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Friday, July 1, 2011

YOU Make the Call...

Although I have a crapload of stuff I need to review already (I'm going to count LotFP Weird Fantasy and Vornheim as complete unless I am suddenly inspired) I am considering picking up the Savage Worlds Deluxe ruleset in PDF to give it a real review. What say you all?

As for the Free RPG lists I've put together, I'm thinking of adding a page to the blog that lists them all, with a three or four sentence description of each (and links to any reviews I may have done). The links will remain on the main page, but the new page would give the reader a fairly quick summary of each to help decide if the DL is worth it to them. A bit of work, so I'd do it piecemeal. Again, any thoughts?

Actually, come to think of it, I should probably do a short blog post / mini-review on each in order. Then include a link to that post on my Free RPG page. Greg would finally stop hounding me to get around to reviewing Errant (he's hounding me for good reason - I'm easily distracted and it's long overdue ;) This would take some time, but would it have value to the community?

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PadreJuly 1, 2011 at 9:34 PM
Hey hey Tenkar, absolutely! I think the brief description and a link to a lengthier review are well worth it. As far as reviewing Savage Worlds, go for it. If it help one person consider playing the game it is well worth it in my estimation.
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Tim ShortsJuly 1, 2011 at 9:36 PM
How will I know to buy it if you don't review it? Really though, Savage Worlds has always interested me. Great name if nothing else. But I would like to hear more about it.
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Greg ChristopherJuly 1, 2011 at 10:04 PM
*bark*

*sniff*

*sniff*
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kelvingreenJuly 2, 2011 at 4:10 AM
I'm interested in finding out about the changes in the new Savage Worlds edition -- in particular the new chase rules -- so I'd like to see a review.
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The Acrobatic FleaJuly 2, 2011 at 5:59 AM
Echoing Kelvin, I, too, would like to learn more about the new iteration of Savage Worlds. Thanks.
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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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