I’m just obsessed with whatever the origin and material of that Wizards print behind Yochai are.

That was a treasure of a conversation there ! I just recently dived into the world of 'indie' RPG's because I was so bored of everyone just knowing dnd and it's marvelous so far. The level of creativity I stumble upon every click deeper into the internet is just so inspiring. The mind isn't a temple, it's ... well... way bigger !

Thanks for your permission to hack. I was using Cairn as a base game, but it gradually evolved beyond that. Some of the things I kept were the HP (renamed to Mettle, and modified slightly by profession), Armor, Scarring, and damage to STR systems. I like the idea of not having to keep track of oodles of HP. Still, it is one of the RPGs I have a soft spot for. Quite simple and elegant.

As I read Cairn, I saw immediately the influence PBTA had on Cairn. It's a beautiful thing to bring both concepts together. Thanks for an amazing product, and thanks for hosting the interview.

Enjoyed watching the interview, thanks for having Yochai on. I've only recently come across Cairn (thanks to the recent ItO Kickstarter actually). Fantastic ruleset and one I look forward to using at the table

Really great interview, glad I had a chance to watch it finally. I really vibe with Yochai’s points about the spaces where pbta and small trad games share similarity. I love WoDu 1979 and Cairn is a gem. So is One Shot World honestly.

Nice interview. Have just recently discovered Cairn. Loving it!

Does Mr. Gal still send out his game? I would love a copy. It sounds pretty amazing.

13:25 for ground growth - characters are changed from their experienced occurrences rather than mechanics

I did use Cairn to design my RPG, and it worked! Thanks Yochai!

I started in 1980. D&D red box. Friend had the blue box. As I get older, I grow tired of reading 300+ pages for a game. Especially if it's a singular genre like D&D. Transitioned to Savage worlds years ago, but even that is starting to be a bit, since the new edition expanded it's page count. Good game, just always seeking simpler but still functional. Also easier to get newer players into. This is an interesting system. I really like the idea of eliminating attack rolls. If I did any changes I might add dodging or parrying of some kind, but don't want to change it by adding back in a roll. So more likely just a standard bonus to Armor if you forgo your action to defend yourself. Maybe even have a talent or skill in it so it could vary in capability slightly. Like novice, journeyman, expert(+1, +2, +3). Maybe allow a dex save to get defense bonus, which would sacrifice action or half your next attack damage. Something simple.

Thanks for this.

what a fantastic conversation

Super cool!

Great interview!

Interesting and entertaining interview. Despite the fact that Cairn is not a game to my liking, it's too rules-light for my taste (I'm also terrible at math), I find the NSR principles captivating. I had never heard that it was the NSR before and after all the bad taste that were the OSR in my existence (both the community and the games themselves), I find this way of approaching the importance of playing what you enjoy quite interesting. And with respect to Cairn, although it's wonderful to license the system and be able to freely create and distribute hacks, personally I would never dare to do it with Cairn. If I will release a Cairn hack it would be a very crunchy one with 300 pages of only player options. (I'm sorry, for this I have never been connected with the OSR or PBtA, if I don't have the large number of playable character options offered by GURPS or Pathfinder, I came to suffer from narcolepsy, even when I'm the GM (especially if I can't have non-human characters or atypical non-human races).

Great video!

Great guest!

I would love to see the Winter's Daughter hack for Cairn! Haven't been able to find it though. :)

Hi! what's the book that allows to play Mothership with the cairn rules? amazing interview! more osr author please! :D

The Wizards poster at :15 shows class.

The whole game (especially how the dungeons are created) reminds me of Daggerfall. But the Music in the Intro, definitely reminds me of Elderscrolls Daggerfall...

If the name is hard to say, discuss getting the guest to introduce himself

The discord link seems to be expired 😩

25:53 I pretend to be concise but am certainly not. Also I surmised Yochai’s content theft plan from the start!

5e was far too much for me this was easier to build upon. I just need a few copies of cairn now so my friends can play. Less numbers is better since I have dyscalcululia as well.

Great interview, loved Yochais insights up until the alarming "I have a very small collection of rulesets". It ain't natural!

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OMG Adam Sandler made Cairn? How cool is that?

Old School human relations: "All are welcome; we reserve the right to refuse service to anyone for any reason."

Did my innocuous comment about inclusion get deleted? Good people who are confident in their principals don’t censor speech.

Everybody is welcome, except people I don't agree with. Also gatekeeping is bad, kids

Inclusionary except for who isn't welcome. WAT? Lol

What a poser...

I was on board until yochai was acting like an anti-nazi nazi...

So the OSR is 'exclusive' because you've made some kind of Pbta-inspired aesthetically-D&D fantasy heartbreaker and 'the grognards' weren't liking it, because it clearly has nothing to do with the OSR community's stated and factual intent (which is to revive AD&D, BX and OD&D era D&D). And to top it all off you draw a hasty generalization between those disliking your kind of fake-OSR game and nazis, so basically "if you don't like my game you're a bad person". Do you think the Pathfinder community is also exclusive because they don't seem to like GURPS: Dungeon Fantasy and they would push me out of their community if I tried to shove it in their forums? I've had enough of hacks peddling their vacuous sacks of vague ideas and aesthetic considerations who need to wear the skin of the latest cool thing to sell. What does OSR mean when it's printed into your books? Because I can clearly tell in OSRIC, OSE or Worlds Without Number - the game clearly has D&D roots. You can go and play B2 with practically zero adjustment, using the same MECHANICS. Because you can play through B2 in GURPS too, but that's not the same system. What does 'New School Rules' even mean? "It's like D&D but it's not D&D at all", so, every other freaking fantasy RPG ever?