OSR Tourists

About this episode

The episode explores the concept of 'tourists' in the OSR ecosystem and discusses their impact on the community.

-- Description -- Tourists in the OSR ecosystem: who are they, why are they here, and is it really appropriate to use the term "Tourist" as an insult? Like what you're hearing? Visit the blog: ( https://clericswearringmail.blogspot.com/ ) Want to get in on the conversation, yourself? Send in a voicemail on SpeakPipe: ( https://www.speakpipe.com/WhisperingGMPodcast ) ...or come hang out with all of us on Discord: ⁠( https://discord.gg/kQnrK4YCCn ) -- Show Notes -- 00:00 - Intro 00:20 - Theme 00:43 - Defining OSR and RPG Tourism 02:57 - Who is Not a Tourist 05:50 - Are Tourists a Bad Thing? 10:36 - The real threat: Transplants 12:44 - A Call for Transparency 13:42 - Call In: Riley of Diagetic Advancement on Moldvayan Revisionism 16:00 - ... Filling the Gaps in our Knowledge 17:54 - ... Keeping the Game Going 18:54 - ... Relative Digestibility 19:18 - ... Leaking In 20:26 - Call In: Hobbs, Himself! On Bronze Age gaming 20:50 - ... Blood & Bronze 25:24 - Benediction 27:00 - Outro and Theme -- Links -- Diagetic Advancement: ( https://open.spotify.com/show/35GgOCNa3LyucnrDdw0sbv )Jason "Dulcet Tones" Hobbs: - Twitch: ( https://m.twitch.tv/hobbs665/home ) - Hobbs…

People in this episode

Host: CWR

Guest: Riley

Topics covered

• OSR ecosystem
• RPG tourism
• transparency in gaming
• community engagement
• game preservation

Keywords

• OSR
• RPG tourism
• gaming community
• transplants
• Moldvayan revisionism

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Diagetic Advancement, Hobbs & Friends, Blood and Bronze

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