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Wednesday, April 10, 2013

A Kickstarter That Shipped Early - Adventures Dark & Deep (OSR)

1 Hard Cover and Two Soft Covers

I think the Adventures Dark & Deep Kickstarter was supposed to ship by June, and here it is in my hands in the 2nd week of April.

Well done +Joseph Bloch :)

The review will probably have to wait until after the the 17th of April - my hands are a bit full until then ;)

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Greyhawk GrognardApril 10, 2013 at 4:35 PM
Hard copies will be on sale this week at RPGNow.com to the wide world, now that it looks like the KS backers are starting to get theirs.
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Doctor FuturityApril 10, 2013 at 6:21 PM
That looks like a nice book. I eagerly await the review....
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Gothridge ManorApril 10, 2013 at 6:52 PM
I look forward to getting my copies.
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HenryApril 10, 2013 at 7:51 PM
Missed this one, but was in on the KS for A Curious Volume of Forgotten Lore. After skimming through it over the weekend, I liked the ideas in ACVoFL. Sort of kicking (heh) myself for missing ADD. Guess it's time for a visit to RPGNow.
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AnonymousApril 10, 2013 at 8:09 PM
Looks real quality - nice. It's good to hear about the Kickstarters that actually manifest. Good work.
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Timothy S. BrannanApril 10, 2013 at 8:12 PM
Great!! I should get mine then soon too. I'll have to get a review up.
I was rereading this on Monday during lunch, really enjoy what you have done here.
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R.J. ThompsonApril 11, 2013 at 5:08 PM
Joseph you wiley dog you. You're going to make every other Kickstarter in RPG Land look terrible!
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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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A Kickstarter That Shipped Early - Adventures Dark & Deep (OSR)

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