This is directed to newbies who are interested in GMing an OSR game. I won’t assume previous experience with TTRPGs at large, although I can imagine that they’re GMs who come from play cultures and spaces connected to the fifth edition of Dungeons & Dragons.
Due to varied reasons I could not include an example starting sandbox here, but the people of the wonderful OSR Discord are likely to share some, and I will update the post accordingly. I will make a future post on my personal way of building a game setting from start to finish; this post right here is meant to present the key features that the beginner needs to be aware of and how they relate.
TL;DR: get yourself a calendar, a dungeon and a settlement one day away from it.
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