Welcome to the Archipelago

This is a hack that combines various elements from Troika! and Blades in the Dark: Deep Cuts. If ICON and Lancer bridges the gap between Forged in the Dark games and 4th Edition D&D, this hack is trying to do the same thing with OSR games.

It’s based in a scattered archipelago of innumerable islands, separated by vast expanses of open ocean. The Archipelago is a place for classic elfgame adventures, serving as a gentle introduction to a larger and weirder multiverse.

The original inspiration for this game came from this blogpost, specifically the throwaway line about how Blades in the Dark is an OSR game. There’s something that’s shared between OSR games and so-called “storygames”, and it’s the part I enjoy most about both. I wanted to see if it’s possible to synthesise the two.

Current State: Alpha (first playtest ongoing)