Tenkar's Tavern: Goodman Games to Reprint Classic Judges Guild Products at Archival Quality

Saturday, August 23, 2014

Goodman Games to Reprint Classic Judges Guild Products at Archival Quality

Goodman Games plans to start a series of hardcover reprints of classic Judges Guild releases at archival quality. I assume the series will be released via Kickstarter.

This is damn exciting (and I'm sure will be damn expensive, but not as expensive as tracking down the originals on eBay.)

You can find out more about this and other Goodman Games upcoming products at the Spellburn Podcast Gen Con Special Report

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ChrisAugust 24, 2014 at 9:33 AM
I've heard how good the Judges Guild products were but I've never owned or read any so I find this pretty exciting.
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Raging OwlbearAugust 25, 2014 at 8:01 AM
I'm wondering if this will also involve the most recent Kickstarter (City State reprinting project). I suppose it would make sense for them to pursue a partner that has printing and distribution so they don't have the rebuild an infrastructure around releases that will likely be less frequent than other game publishers.
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John MiddletonAugust 25, 2014 at 6:26 PM
Considering I have all the original stuff and hardly use it much, aside from the Ref Sheets, this is just ok news.

If they combine lots of products into single books and reprint the maps on high quality stock then maybe. Even better if they just offer the maps alone.
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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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Saturday, August 23, 2014

Goodman Games to Reprint Classic Judges Guild Products at Archival Quality

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