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Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Dungeon Crawl Classics Beta - Its All the Rage!

The frickin' thing is hotter then hot cakes! Every blogger and their younger brother has something to say about the Dungeon Crawl Classics Beta that was released today - some good, some bad, some bad / good, some good / bad. The simple fact is people are talking about it, more-so then any recent RPG release that I can recall. Heck, I preordered sight unseen when it was first announced, and ordered my funky dice this past weekend.

I'm sure that everyone is waiting with baited breath for my thoughts on it, but that will have to wait. My initial impression, having virtually thumbed thru my digital copy is that the art rocks and the game definitely has multiple roots - Dungeons and Dragons, Tunnels & Trolls and Rolemaster immediately come to mind, but there might be more.

My thoughts come later ;)

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2eDMJune 8, 2011 at 8:57 PM
DCC is shaping up to be one of those RPGS(along w/ Alternity and 1st edition Shadowrun) that makes me wish I hadn't been so short sighted as to make my own blog 2e specific. :P
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Clovis CithogJune 8, 2011 at 11:12 PM
darn, I still want to talk about
shields in combat ; - )
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JasonZavodaJune 9, 2011 at 12:45 AM
While not riveting as shields in combat the DCCrpg download is packed with fantastic artwork. Definitely worth grabbing just for that. Also a number of plunderable ideas even if you don't intend to use the system.
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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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Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Dungeon Crawl Classics Beta - Its All the Rage!

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