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Cairn - First Edition
An adventure game about characters exploring a dark, mysterious Wood. · By
Yochai Gal
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Cairn 2e is coming!
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Jul 11, 2023
I've released the playtest for Cairn 2e (the Player's Guide). Read more about it here ...
Fixed a typo and clarified rules summary
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Sep 19, 2022
Nothing to report here - thanks to the Italian Cairn community for finding a poor explanation to something on the rules summary...
4 files
Added credit
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Jul 04, 2021
I added my own name to the credits. That's right, I forgot to add my own name ot the inside credits. This is my life now...
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Tokens Updated to SVG, Size
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May 20, 2021
I've updated the tokens to use SVG instead of PNG, increased their quality, and resized them to better fit the token sheet...
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Tokens Update
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May 10, 2021
Updated tokens! Printing should be much easier now. Fixed minor typo in main document...
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Tiny credit update
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Apr 28, 2021
Added a credit to Dolmenwood (how did I miss that???) and a link to the website for our non-digital friends. Also added Afpub file as well...
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Minor character sheet update
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Apr 06, 2021
Updated character sheet slightly; it should cut a little more evenly now. Aso: I'm now adding fun little bookmarks into each Cairn sale from my Gumroad page...
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I darkened stuff.
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Mar 30, 2021
I darkened the inside covers. That's the update. Oh, and we're live in the UK now: https://cairnrpg.com/print/...
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Cairn SRD
The Cairn SRD is officially available! Hack away.
started by
Yochai Gal
Feb 23, 2021
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Yochai Gal
Nov 05, 2021
Sticky
Cairn Resources
Cairn Resources have been moved to the official Cairn website .
started by
Yochai Gal
Dec 04, 2020
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Yochai Gal
Apr 06, 2021
Obscuration of a credit line
On this page ( https://yochaigal.itch.io/cairn ) your credit for "Cover art by Cosmic Orrery Games ." is not readily vis...
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StreamMonkRPGs
33 days ago
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StreamMonkRPGs
33 days ago
Conversion from typical OSR monsters
I’m a huge fan of how you solve it here! HD=hp is such a swift method. I’ve been using morale = hp for a while, but...
started by
sean f, smith / he, him
Oct 02, 2020
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SimonTemplar357
54 days ago
Scrolls
A suggestion, gleaned through playtesting. Scrolls are similar to Spellbooks, however: • They do not take up an invent...
started by
Yochai Gal
Jan 15, 2021
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Van Davis
95 days ago
Two similar scars
First off, this is a new favorite rpg of mine. Straight to the point, dark and just deadly enough. Only thing I wish was...
started by
Blackthorn
Feb 15, 2024
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Yochai Gal
Feb 15, 2024
Can I translate a Chinese version?
石冢（Cairn）中文版 by ZzNoah
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ZzNoah
Dec 22, 2023
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ZzNoah
Dec 23, 2023
What was Mobile Cairn?
Like it is on the website but the github is down.
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ElectricIceBird
Nov 23, 2023
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Yochai Gal
Nov 23, 2023
Cairn for BX provides a simple way to convert BX or other OSR adventures to Cair...
A rules-lite hack for Cairn based on the basic and expert rules (“B/X”) of the classical fantasy role playing game a...
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Aventiure
Jul 21, 2023
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Guy on the Front Cover is giving the Bird?
On the front cover of the book with the guy that's crawling out, he apparently is giving the bird. Can you clarify what...
started by
IronMagpie
Mar 03, 2023
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Yochai Gal
Mar 04, 2023
Xenio's Old School Monsters
An absolutely incredible list of old school monsters. Added to resources.
started by
Yochai Gal
Feb 17, 2021
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Yochai Gal
Dec 10, 2022
PDF with GLOG Magic.
Hi, is there any plan for make pdf rules with incorporated GLOG Magic? thanx
started by
Dragoras89
Nov 19, 2022
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Yochai Gal
Nov 19, 2022
Fatigue and inventory
Im apparently too dense to understand the fatigue system. When suffering fatigue - does the slot it takes in the invento...
started by
KrAkN
Nov 03, 2022
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Yochai Gal
Nov 03, 2022
HP question
Hi! This game looks awesome. I'm a noob to OSR games (and I'm no expert on TTRPGs in general), and picked this one to GM...
started by
dsanderling
Jul 23, 2022
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dsanderling
Jul 23, 2022
Hirelings & Mounts & Pets, Oh My!
Good morning! We had a very brief exchange on reddit the other day about the Cairn x Dolmenwood game I'm in the process...
started by
theblackveil
May 07, 2022
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theblackveil
May 08, 2022
Helmet+armor
I'm curious how do you handle armor+helmet, since there are only 2 body slots
started by
Joe_the_Mago
Jan 06, 2021
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nemoDreamer
Jan 04, 2022
Nice game... but is there some rules for the character improvement?
Nice game... but is there some rules for the character improvement? Thanks jeepee
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jeepee
Aug 17, 2021
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Yochai Gal
Sep 17, 2021
Review (5/5)
Cairn is a solid, wonderfully illustrated, concise adventure game in the mechanical style of Into The Odd. It's 24 pages...
started by
kumada1
Feb 19, 2021
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Yochai Gal
Feb 19, 2021
some impressions
published some first impressions over at https://perplexingruins.blogspot.com/
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Perplexing Ruins
Nov 08, 2020
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