Saturday, August 25, 2012

A Thought On the OSR

For some reason, I've just read a few posts talking about the death of the OSR. It reminds me of all the "Punk is Dead" messages I saw growing up in the early 80's and made me think of this...

That is not dead which can eternal lie,
And with strange aeons even death may die.
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6 comments:

Xyanthon said...

I'm thinking that reports of the death of the OSR are widely exagerated ;).

Aug 25, 2012, 10:30:00 AM
jgbrowning said...

That would be my thought as well. :)

Aug 25, 2012, 10:43:00 AM
Black Vulmea said...

Yeah, I don't really get the handwringing. Publish clones that allow for commercial products in support of older editions of D&D? Done. Hundred of new modules, settings, and supplements are available, most of them very high quality in terms of production values. OSR wins.

But did it also usher in a return to 1983? Is that fact that the OSR's still a niche with a niche become a source of disappointment? I hope not, 'cause that would be utterly irrational, and gamers are better than . . .

. . . oh.

Aug 25, 2012, 11:42:00 AM
Matthew James Stanham said...

Typical of this sort of thing; when the self appointed mouthpieces run out of things to say they proclaim the death of the movement.

Aug 25, 2012, 12:39:00 PM
Melan said...

It is just resting.

Aug 25, 2012, 1:47:00 PM
Aaron E. Steele said...

The OSR has always been 'dead'. Long live the OSR.

Aug 25, 2012, 1:48:00 PM

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