Every time I say #OSR, I cringe.
Based on the works of bigoted, shallow people like #Gygax and others, worse[1].
I should start to only use hashtag #NuSR to distance from all that cringe.
[1]: https://teddit.net/r/osr/comments/tg316v/mar_barker_creator_of_t%C3%A9kumel_and_empire_of_the/
@jonn But doesn't NuSR imply a very close relationship?
Also, what is NuSR actually supposed to mean?
@Yora to me it's OSR with two modifications:
1. Game design over tradition (design goals inform mechanics rather than simulation and tradition-compliance).
2. Inclusivity over bigotry (cherish diversity, not destroy it).
@Yora The rest is sort of inherited from OSR:
1. Cunning over head-on
2. Player skill applies to situations, not combinations of character's abilities
3. Weird over standard
4. Environment over personality
5. Real danger over pretend-danger
6. Simulation over collective narration
But the two points I mentioned in the previous toot make it clear if a system in front of you is #NuSR. #Whitehack is, for example.
@yochaigal @Yora also, it's interesting how I guessed what #NSR is more or less accurately by thinking about the state of the art.
You know what they say about independent discoveries.
@jonn no, but I could pass on a message if you like.
@yochaigal aww. Well, I use their hazard system and I find their work inspirational and pragmatic at the same time. Ideas to rely on while running the games!
@yochaigal btw, is Necropraxis around on masto somewhere?