Credits & Acknowledgements

Special thanks to the following creators for all the amazing work that this document is built upon:

  • Yochai Gal for Cairn, the amazing game that makes Block, Dodge, Parry possible. This book makes extensive use of the SRD of Cairn and is highly compatible with all Cairn-related creations. The first version of Block, Dodge, Parry was a branching-off/expansion of Cairn, and version 2 can be considered the same for Cairn 2e.
  • Chris McDowall for Into The Odd, Electric Bastionland, and all further branches of the Mark of the Odd.
  • Arnold Kemp for the GLOG system. Its magic system formed the basis for the one featured in Block, Dodge, Parry.
  • Simon Washbourne for Barbarians of Lemuria. The career system provided a big source of inspiration.
  • Emmy Allen of Cavegirl’s Game Stuff for the rock-paper-scissors implementation of dueling, found in the Social Conflict section.
  • Errant by Ava Islam/Kill Jester Publishing, LLP, provided many brilliant procedures for OSR play. Block, Dodge, Parry in particular uses the Fantasy Species, Gambit, and Initiative procedures, and builds upon them.
  • Downtime in Zyan by Ben Laurence was a major inspiration for Complex Tasks.
  • The idea of “counter Gambits” was a great addition by NekuZ in the Block, Dodge, Parry Discord.
  • The descriptors used in Practical Magic are inspired by The Electrum Archive by Emiel Boven.
  • Further thanks to all of the amazing players who have always indulged me in my wild new systems and experiments: Bas, Dick, Hans, Cindy, Mykola, and many more.
  • Special thanks to the Block, Dodge, Parry Discord server for their feedback and ideas.
  • Shout-out to the amazing NSR-Cauldron, Prismatic Waystation, and Cairn Discord servers, and all the amazing people there who have always been so helpful with feedback and ideas.
  • Aya for the candlelight, literally and metaphorically.

Credits

License

Block, Dodge, Parry is licensed under CC-BY-SA 4.0.

First edition published in 2022, and this version was published in 2024.

Copyright © Lars Huijbregts. Block, Dodge, Parry is licensed under CC BY SA 4.0.