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Wednesday, October 20, 2010

And Now For Something Completely Different

I was watching the commercial for the new D&D Red Box (not watching it on TV, as I haven't seen it on TV anywhere) and while browsing a thread on EnWorld I found the extended (original 4 minute long) video that was later edited down for the commercial.

Fun stuff, if you are into poorly animated Fiend Folio creatures and Heavy Metal... apparently, I am into it ;)

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SyrsuroOctober 20, 2010 at 10:33 PM
I'm not convinced it is intended as a TV commercial. Frankly, the production values are a bad fit.

But I have seen the commercial on Hulu while watching a movie.

Carl
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AndugusOctober 21, 2010 at 10:58 AM
The visual for this are intended for the 35 to 85 age group. The people who originally played AD&D back in the early 80's to early 90's. They would be the only ones readily familiar with the images used from various 1st edition books and adventures.

My personal favorite was from the Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth. It is also one of the more expensive AD&D relics I still own. Recent auctions of this have exceed a $1000 a copy! (http://www.acaeum.com/ddindexes/modpages/s4.html)
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TenkarOctober 21, 2010 at 7:58 PM
Yep, it tugs at me... that being said, the New Red Box didn't do much for me.

The New Gamma World Box... that might be a different story. We shall see
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Why "Swords & Wizardry?"

Believe me when I say I have them all in dead tree format. I have OSRIC in full size, trade paperback and the Player's Guide. I have LL and the AEC (and somewhere OEC, but I can't find it at the moment). Obviously I have Basic Fantasy RPG. Actually, I have the whole available line in print. Way too much Castles & Crusades. We all know my love for the DCC RPG. I even have Dark Dungeons in print, the Delving Deeper boxed set, Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerers of Hyperborea. BOTH editions of LotFP's Weird Fantasy and some dead tree copies of the Greyhawk Grognards Adventures Dark & Deep

I am so deep in the OSR when I come up for breath it's for the OSR's cousin, Tunnels & Trolls

So, out of all that, why Swords & Wizardry? Why, when I have been running a AD&D 1e / OSRIC campaign in Rappan Athuk am I using Swords & Wizardry and it's variant, Crypts & Things, for the second campaign? (Actually, now running a S&W Complete campaign, soon to be with multiple groups)

Because the shit works.

It's easy for lapsed gamers to pick up and feel like they haven't lost a step. I can house rule it and it doesn't break. It plays so close to the AD&D of my youth and college years (S&W Complete especially) that it continually surprises me. Just much less rules hopping than I remember. (my God but I can run it nearly without the book)

I grab and pick and steal from just about all OSR and Original resources. They seem to fit into S&W with little fuss. It may be the same with LL and the rest, but for me the ease of use fit's my expectations with S&W.

Even the single saving throw. That took me longer to adjust to, but even that seems like a natural to me now. Don't ask me why, it just does. Maybe it's the simplicity of it. At 45 52, simplicity and flexibility while remaining true to the feel of the original is an OSR hat trick for me ;)

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