#retroclones

Violet is making nice micro games inspired by this series of old boardgames: https://maverick.brainiac.com/cmm/mic.html

She even craft small box sets: https://www.thegamecrafter.com/crowdsale/pyroclastic-flow

But being a small boardgame publisher seem even harder than being a small roleplaying game publisher.

Old School Renaissance. Old School Role-playing. Old Students Rebelling.

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2000: “3rd edition tried some strong streamlining but the featbloat added just as many problems. We’re sticking with 2nd edition. We like the setting modules better, too.”

2006: OSRIC released. “2nd Edition introduced too much bloat that ruined the classical fun of the game.”

2009: “1st edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons ruined the purity of Basic D&D.”

2013: “Basic D&D was a dumbing-down of the game. We’re sticking with Original D&D and its greater flexibility, simplicity, and indescribable charm.”

2016: “Dungeons & Dragons Supplement I: Greyhawk was a mistake and the Thief class stole much of the dungeoneering ability of the other classes. And don’t even get me started on Blackmoor.”

2019: “Gary Gygax ruined the purity of Chainmail.”

2023: “Chainmail ruined tabletop wargamming.”