W. F. Smith 2/27/26 W. F. Smith 2/27/26

Pokémon Is OSR

I elucidate the ways that the Pokémon games embody several principles of the OSR playstyle, which is maybe unsurprising when you consider the history of JRPGs.

W. F. Smith 5/20/25 W. F. Smith 5/20/25

Remember Books? They’re Back, in Blog Form

If the best TTRPG writing has, for at least a decade, proliferated online (which it has), shouldn’t we start putting that writing where it belongs on our bookshelves?

W. F. Smith 6/20/23 W. F. Smith 6/20/23

Posters, Posers and POSR(s)

A brief history of the OSR as an artistic movement and some thoughts on what comes after it.

W. F. Smith 12/7/21 W. F. Smith 12/7/21

New Kid on the Blogck: My Path to the OSR

I commemorate the first anniversary of my blog by detailing my path to the OSR (and list my top 10 posts thus far).