And many others, have each in your own way have inspired and contributed to feeling welcomed back into the fold, despite the doubt within, and turmoil without.

@riseupcomus.bsky.social
@icastlight.bsky.social
@diyanddragons.bsky.social
@silent0siris.bsky.social
@weirdwonder.bsky.social
@themerrymushmen.bsky.social
@bradkerr.bsky.social
@3d6downtheline.com

@evlynmoreau.bsky.social
@jst.bsky.social
@technicalgrimoire.bsky.social
@save.vs.totalpartykill.ca
@bastionland.bsky.social
@prismaticwasteland.com
@linkskywalker.bsky.social
@benlaurence.bsky.social

And I have to acknowledge the Real Ones who have kept my flame for this hobby burning through the dark times (why no, this is certainly not a shameless attempt to play by the rules of The Game, to claw my way back up out of the algorithmic oubliette...), in no particular order...

Much to my elation.

Other modern games in my notebook:

Tunic
Lorelei and the Laser Eyes
Lunacid
Animal Well
Isles of Sea & Sky
Reliquia Park
Can of Wormholes

UFO50 is very much designed to evoke that style, like playing those games without a manual for reference, so you need to experiment.

Most of them seem designed to not necessitate manual note taking though, which is the assumption I brought to Valbrace. But it is very much a Notebook Game.

And so, I started this thread still not knowing what to do.

I'm not going to follow your suggestion. Probably. I'm also likely not going to actually carry on discussion much here.

But words of understanding are appreciated, at least. And maybe... some creative problem solving😄

I've long been silent about this, (and well, about many other things), and I've drafted various versions of this thread before, but now that Foolish Endeavor is "real" - largely thanks to lowering my expectations for myself -I've found speaking about these things easier.

Being a Person Out Loud.

I'm trying to satisfy everyone's hopes. Most critical of all, myself.

So it's fair to say Principia Apocrypha has become a Sword of Damocles for me.

I see PA as a "funnel" for folks newly hearing the term OSR into that understanding.

I can't do it without using the term.

I can't use the term without addressing the problems with the OSR-at-large.

I can't be too negative in that address without risking repelling people immediately.

I want Principia Apocrypha to, foremost, elucidate the style of play associated with the term #OSR.

But I also want it to embody and reinforce the fact that the playstyle exists unto itself that cannot be somehow tainted the OSR-at-large being a shitshow.

Not to mention how to address the fact that a third of it comes from a name that leaves a bad taste in an increasing number of mouths, and repulses some folks I respect and whose comfort I value.

But the hobbyscape has changed since 2018, and every time I consider getting editing for the 2E completed, or writing a new introduction, or even just a blurb for the itch page, I can never settle on language that feels like I'm doing the situation justice.

I had planned to "re-launch" PA, leveraging its reach to get more eyes on Foolish Endeavor, by re-homing it on itch, restarting work on a (mildly edited) second edition, making a decent default at-cost POD option, and starting to look into a Fancy Print Edition.

Socmed makes it easy to forget people are People. Hearing them talk to each other helps with that.