Hi Izois, thank you so much for getting in touch, it's lovely to hear your thoughts, and to heat that this suite of games feels like home. When you talk about a Dev team, yes, I've worked with some fantastic people, but fundamentally it's me exploring different ideas. Lost Eons was me trying to make an FKR playstyle, where rulings are more important than rules, accessible to people coming from D&D 5e. I'm not sure if it fully suceeds, but there are lots of elements of the game I'm still proud of- the experiment with a card-based magic system, the spark tables, the overall feel. The world is fun, and I might return to it at some point. But I tried to do something novel with the play system, hacking together a dice step system and dice pool, but with hindsight I think it's a little fiddly.
So I got deeper into the OSR scene, and started falling in love with Modules- pre-written adventures that you can pick up and play with your group. But I also knew that, as a GM, I always like to have a way to create a story as you play, at the table, in case the players go off the rails (which they always do). So I became interested in Chris McDowall's work, and all the work Yochai Gal has been doing with Cairn. Here is a simple system that is very transferable, braodly compatible with the modules I was playing, but light and based on player agency. So I started to develop ECO MOFOS. It wasn't for any other reason than to try to make what I wanted to see in the world. I also wanted to bring a little attitude to the setting, to channel some of the anger at the system that is forcing us to consider a world after Climate change.
So my feeling is read Eco mofos first. Give it a go. I think it's my most complete game. The community copy is the whole book, and it's full of principles and advice on play. And it also means any advice and communities around Cairn or Into the Odd are basically playing a very similar game. If you bounce straight off the setting and prefer LOST EONS, maybe a minor hack is in order, bringing the two systems/settings together? I'd be very open to assisting with that.
I'm not sure if I really answered your question. Oh, online communities- I have a discord (I understand your misgivings, but it's not hectic like others https://discord.gg/EEgDXEW4 ) and I'd recommend the Cairn server and the podcast Between 2 Cairns. And Chris McDowall's blog. And reading Into the Odd. Let me know if you want to know anything else. Thanks so much for your interest in the work.