (1) retroclones (presenting a...

This is a taxonomic post; its goal is to establish a term referring to a subset of OSR products. Using the Pundit's terminology, these a...

We had our first playtest of Grim Tales (well, more like a proof of concept session), this dark fantasy thing I have been thinking about lat...

Disclaimer : I was an editor of the product, so I'll try to keep it brief. Perdition is a game whose release I have been waiting for q...

Instead of race, characters have backgrounds that provide unique abilities and drawbacks, as well as provide possible hooks and connections...

Below is a list of 216 female and male given names and surnames appropriate for my next campaign (tentatively called "Grim Tales")...

I haven't done a post like this since early last year, so I might not be able to list everything important; regardless, here's an at...

I used the following NPCs in our Vikings & Valkyries campaign. With all the shenanigans going on, it took quite some time until I had to...