#odd-like

This is the first in a series of posts detailing design variations between Into the Odd and a variety of games that have been derived from it. I'm calling them "Odd-Likes."

This is the first in a series of posts detailing design variations between Into the Odd and a variety of games that have been derived from it. My aim is to create a design vocabulary to streamline the creation of systems in this sub-genre. Eventually, I will simplify a lot of this information for easy reference, but first I want to build out my notes. For the purposes of this post, Odd-likes…

all rolls are Luck Rolls with slightly different odds #OSR #TTRPG #DnD #IntoTheOdd #Cairn

If anyone else has thought or written about this let me know in the comments! I’ll be using Into the Odd‘s roll under system and the inventory system from my own Ouroboros and Ouroboros(OnO) system for my example. Let’s imagine a character called Ludovic who has a STR score of 18 and another character called Villiam with a STR of 3. What does this tell us about each character? Common wisdom…