First Post

 Greetings.

I haven't the faintest clue what to write on my first blog post but I think an introduction should be underway. I am Wackywarlock132 and my first foray into RPG's came 10 years ago in 2016.  Naturally this would mean that I started with 5th edition, rather dreaded in the OSR sphere but a good entry point for RPGs in my personal opinion. 



I suffered with confidence issues and for the first 7 years of my GMing life my campaigns barely lasted 10 sessions. This changed when I volonteered at a Gamestore within my city and began forcing myself to run oneshots since then I have ran many games but these are the ones of note

  1. A 12 session Dark Heresy Game
  2. A 20 session Dark Heresy Game
  3. A 17 session DnD 5e game
  4. 50+ Oneshots? over the course of 3 years
  5. Bunch of other stuff that didnt really take off.
You may notice that within this list there is no true OSR game and up until very recently there wasn't what a buisness would call a market for OSR. This changed as I began to become trusted within the community to deliver good sessions of 5e and other RPGs. So on 22/08/2026 I am running, OSRIC and the module shall be stonepick crossing. 

So what does this have to do with writing a blog? I see that many giants before me have contributed to the OSR through explaining it's rationale and philosophy of play through blogs so in my time running OSRIC I would like to contribute as well. I'm not really sure what is to say but given my previous experience I believe my thoughts will become more apparent the more I play OSRIC and other OSR systems. 

Wackywarlock132! Out!

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