Post #2961063
2026-05-02 10:46 UTC
@HeyeBodo@rollenspiel.social In the 80s, a flyer advertised Dungeons and Dragons at the local library. I went and a college kid slapped a piece of notebook paper down and started writing "STR, INT, WIS..." I was hooked. We played tons of D&D, but also Traveller, Twilight 2000, Car Wars, Champions...
Fell away from the hobby in college, eventually had kids and thought I'd try with them. Found Pathfinder, which felt like a video game to me but they had some fun. One of them is still hooked on ttrpgs.
At the start of COVID, got invited to play 5e on Zoom, and it excited me at first but very quickly felt like this was not the game I remembered. Just didn't feel the same.
So I bowed out, Googled "low fantasy role playing game" and found Low Fantasy Gaming. Rounded up my own group and man, did it take off. 3 year campaign, loved the system, fell in love with the hobby again. Now we play weekly. I run various flavors of old school D&D, another guy runs Traveller, and another guy makes us try more modern stuff - we all love Brindlewood Bay somehow.
We call our group the Sunday Night Dirtbags...
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@HeyeBodo@rollenspiel.social 2026-05-02 16:23
@TimmyMac@social.vivaldi.net woah… I read Low Fantasy Gaming some time ago and liked it. Am also aware of the game’s latest edition (Tales of Argosa or something). Never brought it to the table though. Somehow, I consider myself on an endless and ultimately futile quest to find the best #osr game to run low fantasy / sword & sorcery adventures.