COSR (Cosier OSR)
A downloadable game
Now in Playtesting!
This game is an attempt to blend OSR playstyle with the cozy fantasy setting and genre restrictions. To achieve that, I'm working with the following pillars:
Exploration and Mystery Adventures
Player Creativity > Game Mechanics (+ Good Game Mechanics)
Fright and Bother, Not Violence and Horror
Non-lethal High Lethality
Dynamic Inventory
Cozy Rewards
Legacy Characters and Completion
3d6 Down-the-Line Character Creation
COSR includes:
1. a set of guidelines for playing OSR in a cosier manner
2. a 1-page set of rules for cosier OSR-style play
3. a set of instructions on crafting challenges for both the characters and players
4. d8 tables of d12 Treasures suitable for cosier campaigns.
Each of these units should be able to be used separately from the others. The rules can easily be ignored and replaced with one's preferred OSR ruleset. The guidelines can be ignored and the rules used to run deadly and decidedly un-cozy adventures. The Treasures should be usable in any OSR game, especially if you want to generate specifically non-weapon and low-power items. The challenge-craft instructions might be beneficial for anyone to read... or completely bogus and off-the-mark. You tell me!
Status | In development |
Category | Physical game |
Rating | Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars (2 total ratings) |
Author | Quasifinity Games |
Genre | Adventure, Role Playing |
Tags | Cozy, Experimental, Fantasy, nsr, OSR, posr, Tabletop role-playing game, weird |
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Development log
- Playtest Document Published!Jan 31, 2024
- COSR Design Summary 8Jan 28, 2024
- COSR Design Summary 7Jan 25, 2024
- COSR Design Summary 6Jan 21, 2024
- COSR Design Summary 5Jan 18, 2024
- COSR Design Summary 4Jan 14, 2024
- COSR Design Summary 3Jan 11, 2024
- Cozy OSR Design Summary 2Jan 07, 2024
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Just wanted to make a comment saying I'm super excited with what you're going to be doing with this! I'm thinking I'll have to play it with my family - they are less into the violence and combat and more into the exploration, so I think this will be just perfect!
Thank you! I'm really trying my hardest to make it a good game for folks like that. I appreciate the encouragement!