#basic-fantasy — Public Fediverse posts
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Prepping for SaltCON 2026 where I'll be playing #StarTrek Adventures, #StarWars, #BasicFantasy, #DungeonsAndDragons, #Paranoia #EverydayHeroes and more #TTRPG.
Prepping for SaltCON Spring 2026 – TardisCaptain's Blog of Holding
https://tardiscaptain.com/2026/03/07/prepping-for-saltcon-spring-2026/ -
Prepping for SaltCON 2026 where I'll be playing #StarTrek Adventures, #StarWars, #BasicFantasy, #DungeonsAndDragons, #Paranoia #EverydayHeroes and more #TTRPG.
Prepping for SaltCON Spring 2026 – TardisCaptain's Blog of Holding
https://tardiscaptain.com/2026/03/07/prepping-for-saltcon-spring-2026/ -
Prepping for SaltCON 2026 where I'll be playing #StarTrek Adventures, #StarWars, #BasicFantasy, #DungeonsAndDragons, #Paranoia #EverydayHeroes and more #TTRPG.
Prepping for SaltCON Spring 2026 – TardisCaptain's Blog of Holding
https://tardiscaptain.com/2026/03/07/prepping-for-saltcon-spring-2026/ -
Prepping for SaltCON 2026 where I'll be playing #StarTrek Adventures, #StarWars, #BasicFantasy, #DungeonsAndDragons, #Paranoia #EverydayHeroes and more #TTRPG.
Prepping for SaltCON Spring 2026 – TardisCaptain's Blog of Holding
https://tardiscaptain.com/2026/03/07/prepping-for-saltcon-spring-2026/ -
Prepping for SaltCON 2026 where I'll be playing #StarTrek Adventures, #StarWars, #BasicFantasy, #DungeonsAndDragons, #Paranoia #EverydayHeroes and more #TTRPG.
Prepping for SaltCON Spring 2026 – TardisCaptain's Blog of Holding
https://tardiscaptain.com/2026/03/07/prepping-for-saltcon-spring-2026/ -
Basic Fantasy Role-Playing Game turns 20 on January 20th. Here was Chris Gonnerman's announcement in 2006.
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Basic Fantasy Role-Playing Game turns 20 on January 20th. Here was Chris Gonnerman's announcement in 2006.
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Basic Fantasy Role-Playing Game turns 20 on January 20th. Here was Chris Gonnerman's announcement in 2006.
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Basic Fantasy Role-Playing Game turns 20 on January 20th. Here was Chris Gonnerman's announcement in 2006.
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Basic Fantasy Role-Playing Game turns 20 on January 20th. Here was Chris Gonnerman's announcement in 2006.
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I took one of the foam core presentation boards I sliced up, and made it a #BasicFantasy GM screen.
#TTRPG #OSR -
I took one of the foam core presentation boards I sliced up, and made it a #BasicFantasy GM screen.
#TTRPG #OSR -
I took one of the foam core presentation boards I sliced up, and made it a #BasicFantasy GM screen.
#TTRPG #OSR -
So I ran a session of my West Marches #BasicFantasy game today.
My sessions are paper mini heavy, but I accidentally grabbed the wrong box of minis, so I had to improvise an adventure with the ones I did bring.
So I had a whole adventure involving zombies, wild boars, and the animated scarecrows of the Guardian of the Corn.
Honestly, It was probably better than the thing I had planned.
#TTRPG #OSR -
So I ran a session of my West Marches #BasicFantasy game today.
My sessions are paper mini heavy, but I accidentally grabbed the wrong box of minis, so I had to improvise an adventure with the ones I did bring.
So I had a whole adventure involving zombies, wild boars, and the animated scarecrows of the Guardian of the Corn.
Honestly, It was probably better than the thing I had planned.
#TTRPG #OSR -
So I ran a session of my West Marches #BasicFantasy game today.
My sessions are paper mini heavy, but I accidentally grabbed the wrong box of minis, so I had to improvise an adventure with the ones I did bring.
So I had a whole adventure involving zombies, wild boars, and the animated scarecrows of the Guardian of the Corn.
Honestly, It was probably better than the thing I had planned.
#TTRPG #OSR -
Four sessions in on my Basic Fantasy West Marches-style campaign. Had my first TPK.
Everyone seemed to have fun (and they liked my paper scenery), but I'm wondering if if might start the players at level 3, rather than 1, just to give them a slightly better chance of survival.
This would also mean I could start throwing more interesting monsters at them.
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Four sessions in on my Basic Fantasy West Marches-style campaign. Had my first TPK.
Everyone seemed to have fun (and they liked my paper scenery), but I'm wondering if if might start the players at level 3, rather than 1, just to give them a slightly better chance of survival.
This would also mean I could start throwing more interesting monsters at them.
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Four sessions in on my Basic Fantasy West Marches-style campaign. Had my first TPK.
Everyone seemed to have fun (and they liked my paper scenery), but I'm wondering if if might start the players at level 3, rather than 1, just to give them a slightly better chance of survival.
This would also mean I could start throwing more interesting monsters at them.
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After-action report for SaltCON End-of-Summer. Picked up some #TTRPG loot. I played/ran #STA #DCC #Space1999 #MontyPython #Mechawarrior #BasicFantasy and #Daggerheart
SaltCON-End of Summer 2025 After Action Report – TardisCaptain's Blog of Holding
https://tardiscaptain.com/2025/09/03/saltcon-end-of-summer-2025-after-action-report/ -
After-action report for SaltCON End-of-Summer. Picked up some #TTRPG loot. I played/ran #STA #DCC #Space1999 #MontyPython #Mechawarrior #BasicFantasy and #Daggerheart
SaltCON-End of Summer 2025 After Action Report – TardisCaptain's Blog of Holding
https://tardiscaptain.com/2025/09/03/saltcon-end-of-summer-2025-after-action-report/ -
After-action report for SaltCON End-of-Summer. Picked up some #TTRPG loot. I played/ran #STA #DCC #Space1999 #MontyPython #Mechawarrior #BasicFantasy and #Daggerheart
SaltCON-End of Summer 2025 After Action Report – TardisCaptain's Blog of Holding
https://tardiscaptain.com/2025/09/03/saltcon-end-of-summer-2025-after-action-report/ -
After-action report for SaltCON End-of-Summer. Picked up some #TTRPG loot. I played/ran #STA #DCC #Space1999 #MontyPython #Mechawarrior #BasicFantasy and #Daggerheart
SaltCON-End of Summer 2025 After Action Report – TardisCaptain's Blog of Holding
https://tardiscaptain.com/2025/09/03/saltcon-end-of-summer-2025-after-action-report/ -
RPGaDAY2025 – Day 30 – Experience – XP in the OSR
What’s #RPGaDAY2025 ? See the details here.
Day 30 – Experience
I’ve recently started running an OSR West Marches game using the Basic Fantasy rules. It’s going pretty well so far, but I think I’m having issues with awarding Experience Points (XP)
Basic Fantasy is mostly a retro-clone of B/X. Here’s how the current (4th) edition explains how to reward XP.
Experience points are given for monsters defeated, and for other challenges as the GM sees fit.
Every monster has an XP value, and some extra points are given if players use their class abilities.
Here’s the problem I’m having. Since I’m running a West Marches game, and I don’t have the same players each session, XP gains are very slow. I’ve run five sessions and none of my players are anywhere close to getting to level two.
The issue for me, as GM, is that since the players are staying at 1st level, it’s limiting what adventures I can run. I can’t give them any higher-level adversaries without risking a TPK. Which can be fun once, but I can’t have it happening every session.
So I’ve been looking at some of the other methods of awarding XP that other OSR games have tries, and worked out which might be best for my game.
XP Methods
Treasure: A pretty common one. I don’t care for it. It forces a GM to have to plan treasure hoards a little too carefully to avoid
Individual Feats: Giving XP every time a player does something cool. I think this would work well in a ongoing campaign with a set roster of players. I’m running a West Marches, and many of the players are entirely new to me, so this seems a little unfair. I don’t want to be perceived as favoring or disfavoring anyone in particular.
Goalposts: Set XP reward for accomplishing certain things in a setting. This is the one I’ll probably go with. It seems to make the most sense in a West Marches.
Here’s my initial ideas for general goalposts. I’ll also have specific goalposts for each scenario. The point totals are per player, and aren’t set in stone. They’re just my first estimates for good values.
- Exploring a new place – 200 XP
- Saving an innocent life – 100 XP
- Discovering a new bit of lore – 150 XP
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RPGaDAY2025 – Day 30 – Experience – XP in the OSR
What’s #RPGaDAY2025 ? See the details here.
Day 30 – Experience
I’ve recently started running an OSR West Marches game using the Basic Fantasy rules. It’s going pretty well so far, but I think I’m having issues with awarding Experience Points (XP)
Basic Fantasy is mostly a retro-clone of B/X. Here’s how the current (4th) edition explains how to reward XP.
Experience points are given for monsters defeated, and for other challenges as the GM sees fit.
Every monster has an XP value, and some extra points are given if players use their class abilities.
Here’s the problem I’m having. Since I’m running a West Marches game, and I don’t have the same players each session, XP gains are very slow. I’ve run five sessions and none of my players are anywhere close to getting to level two.
The issue for me, as GM, is that since the players are staying at 1st level, it’s limiting what adventures I can run. I can’t give them any higher-level adversaries without risking a TPK. Which can be fun once, but I can’t have it happening every session.
So I’ve been looking at some of the other methods of awarding XP that other OSR games have tries, and worked out which might be best for my game.
XP Methods
Treasure: A pretty common one. I don’t care for it. It forces a GM to have to plan treasure hoards a little too carefully to avoid
Individual Feats: Giving XP every time a player does something cool. I think this would work well in a ongoing campaign with a set roster of players. I’m running a West Marches, and many of the players are entirely new to me, so this seems a little unfair. I don’t want to be perceived as favoring or disfavoring anyone in particular.
Goalposts: Set XP reward for accomplishing certain things in a setting. This is the one I’ll probably go with. It seems to make the most sense in a West Marches.
Here’s my initial ideas for general goalposts. I’ll also have specific goalposts for each scenario. The point totals are per player, and aren’t set in stone. They’re just my first estimates for good values.
- Exploring a new place – 200 XP
- Saving an innocent life – 100 XP
- Discovering a new bit of lore – 150 XP
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My after-action report for SaltCON-Summer 2025 where I ran #StarTrek Adventures #BasicFantasy and Teenagers from Outerspace. Played The Expanse, Pirate Borg, Shadowdark and others.
SaltCON-Summer 2025 After Action Report – TardisCaptain's Blog of Holding
https://tardiscaptain.com/2025/06/10/saltcon-summer-2025-after-action-report/ -
My after-action report for SaltCON-Summer 2025 where I ran #StarTrek Adventures #BasicFantasy and Teenagers from Outerspace. Played The Expanse, Pirate Borg, Shadowdark and others.
SaltCON-Summer 2025 After Action Report – TardisCaptain's Blog of Holding
https://tardiscaptain.com/2025/06/10/saltcon-summer-2025-after-action-report/ -
My after-action report for SaltCON-Summer 2025 where I ran #StarTrek Adventures #BasicFantasy and Teenagers from Outerspace. Played The Expanse, Pirate Borg, Shadowdark and others.
SaltCON-Summer 2025 After Action Report – TardisCaptain's Blog of Holding
https://tardiscaptain.com/2025/06/10/saltcon-summer-2025-after-action-report/ -
My after-action report for SaltCON-Summer 2025 where I ran #StarTrek Adventures #BasicFantasy and Teenagers from Outerspace. Played The Expanse, Pirate Borg, Shadowdark and others.
SaltCON-Summer 2025 After Action Report – TardisCaptain's Blog of Holding
https://tardiscaptain.com/2025/06/10/saltcon-summer-2025-after-action-report/ -
Ran my first session of my West Marches campaign today. Used the Basic Fantasy rule set along with some paper miniatures.
Went quite well, actually. Only one player died.
Protip: After you turn an undead creature, leave it alone.
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Ran my first session of my West Marches campaign today. Used the Basic Fantasy rule set along with some paper miniatures.
Went quite well, actually. Only one player died.
Protip: After you turn an undead creature, leave it alone.
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Ran my first session of my West Marches campaign today. Used the Basic Fantasy rule set along with some paper miniatures.
Went quite well, actually. Only one player died.
Protip: After you turn an undead creature, leave it alone.
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Which of these #TTRPG games do you think I should try to run?
#ryuutama #mutantsandmasterminds #basicfantasy #osr #startrekadventures
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Which of these #TTRPG games do you think I should try to run?
#ryuutama #mutantsandmasterminds #basicfantasy #osr #startrekadventures
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Which of these #TTRPG games do you think I should try to run?
#ryuutama #mutantsandmasterminds #basicfantasy #osr #startrekadventures
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Which of these #TTRPG games do you think I should try to run?
#ryuutama #mutantsandmasterminds #basicfantasy #osr #startrekadventures
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Thinking about a new game for 2025 in my local game group.
I've always wanted to try running a West Marches style-campaign
I'm thinking of keeping it simple - Basic Fantasy OSR rules in a standard D&D environment. Nothing exotic - the usual D&D monsters in a hex/dungeon crawl environment.
I'm hoping to use this as an on-ramp game for new players.
I'll also use miniatures. Cheap paper minis, but minis all the same.
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Thinking about a new game for 2025 in my local game group.
I've always wanted to try running a West Marches style-campaign
I'm thinking of keeping it simple - Basic Fantasy OSR rules in a standard D&D environment. Nothing exotic - the usual D&D monsters in a hex/dungeon crawl environment.
I'm hoping to use this as an on-ramp game for new players.
I'll also use miniatures. Cheap paper minis, but minis all the same.
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Thinking about a new game for 2025 in my local game group.
I've always wanted to try running a West Marches style-campaign
I'm thinking of keeping it simple - Basic Fantasy OSR rules in a standard D&D environment. Nothing exotic - the usual D&D monsters in a hex/dungeon crawl environment.
I'm hoping to use this as an on-ramp game for new players.
I'll also use miniatures. Cheap paper minis, but minis all the same.
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It's National Dice Day, here in the US.
Roll em' if y got em'. 🙂
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It's National Dice Day, here in the US.
Roll em' if y got em'. 🙂
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It's National Dice Day, here in the US.
Roll em' if y got em'. 🙂
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It's National Dice Day, here in the US.
Roll em' if y got em'. 🙂
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It's National Dice Day, here in the US.
Roll em' if y got em'. 🙂
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Played some of this whilst on holiday today. #BasicFantasy #ttrpg #roleplaying
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I'm only occasionally dropping into my friends playing #BasicFantasy while I'm in a different timezone to them, but they're on #FoundryVTT now and gosh that's a pretty system module
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I'm only occasionally dropping into my friends playing #BasicFantasy while I'm in a different timezone to them, but they're on #FoundryVTT now and gosh that's a pretty system module
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I'm only occasionally dropping into my friends playing #BasicFantasy while I'm in a different timezone to them, but they're on #FoundryVTT now and gosh that's a pretty system module
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Sad #DnD news regarding #BasicFantasy being plagiarized AGAIN
https://youtu.be/4iwTFMTIF80?si=5y8QOcI04yIRPqIA
#BasicFantasy4E #BasicFantasyRPG #rpg #ttrpg #plagarism #ttrpgs #rpgs #roleplaying
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Sad #DnD news regarding #BasicFantasy being plagiarized AGAIN
https://youtu.be/4iwTFMTIF80?si=5y8QOcI04yIRPqIA
#BasicFantasy4E #BasicFantasyRPG #rpg #ttrpg #plagarism #ttrpgs #rpgs #roleplaying
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Sad #DnD news regarding #BasicFantasy being plagiarized AGAIN
https://youtu.be/4iwTFMTIF80?si=5y8QOcI04yIRPqIA
#BasicFantasy4E #BasicFantasyRPG #rpg #ttrpg #plagarism #ttrpgs #rpgs #roleplaying
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Sad #DnD news regarding #BasicFantasy being plagiarized AGAIN
https://youtu.be/4iwTFMTIF80?si=5y8QOcI04yIRPqIA
#BasicFantasy4E #BasicFantasyRPG #rpg #ttrpg #plagarism #ttrpgs #rpgs #roleplaying
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Sad #DnD news regarding #BasicFantasy being plagiarized AGAIN
https://youtu.be/4iwTFMTIF80?si=5y8QOcI04yIRPqIA
#BasicFantasy4E #BasicFantasyRPG #rpg #ttrpg #plagarism #ttrpgs #rpgs #roleplaying
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My after-action report for the SaltCON-20224 #TTRPG convention. I ran #BasicFantasy and #StartrekAdventures one-shots.
https://tardiscaptain.com/2024/06/11/saltcon-summer-2024-after-action-report/
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My after-action report for the SaltCON-20224 #TTRPG convention. I ran #BasicFantasy and #StartrekAdventures one-shots.
https://tardiscaptain.com/2024/06/11/saltcon-summer-2024-after-action-report/
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My after-action report for the SaltCON-20224 #TTRPG convention. I ran #BasicFantasy and #StartrekAdventures one-shots.
https://tardiscaptain.com/2024/06/11/saltcon-summer-2024-after-action-report/
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My after-action report for the SaltCON-20224 #TTRPG convention. I ran #BasicFantasy and #StartrekAdventures one-shots.
https://tardiscaptain.com/2024/06/11/saltcon-summer-2024-after-action-report/
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I'm getting everything ready to attend SaltCON Summer, a #TTRPG convention in my neck of the woods. I'm running #BasicFantasy and #StarTrekAdventures one-shots.
Prepping for SaltCON Summer 2024 – TardisCaptain's Blog of Holding
https://tardiscaptain.com/2024/06/04/prepping-for-saltcon-summer-2024/ -
I'm getting everything ready to attend SaltCON Summer, a #TTRPG convention in my neck of the woods. I'm running #BasicFantasy and #StarTrekAdventures one-shots.
Prepping for SaltCON Summer 2024 – TardisCaptain's Blog of Holding
https://tardiscaptain.com/2024/06/04/prepping-for-saltcon-summer-2024/ -
I'm getting everything ready to attend SaltCON Summer, a #TTRPG convention in my neck of the woods. I'm running #BasicFantasy and #StarTrekAdventures one-shots.
Prepping for SaltCON Summer 2024 – TardisCaptain's Blog of Holding
https://tardiscaptain.com/2024/06/04/prepping-for-saltcon-summer-2024/