Lost & Astray
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Lost & Astray : Living Life one ten-foot pole at a time is a grognardpunk game of vintage fantasy adventuring without the nostalgic baggage.
Players are a motley crew of adventurers that begin play already stranded in the middle of a dangerous delve while trying to survive, escape and snatch treasures. Oh, and don't forget about the quest that brought you here to begin with!
L&A offers the "old school" style of procedural exploration and delving, merciless lethality and fiction-first problem solving, but through modern mechanics that make the game accessible and effortless to learn and play.
What's there for new players?
- No need for a veteran GM
- No need for familiarity with "old school" culture, traditions and rules
- No need for pre-game work and preparation, just pick the game up and play
- Clear and simple game procedures with a learn-by-playing approach
- Adventurer death is not Player game-over
- Adventurer death is a complete loss, with "progress" saved in rogueLite fashion
What's there for veteran players?
- Old School play with a ton of quality of life improvements
- Creative problem solving, not number crunching
- Story emerges from open-ended play, not from a pre-written script
- XP come from survival, then treasure hunting, then questing
- Inventory logistics are central but not fiddly
- Drawing maps is useful and fun
- Backwards compatible with most D&D material
Status | In development |
Rating | Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars (2 total ratings) |
Author | Alessandro Piroddi |
Genre | Role Playing, Adventure |
Tags | Fantasy, GM-Less, grognardpunk, nsr, OSR |
Average session | A few hours |
Languages | English |
Inputs | Keyboard, Mouse, Touchscreen |
Multiplayer | Local multiplayer |
Player count | 2 - 5 |
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Click download now to get access to the following files:
Grognardpunk Manifesto 0.2.pdf 129 kB
20230401_Lost_&_Astray.pdf 272 kB
20230401_L&A_Moves_Reactions.pdf 101 kB
20230401_L&A_CharSheet_PlayerRoles.pdf 71 kB
Development log
- Update - 2023.04.01Apr 01, 2023
- Update - 2023.03.22Mar 22, 2023
- Rules Update - 20221117Nov 17, 2022
- Actual Play - The Spider Mines #02Nov 09, 2022
- Actual Play - The Spider Mines #01Oct 26, 2022
- Rules Update - 20221023Oct 24, 2022
- Playtest documents are here!Oct 19, 2022
- DevDiary #02 - On the perception of speedOct 06, 2022