Tenkar's Tavern: News - Gale Force Nine, LLC v. Wizards of the Coast LLC (Breach of Contract)

Thursday, November 19, 2020

News - Gale Force Nine, LLC v. Wizards of the Coast LLC (Breach of Contract)

I woke this morning to a PM from one of the Taverner's with a screen pic showing a filing in the US District Court for the Western District of Washington by Gale Force Nine with WotC as the defendant.

I can find nothing about it on the web, and my access to the filing is very limited, but it appears to be in regards to Breach of Contract, Breach of Implied Duty of Good Faith, and Fair Dealing. Remind anyone of a recent lawsuit WotC is also defending oneself against?

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Toerag77November 19, 2020 at 10:16 AM
Wasnt GF9 making the official D&D minis? Mabey they were tooling up for a Dragonlance line?
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Trent SlabaughNovember 19, 2020 at 12:46 PM
Might need a paralegal who has a pacer account

https://www.pacermonitor.com/public/case/37145935/Gale_Force_Nine,_LLC_v_Wizards_of_the_Coast_LLC
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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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Thursday, November 19, 2020

News - Gale Force Nine, LLC v. Wizards of the Coast LLC (Breach of Contract)

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