tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73657446841620963322024-03-13T15:27:25.698-07:00Bernie the FlumphJosh Burnetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13010068908384481313noreply@blogger.comBlogger339125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7365744684162096332.post-32108133588174690822024-02-07T23:52:00.000-08:002024-02-07T23:52:58.126-08:00 So do I only post on this blog to promote Kickstarters anymore?
It seems like that may be the case.
Anyway…
Fantastical Classes: Blobs vs. BladesNow on Kickstarter!Fantastical Classes: Blobs vs. Blades is a
collection of brand new character classes for old-style fantasy roleplaying
adventure games. Specially designed for use with Old School Essentials, this
book contains six exciting Josh Burnetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13010068908384481313noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7365744684162096332.post-9678853326421022292023-05-20T20:15:00.004-07:002023-05-20T20:15:56.404-07:00Family & Fury!Hey! There's a new Fast & Furious move out. Hot damn, do I love those movies. I haven't had a chance to see Fast X yet, but it's on my schedule for next weekend!Anyway, I wrote this a couple months ago, but I've been sitting on it until the new movie came out. Family and Fury! is a one-page RPG designed to let you play all the family drama and high-octane action that make thoseJosh Burnetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13010068908384481313noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7365744684162096332.post-50096134573461882872022-08-10T22:59:00.000-07:002022-08-10T22:59:02.168-07:00Crepuscular #2: Triumph Over the Grave!So, did I finally post on the blog after 10 months of absence just to plug my new Kickstarter?Yes.Do I feel a little guilty about that?Also yes.But hey kids, I have a new Kickstarter!After putting it on the back burner for way too long in order to work on other fun projects, I am finally bringing Crepuscular #2 to the world!CHECK IT OUT!This time the adventure "Triumph Over the Grave" focuses on Josh Burnetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13010068908384481313noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7365744684162096332.post-9588231957536770192021-10-14T16:59:00.000-07:002021-10-14T16:59:58.593-07:00The Nameless World - Cosmology, Pollution, and Thaumalite The
Nameless World is unfathomably old. Thousands of empires have risen, fallen,
and been ground to dust by eons of time and conquest. Most of the mainstream
religious cults don’t even bother with creation myths. The very idea of a time
before the world strikes most philosophers and scholars as patently ludicrous.
These
self-same academics believe that the Nameless World lies at the centerJosh Burnetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13010068908384481313noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7365744684162096332.post-62346373491690165722021-09-05T11:09:00.001-07:002021-09-05T11:09:13.285-07:00Gorgon Crawl Classics: Foresight SpellThe titan Prometheus is the divine personification of Foresight. This gave him the knowledge to side with Zeus and the gods when they rose up against his fellow titans. Prometheus can grant his disciples an approximation of his foresight.The mechanics of this spell were influenced by the Luck Word in Kevin Crawfords excellent Godbound rpg. I believe diviners in D&D 5th Ed do something Josh Burnetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13010068908384481313noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7365744684162096332.post-90063706683917809652021-08-29T12:10:00.005-07:002021-08-29T12:16:14.349-07:00Gorgon Crawl Classics - Invoke PrometheusDevelopment on Gorgon Crawl Classics (my Mythic Greece/Peplum setting for DCC) continues to putter along. I'll admit I've gotten distracted by a couple other projects, to say nothing about day-job stuff.I plan on including three new patrons in GCC--Orpheus, Echidna, and Prometheus.In GCC, Prometheus is something of a messianic figure. He's the creator and patron of humanity, suffering now for hisJosh Burnetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13010068908384481313noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7365744684162096332.post-84198473919330873282021-04-04T13:28:00.003-07:002021-04-04T13:35:07.734-07:00Nymph Class (Gorgon Crawl Classics)The Nymph has been the hardest class for me to put together for Gorgon Crawl Classics. It started off as a simple reskin of the Elf, a kinda-fighty spellcaster. I quickly realized that the Cleric spell list fit the “semi-divine nature spirit” concept better than the Wizard spells did, so it changed into an Elf with Cleric spells. But the Cleric spells, on average, lack the “oomph” of Wizard Josh Burnetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13010068908384481313noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7365744684162096332.post-21869918965177554542021-03-23T15:59:00.006-07:002021-03-24T05:53:23.929-07:00Self-Indulgent Post Where I Talk About My Sims Game.I just want things to turn out well for these crazy kids.I don’t talk a lot about video games here. I like video games, but I’m firmly on the “casual” side of the casual-hardcore spectrum. I’ve always liked the Sims series of games, but I hadn’t touched them in 15+ years... until Covid hit.With lockdown and my home game on suspension and the world on fire and everything, I started playing The Josh Burnetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13010068908384481313noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7365744684162096332.post-83246673107097338682021-03-06T09:53:00.002-08:002021-03-06T10:22:38.847-08:00Satyr Class (Gorgon Crawl Classics)I got the chance to run Gorgon Crawl Classics at Spawn of CyclopsCon last weekend, and it went very well. People seem very interested and excited about mythic Greece DCC, and I may have to switch gears and focus on it more I initially expected! I’m going to need to tweak the
Hubris rules a little bit. There was a lot of Hubris getting tossed
around, which was fun, but I’m not sure how Josh Burnetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13010068908384481313noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7365744684162096332.post-4192585324703432752021-02-24T19:22:00.003-08:002021-02-24T19:26:55.878-08:00Leopard Women of Venus is Now Available!Through plague, through panic, through unrest, we finally pulled it off!Leopard Women of Venus is now available in PDF!Leopard Women of Venus (LWoV) is an update of the feverish science-fantasy setting Leighton Connor and I originally wrote 10 years ago for QAGS. It's based on the bizarre and unique comics of pre-code Golden Age cartoonist Fletcher Hanks!This exciting new version is written for Josh Burnetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13010068908384481313noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7365744684162096332.post-62014639914738660192021-02-16T08:57:00.005-08:002021-02-16T09:06:04.677-08:00Shopping and Fashion in Xöthma-Ghül Status and reputation is everything in the Crepuscular City of Xöthma-Ghül, and if you're going to rub shoulders with the monied elite, you're going to need to dress the part! Fashion is a fickle thing, and styles quickly rise and fall in popularity. Characters who want to keep on top of the latest trends in haberdashery should expect to spend a good chunk of their coin on sartorial affairs.Josh Burnetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13010068908384481313noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7365744684162096332.post-18316577253417503292021-01-27T16:08:00.000-08:002021-01-27T16:08:22.403-08:00Minotaur Class (Gorgon Crawl Classics)I’m excited to announce
that I am running the first playtest of Gorgon Crawl Classics at Spawn of Cyclops Con on February 26, 2021. Registration starts soon. It should be fun!
There are no elves,
dwarves, or halflings in Gorgon Crawl Classics, but I still want to include
non-human classes. Demihumans are fun! I have working drafts for Nymphs,
Satyrs, and Minotaurs. Let’s look at those mighty Josh Burnetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13010068908384481313noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7365744684162096332.post-21826074742877260402021-01-12T16:33:00.002-08:002021-01-12T17:10:31.914-08:00Olympian Class (Gorgon Crawl Classics)Continuing with my Mythic Greece ideas for Gorgon Crawl Classics, this here is the working text for the Olympian. The Olympian is the toga-clad strong man who fights only with his fists or the occasional tree trunk. He's inspired by Steve Reeves or Alan Steel's Hercules, Machiste, or any other beefy hero guy from peplum films. This has not yet been play-tested, but I will hopefully be running Josh Burnetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13010068908384481313noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7365744684162096332.post-77542703877386356402021-01-03T12:55:00.001-08:002021-01-03T13:00:04.106-08:00Hubris for Gorgon Crawl Classics Hubris, noun (hyü-brəs)1) excessive pride or self-confidence.2) (in Greek tragedy) excessive pride toward or defiance of the gods, leading to nemesis.In Gorgon Crawl Classics, PCs gain and spend Hubris to modify their die rolls. Spending too much Hubris or leaning on it too much temps fate and leads to tragedy. Very Greek.Yes, I am also aware the Mike Evans has a very cool DCC setting Josh Burnetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13010068908384481313noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7365744684162096332.post-26002923991253641412020-12-16T15:22:00.002-08:002020-12-16T15:26:26.485-08:00Gorgon Crawl ClassicsBefore I got into Elric or the Gray Mouser, well before Tolkien,
and long before I was into D&D, I was into Greek Mythology. The Chicagoland
UHF station I grew up with would play old Hecules movies on the odd weekend,
and Clash of the Titans seemed to be on constant ration on HBO. Books from the school
library and Time/Life helped feed the love of heroes and monsters.
In the past couple of Josh Burnetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13010068908384481313noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7365744684162096332.post-84324793130435984562020-12-11T17:13:00.003-08:002020-12-11T17:13:34.242-08:00Grizzlethorpe and the Running of the Bears (Ryuutama)I’ve been playing Ryuutama with Leighton, Anne, and Peter
for several months now. Ryuutama is a charming, pastoral RPG about nice people
travelling from town to town, meeting new people, helping with their problems,
buying and selling trade goods, and seeing the sights. With the real world on
fire and everything, we all decided that playing something nice and pleasant was
what we really wanted. Josh Burnetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13010068908384481313noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7365744684162096332.post-7004241209024571072020-11-22T12:00:00.002-08:002020-11-22T12:00:48.183-08:00Them's Monsters! Now on Sale!Them's Monsters! is now available as a PDF thru DriveThruRPG!This zine is full of monsters for your Dungeon Crawl Classics games, and includes the Dungle--a new class that lets you play a hardy little beetle-person. There's also a short "Moonblossom & Chance" comic, a new one-page funnel dungeon "Grist for the Mill," and a whole bunch of my trademark weird fantasy play-it-straight Josh Burnetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13010068908384481313noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7365744684162096332.post-74410804718484681722020-09-20T12:28:00.002-07:002020-09-20T13:28:51.989-07:00Laser Ponies! 10-Days left on Kickstarter!My friend and Leopard Women of Venus co-creator Leighton "Laser Brigade" Connor is currently kickstarting the 2nd Edition of his "RPG for Everybody" Laser Poines!Laser Ponies was originally published in 2009 as a supplement for QAGS. This new edition still uses the QAGS mechanics, but is a complete game in one book. QAGS is a quick and simple system that should appeal to fans of Macchiato Josh Burnetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13010068908384481313noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7365744684162096332.post-15339539524291139562020-08-08T11:30:00.003-07:002020-08-08T11:44:00.583-07:00The Green Knight RPG-- a Quick ReviewThe Green Knight: a Fantasy Roleplaying Game is not at all what I expected. I'm not entirely sure it's what I wanted either. It's a tie-in for the upcoming-but-delayed movie from A24 (a movie I'm really looking forward to), and is billed as a "Starter Set."The production values are good, and the box is nice, if a bit emptier than expected. Just a short quick-start booklet, a handful of Josh Burnetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13010068908384481313noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7365744684162096332.post-68344598118209755492020-07-30T19:42:00.008-07:002020-07-30T22:22:45.352-07:00Rocker (a class for Barbarians of the Ruined Earth)Mike Evans recently dropped his Barbarians of the Ruined Earth rpg, and I'm hella excited for it. It's groovy combination of Thundarr, He-Man, and Mad Max with awesome art and a simple and hackable system. I was eager to make some custom classes for it. The Rocker is my take on a heavy-metal rock-n-roll post-apoc bard. They channel their magical powers through special guitars. Since their Josh Burnetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13010068908384481313noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7365744684162096332.post-64357027448296951262020-06-27T14:36:00.002-07:002020-06-27T14:56:34.448-07:00Electric Bastionland: Addermouth
What with the world on fire, and projects to focus on, I am
not currently running any games (although I am still playing in several). I
didn’t realize how much games-running was bundled up with my identity, and it
feels weird not prepping for anything (aside, of course, for those previously
mentioned projects).
However, someone in my Friday evening group (possibly me) had
the idea of running Josh Burnetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13010068908384481313noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7365744684162096332.post-88525461099648902802020-04-26T18:27:00.001-07:002020-04-26T18:27:07.710-07:00Fear Blades and Devil Smiths
Wander deep enough into the Wyrdwood and you’ll find a small
village full of devils. The devils down in Devil Town know how to forge blades
out of your own fears.
Fear Knives
You’ll need to pay the devilish smith in advance, but he
will cut you a nice discount. The knives
bring more misery into the world, after all. After you give the devil your
coins, confess your own worst Josh Burnetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13010068908384481313noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7365744684162096332.post-83752939810321435202020-04-11T14:12:00.000-07:002020-04-11T14:12:09.259-07:00The Goat & Raven
The
Goat & Raven Public House is owned and operated by the dwarf
Stanislav Arn. The house features a large, open common room with a
balcony running along three sides that leads to rentable rooms. Its dark wood
walls are covered in hunting trophies—antlers, claws, stuffed heads, broken
spears, etc. A large crossbow with a wolf motif hangs behind the bar (Wolfkiller:
heavy crossbow +2, +Josh Burnetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13010068908384481313noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7365744684162096332.post-64161427572481725582020-03-29T17:11:00.000-07:002020-03-29T17:11:19.291-07:00Lord Wyrd's Library
Lord Wyrd’s library is massive and sprawling. It is also
messy and disorganized with no categorization system that anyone can determine.
His family’s collection of ancient tomes and treatises is unmatched outside of
academic circles. The library contains information on a wide variety of
subjects, but most of the collection deals with the Wyrdwood and its environs,
inhabitants, and history. Josh Burnetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13010068908384481313noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7365744684162096332.post-64553545252135372932020-03-26T17:44:00.000-07:002020-03-29T17:11:44.608-07:00Wyrdwood Village
I've got a new campaign idea in my head, because clearly I don't have enough projects to keep me busy. I'm not sure what I'm going to do with it right yet. Once the plague leaves our far lands, I'm probably going to propose it as the next campaign for my home group. Or, if I ever get room for another online game I might run it as like a virtual open-table.
It's a spooky (but not horror) Josh Burnetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13010068908384481313noreply@blogger.com7