[CLOSED] Beyond the Wall and Other Adventures

Every home needs its heroes...



Game System: Beyond the Wall and Other Adventures

The Pitch: Oxley, your small village, seems like a haven to you and your friends, but it is not safe. Danger lurks in the forest just beyond the town wall. Wicked men and ferocious monsters are a constant threat, and sometimes dark forces find their way into your neighbors’ hearts. You and your companions are young and untested, but ready to protect what matters.

The Details: This will be a "one shot" using the Beyond the Wall and Other Adventures rules (henceforth BtW). BtW uses simple rules based on early editions of D&D (i.e. an OSR game). Characters and their village are created collaboratively during play. The GM builds the adventure in parallel using a "scenario pack". The game is designed so that when playing live at a table, a group can create characters and an adventure with no prep then play it to completion in a single 3-4 hour game session.

Character creation as play: Creating characters is part of the game rather than a prelude to the game. Everyone will do it at the same time in a gameplay thread. I expect it to take many weeks in PbP.

Characters are created with playbooks that use random lifepath tables. Each playbook builds a specific character class with a particular background and relationship to the village. BtW has three character classes - Warrior, Rogue, Mage. Some playbooks build multi-class characters.Post frequency: I want character creation to move at about one step per day (relaxed over the weekend), which means at least one post per weekday.

Disclaimers: This will be my first time running BtW. I intend to run one of the game's published "scenario packs". When we get to the end of the scenario, the game will end. If there is an overwhelming desire to continue, there is an expansion that goes into collaborative sandbox building that I'd be interested in exploring, but I don't want to commit to that now.

I don't plan to distribute the rules, but the gameplay parts are extremely simple. I will distribute playbooks which have all the information required to build and play characters.

Do you want to answer the call to defend your village?

How to apply: Post your desire to join in this thread. Let me know why you are interested in the game and which playbooks interest you.

I think a good number of players is four, but I'll take five so that we can keep going if someone drops out. Player selection will not be first-come, first-served. I will keep the ad open for about a week. If there are more than five applicants, I will probably pick players randomly (in the spirit of OSR character creation).

timplausible. Well.l I'm feeling for something different than 5e. As long as all the info that I need is given to me, I'm good. So let us give this a try.

Yes, I want to play in this world. The reason is, as a child of the 80s, I want to return to the Golden Era RPGs as it's expressed through a new OSR game.  My current schedule gives me much free time, and I'd like a game with a daily post schedule.

wow. That seems like a really interesting idea to role play the creation of the character. I definitely would like to give that a try. A lot of the playbooks you have listed seem like they would be fun options. I think I'd probably be most interested in The Witch's Prentice (mage), The Assistant Beast Keeper (rogue-mage), or The New Watchman (warrior). Although, really they all seem like they could be fun.

Thank for posting this, I had forgotten about BTW and I would love to play, but my plate is full. I had fun testing out the creation process on a previous game, so I am just leaving an endorsement of the system. The interactive guided random character creation makes session 0 more interesting.

I am a red book basic, OSR, AD&D kind of guy. Would love to play in this game. I can post as much as needed.

The untested thief and the young woodsman

I'm a big fan of the OSR, currently running two S&W games live and a Black Sword Hack here. I've been so focused on the retroclones that I've neglected some of the more creative offerings, and this is a perfect opportunity to give one a shot!!!

The Last of a Fallen House calls to me, as I've been reading Moorcock and that seems to be a strong theme. If you'll have me, I'll bring honor to my father's name or die trying.

Such a brilliant, overlooked, underrated game. Love it! Have fun with it, all!

I'd love to play, have always wanted to play in a BtW game, but I'm maxed out in games for now. Good luck with it!

I’ll put my hat in the ring :)

Haven’t played OSR style in a very long time, but happy to learn.

Hello! New person here. I've been looking for something OSR-ish for a while now, as all my FLGS' around me are fixated on 5E still and I'm, quite honestly, burnt out on it. This is new territory for me as I've never done anything via play-by-post, so figured I'd go ahead and put that out there first. That's chiefly why I'm interested - I want to try something different, and maybe something with a more relaxed pace that I can contribute to a few times a day is exactly what I need.

I'm definitely interested in something more collaborative, and BtW seems like my cup of tea. I'd like to put my hat in the ring if you'll have me. I have an intense familiarity with 1e & 2e, so feel I should be able to grok the system once I've had a chance to thumb through it a little bit. I went ahead and picked up a copy of BtW from Drivethru RPG just because I think it's neat, and I'm really digging what I see!

As far as Playbooks, I feel like it's a copout to say I like them all, but I do! Not one of them really jumps out at me as "Yes, this one!" but would be excited to take any of them and see what kind of character I end up with :D

I'm going to keep this open until tomorrow - let's say at least until noon U.S. Eastern time. Then I'll close the applications and let the dice decide who gets in (taking 5 players).

Let's roll some dice! Highest 5 rolls get into the game.

And... sorry DrifterDwarf and Mathfuric. The dice gods did not favor you this day. Thank you for your interest, and if anyone drops out, I'll let you know.

For everyone else, invites are going out. See y'all beyond the wall.

No problem. Definitely keep me in mind if you need a replacement and good luck.

All good, everyone enjoy the adventure.