Woohoo, I'm Number 59!

Ok, I'm not much for tooting my own own horn. I blew by various posting and follower milestones without saying a word.  But I'm still rather pleased to see this little blog listed on Cyclopeatron's list of top OSR blogs. I'm tickled pink to be in such august company, even though it might be a bit of a stretch to call Risus Monkey an OSR blog. I'm definitely OSR-inspired, so perhaps that is what counts. I dig the DIY ethic and brilliant creativity of the Old School community, which is why I spend so much time reading and commenting on OSR blogs. I'm not playing any old-school games at the moment, but that doesn't mean not I'm thinking about them (with or a without a Risus spin).

Old School topics I'd really like to explore in the coming months:

• A weird science-fantasy sandbox game using Swords & Wizardry (and possibly a Risus-like mechanic for skills). I'd be keen to use the campaign starter posted at Amercian Barbarica, or develop a world based on (and only based on) the works of Erol Otus.
• The Sorcerer's Skull's upcoming Weird Adventures. I love the setting and I think and old-school rules set may work best, but it may see use sooner if I place it into my Knights of the Astral Sea dimension hopping game.
• I'd love to run a Gamma World or Gamma World-like game. Seriously. This might be at the top of my list right now.
• More Golden Age supers using ICONS for at least inspiration (while not old-school, ICONS has a very old-school feel).
• I'd like to revisit Fritz Leiber's Lankhmar or my own Beyond Sanctuary sandbox.
• I'd love to do something with James Bond 007.
• And I'd love more crazy-ass space opera, though I doubt I'd be using an old school rules set.
• Possibly more generators that would be generally useful to OSR and non-OSR GMs alike.
• And of course, I'll continue my Geomorph series