OSSR Request Thread

darkmaster · Post by **darkmaster** » Fri Jul 04, 2014 12:05 am

I would like to request a first day OSSR of D&D next basic set, since the PDF is free on the on lines.

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Fri Jul 04, 2014 12:07 am

That's not really an OSSR. We generally only consider something at least 10 years old for an OSSR. No, that would be material for a Drunk Review.

darkmaster · Post by **darkmaster** » Fri Jul 04, 2014 12:08 am

Not if you do it ironically.

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Fri Jul 04, 2014 12:10 am

What, "Ten years ago today D&D5 came out, and since our Robot Overlords allow us, we will look back at how it has shaped and impacted our culture." ?

darkmaster · Post by **darkmaster** » Fri Jul 04, 2014 12:11 am

... please do an OSSR of 5e from the perspective of a time traveler sent back to warn us about the robot uprising.

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Fri Jul 04, 2014 12:14 am

I just finished an OSSR, and have to disappear for the weekend. Someone else do it.

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Fri Jul 04, 2014 12:19 am

I've got a late class tonight, but don't have to wake up early tomorrow. I have hard cider in the fridge and some soda to mix with rum, so I might do a drunk review of the basic rules later tonight after I get home from class.

I will also continue my Bastards and Bloodlines review this weekend, I think.

Stahlseele · Post by **Stahlseele** » Sun Jul 06, 2014 12:22 am

OK, so i got suckered into playing in a game of the Battletech Mechwarrior RPG A Time of War, all Clanners Ghostbears during the Invasion Phase.
So far, it's bullshit. But i am not sure if that is all there is to this or if i am simply missing something.
So an OSSR of A Time of War would be really usefull to me right now . .

Blicero · Post by **Blicero** » Sun Jul 06, 2014 12:52 am

Stahlseele wrote: OK, so i got suckered into playing in a game of the Battletech Mechwarrior RPG A Time of War, all Clanners Ghostbears during the Invasion Phase.
So far, it's bullshit. But i am not sure if that is all there is to this or if i am simply missing something.
So an OSSR of A Time of War would be really usefull to me right now . .

Juton did an anatomy of a failed design on the game, I think.
http://www.tgdmb.com/viewtopic.php?t=54115

Stahlseele · Post by **Stahlseele** » Sun Jul 06, 2014 1:10 am

Ah,so he did . .
And yes, that sounds more or less exactly like what i encountered today . .
Can't make heads nor tails of the fucking rules system and character creation for some reason fucks over a clan assault mech pilot something fierce . .

Longes · Post by **Longes** » Sun Jul 27, 2014 12:49 pm

Can we get an OSSR of nWoD corebook (mortals)?

EDIT: Or faeries. Faeries have a delicious setting to bitch about

Covent · Post by **Covent** » Sun Jul 27, 2014 1:26 pm

An OSSR on the Buffy the RPG would be amazing.

Maybe The Magic Box too.

angelfromanotherpin · Post by **angelfromanotherpin** » Sun Jul 27, 2014 1:40 pm

Covent wrote:An OSSR on the Buffy the RPG would be amazing.

Maybe The Magic Box too.

I might be willing/able for that one.

magnuskn · Post by **magnuskn** » Mon Jul 28, 2014 12:18 pm

I guess Star Wars Saga and the Dresden Files RPG are still to new for OSSR's?

Omegonthesane · Post by **Omegonthesane** » Mon Jul 28, 2014 2:25 pm

Apart from AH not participating, is there a breakdown of the structural differences between an OSSR and a Drunk Review?

Koumei · Post by **Koumei** » Mon Jul 28, 2014 2:33 pm

The former is strictly for an old-school product, even halfway oldskool. The latter involves drinking. Pretty sure there's no real structural difference other than to say "And this is where we break out the (drink)."

angelfromanotherpin · Post by **angelfromanotherpin** » Mon Jul 28, 2014 2:41 pm

An OSSR is for a product that's at least 10 years old, and in addition to the review itself, hopes to shed some light on the perspective of the time - ideas that became obsolete, ideas that lasted, ideas that were ahead of their time, comparisons to contemporary products, etc.

A drunk review tends to be about a product that, new or old, is just so bad that it demands holding up for ridicule, and also requires booze to get through.

IMO.

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Mon Jul 28, 2014 3:21 pm

Yeah, that's pretty much it.

TheFlatline · Post by **TheFlatline** » Wed Jul 30, 2014 3:45 pm

I finally found my copy of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and other Strangeness, so I can go through and do an OSSR of it.

I might try to rope one of my gaming buddies into tag-teaming it with me like Frank & AH do because I totally missed out on TMNT on it's first go around and my gaming buddy was a fan of it from the beginning comics and was playing Palladium at the time (I believe TMNT pre-dates Rifts craziness).

Koumei · Post by **Koumei** » Thu Jul 31, 2014 5:28 am

TheFlatline wrote:(I believe TMNT pre-dates Rifts craziness).

Correct. But it was a good sign of things to come, with the craziness allowed from the team-rolling method and the splat-books.

Lago PARANOIA · Post by **Lago PARANOIA** » Sat Aug 02, 2014 9:30 pm

Any chance of you guys doing an OSSR or a Drunken Review on the Imagine RPG?

That RPG has to be the most fantasy heartbreaker that ever broke a heart. Like, just looking at it feels me with soul-crushing sympathy and despair.
http://www.role-playing.com/index.php

Blicero · Post by **Blicero** » Sun Aug 03, 2014 12:04 am

Lago PARANOIA wrote:Like, just looking at it feels me with soul-crushing sympathy and despair.

Why?

Lago PARANOIA · Post by **Lago PARANOIA** » Sun Aug 03, 2014 12:30 am

Because out of all of the heartbreakers I've seen, it's probably the most pitiful. Like, try out that example CharGen. And look at some of the images with Google Image Search. Doesn't your heart just go out to it, not unlike that of a brain-damaged puppy trying to protect its family from robbers?

Omegonthesane · Post by **Omegonthesane** » Tue Aug 19, 2014 11:38 am

So, Orbis Terrarum made a showing in the games tent at LonCon 3.

I flicked through the rules, but gave up in despair and disgust upon seeing that there are mechanical effects to gender in a game published using Kickstarter. Anyone want to steal buy borrow steal a copy and Drunk Review?

silva · Post by **silva** » Tue Aug 19, 2014 8:26 pm

Im still waiting for a Runequest 2 review together with those kickass chaosium supplements of the early days like Cults of Prax and Griffin Mountain.

And with the Glorantha renascence thats hapenning now, it would just be appropiated.