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Blades in the dark hacks
Blades in the dark hacks













simplified rolls against attributes (a de facto standard).There are magic spell lists in the back but no actual spells, because why reprint them when they’re available in the SRD? The text’s sole concern is on fighting monsters, healing and resting, and carrying around stuff. Whereas Whitehack applies nuance and narrative creativity to the D&D class formula, The Black Hack goes in the opposite direction and focuses on class activities in the dungeon context. The Black Hack is a stripped-back second-gen OSR title, extremely short in presentation and focused on the dungeon combat experience.

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The thing I admire most about OSR games is how they’ve taken the moving parts and tuned them for a particular kind of experience. I backed the Kickstarters for the three games below.















Blades in the dark hacks