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Post by captaincrumbcake on Jul 5, 2017 10:01:41 GMT -5
There are so many ways folks use OSR to describe their own D&D campaign/s. Many like the Old School aspect. Or Revival/Renaissance to finish it off.
While that is not totally offensive, I thought of something I feel is more appropriate--for my taste--and that I will keep in mind henceforth. And it is this:
Open System Ruling
This clearly embodies the principles that Dave Arneson assembled into his methodology needed to run the game. I think it says it all.
Anyway, just my 2 coppers.
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Post by Traveroark on Jul 5, 2017 13:46:44 GMT -5
There are so many ways folks use OSR to describe their own D&D campaign/s. Many like the Old School aspect. Or Revival/Renaissance to finish it off. While that is not totally offensive, I thought of something I feel is more appropriate--for my taste--and that I will keep in mind henceforth. And it is this: Open System Ruling This clearly embodies the principles that Dave Arneson assembled into his methodology needed to run the game. I think it says it all. Anyway, just my 2 coppers. |
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Post by scottanderson on Jul 6, 2017 0:39:27 GMT -5
You can't make a definition of it. It defies any one single definition. It's bigger than words; bigger than all of us.
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Post by Admin Pete on Jul 6, 2017 6:36:04 GMT -5
I'm just OSR = Old School Rocks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! & OSR = Old School Rules!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I like these! I would add OSR = Old School Resistance & OSR = Old School Rebellion   But for me I just go with OS = Old School no more and no less. |
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Post by magremore on Jul 6, 2017 7:30:13 GMT -5
I don’t think this can replace the original OSR meaning, but I think I like it better. More descriptive of an actual play style and hence more useful. I can see it as part of a tagline or subtitle to a retro-clone/variant/supplement. Just 2 more coppers in the pot. |
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Post by mormonyoyoman on Jul 6, 2017 11:21:14 GMT -5
Old Senior Ricardo.
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Post by xizallian on Jul 6, 2017 11:50:34 GMT -5
I'm just OSR = Old School Rocks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! & OSR = Old School Rules!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I like these! I would add OSR = Old School Resistance & OSR = Old School Rebellion But for me I just go with OS = Old School no more and no less. I like all five of these. Those who started over 40 years ago and have stayed with OD&D I can really see claiming OSR = Old School Resistance as theirs! |
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Post by Mighty Darci on Jul 18, 2017 16:00:17 GMT -5
I'm just OSR = Old School Rocks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! & OSR = Old School Rules!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I like these! I would add OSR = Old School Resistance & OSR = Old School Rebellion But for me I just go with OS = Old School no more and no less. I like all five of these. Those who started over 40 years ago and have stayed with OD&D I can really see claiming OSR = Old School Resistance as theirs! I like all of these too, they are very good. I also like captaincrumbcake's Open System Ruling too. |
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Post by mormonyoyoman on Jul 18, 2017 22:54:12 GMT -5
Orcs Suck Rocks, perhaps?
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Post by bravewolf on Jul 18, 2017 23:52:53 GMT -5
Dag, I thought it was the second runner-up to the ABCs.
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Post by bravewolf on Jul 19, 2017 0:04:11 GMT -5
I think of it as an Old School Resurgence since a common refrain in the innerwebs is a rekindling of interest in the early forms of D&D among those who used to play on the regular but stopped for whatever reasons. I like "resurgence" because it seems phenomenologically accurate in terms of the sheer numbers of old school gamers, obviously includes players of the original games, & can encompass the retroclones & heartbreakers of the gaming scene without assuming their excellence (as would be implied by "Renaissance").
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Post by captaincrumbcake on Jul 19, 2017 0:05:50 GMT -5
I suppose OSR can mean anything one wants to come up with to fit the letters.
For me, Open System Ruling describes what OD&D is. Old School Revival/Renaissance (etc.) describes why people are returning to it.
At least that's how I see it. Everyone's mileage may vary.
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Post by Mighty Darci on Jul 19, 2017 5:47:58 GMT -5
Orcs Suck Rocks, perhaps? That would be the new fangled stuff, right? |
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Post by Mighty Darci on Jul 19, 2017 5:49:13 GMT -5
I think of it as an Old School Resurgence since a common refrain in the innerwebs is a rekindling of interest in the early forms of D&D among those who used to play on the regular but stopped for whatever reasons. I like "resurgence" because it seems phenomenologically accurate in terms of the sheer numbers of old school gamers, obviously includes players of the original games, & can encompass the retroclones & heartbreakers of the gaming scene without assuming their excellence (as would be implied by "Renaissance"). But neither of those fit some of our members who just never stopped playing the original game. |
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Post by mormonyoyoman on Jul 19, 2017 7:37:17 GMT -5
Orcs Suck Rocks, perhaps? That would be the new fangled stuff, right? Nastybad orcs! Icky-poo! Icky-poo! |
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Post by mormonyoyoman on Jul 19, 2017 7:38:44 GMT -5
But neither of those fit some of our members who just never stopped playing the original game. Taking time out for sleep and latrine calls, I'm sure. |
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Post by bravewolf on Jul 19, 2017 9:07:40 GMT -5
I think of it as an Old School Resurgence since a common refrain in the innerwebs is a rekindling of interest in the early forms of D&D among those who used to play on the regular but stopped for whatever reasons. I like "resurgence" because it seems phenomenologically accurate in terms of the sheer numbers of old school gamers, obviously includes players of the original games, & can encompass the retroclones & heartbreakers of the gaming scene without assuming their excellence (as would be implied by "Renaissance"). But neither of those fit some of our members who just never stopped playing the original game. Sure they are! I used the word "includes" in my post, which indicates that the people & things that I specified are not the only OSR constituents. :-) |
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Post by Mighty Darci on Jul 19, 2017 9:47:11 GMT -5
But neither of those fit some of our members who just never stopped playing the original game. Sure they are! I used the word "includes" in my post, which indicates that the people & things that I specified are not the only OSR constituents. :-) I was looking at the previous qualifier of "but stopped for whatever reasons." |
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Post by bravewolf on Jul 19, 2017 9:53:04 GMT -5
Sure they are! I used the word "includes" in my post, which indicates that the people & things that I specified are not the only OSR constituents. :-) I was looking at the previous qualifier of "but stopped for whatever reasons." No harm, no foul. I did, too, on my first re-read of my post :-D |
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