Recommended Reading

Here’s a list of resources that showcase what the OSR / NSR playstyle is all about and teach you how to run horror scenarios.

OSR / NSR Philosophy

• A Quick Primer on Old School Gaming by Matt Finch.
• The ICI Doctrine: Information, Choice, Impact and Difficulty in Bastionland by Chris McDowall.
• Interesting Social Situations, or The Discourse Post by Rise Up Comus.
• Cairn Warden’s Guide (FAQ section) by Yochai Gal.
• Mothership Warden’s Operations Manual by Sean McCoy.
• Principia Apocrypha by Ben Milton, Steven Lumpkin, and David Perry.

Horror

• Cthulhu Dark by Graham Walmsley.
• The Trajectory of Fear by Ash Law.
• Call of Cthulhu - Tips for New Keepers from a New Keeper by The Fumbled Anthology.