Romance of the Perilous Land – The Old Man of the Woods (and Character Sheets)
I’ve recently run a session of Romance of the Perilous Land, a fantasy OSR game. It’s basically a revised version David Black’s the Black Hack. There are a few small mechanical differences, the main...
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Clockwork Poet Warriors (Valor-Mechs) A class for The Black Hack – Second Edition An artifact of the ancient world, Valor-Mechs are hulking clockwork automatons in the shape of a man. No living wizard...
View ArticleStar Trek: Bad Captain – The Negotiator
This is the basic adventure I ran for Bad Captain, a comic version of Star Trek written by Jeff Call using Black Hack rules. It’s available for free here: Star Trek: Bad Captain. Overview The U.S.S....
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Noir Hack – Character Sheets for a film noir version of the Black Hack
I’ve been throwing together new character sheets all weekend, and thought I’d add one more: The Noir Hack is Michael Brown’s version of the Black Hack, designed to replicate old noir novels and movies....
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Noir Hack – New Classes: Reporter, Citizen, & Swell
I’ve just tried running a one-shot of Noir Hack, the film noir version of the OSR RPG Black Hack. To prepare for my game, I created a few new classes. Reporter Ink-Slingers, Gossip Columnists,...
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Noir Hack: The Straight Dope – House Rule (with new character sheet)
For my one-shot of the Noir Hack, I created a new house rule called the Straight Dope. It’s based on the Flashlight/Smokes idea from the Cthulhu Hack. The idea is to model the social connections a...
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Barbarians of the Ruined Earth: Revised character sheets
I just got my copy of Barbarians of the Ruined Earth, a gonzo post-apocalyptic RPG using the Black Hack rules by Mike Evans. I got a chance to play this at the last Gen Con, and I’m happy to finally...
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The Black Hack: Custom Template for Classes
I’ve made an ODT (Open Document Text file) template to create custom classes to match the style found in the Black Hack Second Edition book. I’ve designed it in LibreOffice. You can add your own text...
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