Tenkar's Tavern: Wendy's Releases RPG - Feast of Legends (5e Inspired)

Friday, October 4, 2019

Wendy's Releases RPG - Feast of Legends (5e Inspired)

Yes, Wendy's - the fast-food chain - has released a free RPG. It uses the D&D 5e "inspired" RPG (it doesn't appear to use the OGL).

Download link to Feast of Legends.

Have I read it? No. But if you do a Google search, it is being written about ALL over the net. As a marketing tool, Wendy's hit a home run.

I've heard some chatter that releases like this are going to hurt indie game producers. I don't think that will be an issue, as no one is going to play this more than once. That being said, the quality looks high.

8 comments:

Tim SniderOctober 4, 2019 at 11:05 AM
Oddly, no writer/artist credits that I can see, nor is there any OGL info. It's a high-quality "stealth" release marketing gimmick, but there's a lack of info as to WHERE it came from or who created it.

Might make a fun evening at Gary Con once I've had a few beers.
ReplyDelete
Replies
sevenbastardOctober 4, 2019 at 12:05 PM
Art credits are given in the back but no writing credits.
ReplyDelete
Replies
CharlesOctober 4, 2019 at 12:12 PM
p. 92 has "ILLUSTRATIONS Alex Lopez, MAPS Collin Fogel".
ReplyDelete
Replies
SurrenderMonkeyOctober 4, 2019 at 3:01 PM
I seriously can't believe anyone considers this a threat to indie producers. People weren't that hard up for quality free-to-download games before this novelty product dropped.
ReplyDelete
Replies
Mike TaberOctober 4, 2019 at 8:33 PM
I haven't finished reading yet, but this is absolutely awesome (hilarious even). I wish I were the genius behind it! Plenty of fun to be had with the material.
ReplyDelete
Replies
MistwellOctober 4, 2019 at 10:11 PM
Someone who works for Wendys (somewhat high up) posted to Twitter that he was so happy their creation was finally out in the wild. Unclear if he was the writer, or just one of the players that's been playing this for a while amongst the Wendys execs.
ReplyDelete
Replies

Add comment

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 ;)

Swords & Wizardry Light - Forum

RPGNow

Friday, October 4, 2019

Wendy's Releases RPG - Feast of Legends (5e Inspired)

8 comments:

Blogs of Inspiration & Erudition