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Thursday, August 10, 2017

Kickstarter - RPG Alignment Pins

RPG Alignment Pins. Never knew you needed such, did you?

Yeah, I have issues with these.

Chaotic Neutral - I mean...

Chaotic Evil - Pink?

Seriously, the colors irk me.

9 bucks for a single pin and 3 bucks shipping. 12 bucks for novelty pins that really aren't hitting the mark IMHO. 9 pins are 73 bucks and 5 bucks shipping.

19 days left to fund. Not quite at the halfway mark.

I'm sure there is a market for novelty alignment pins. I'm not sure there is a market for these novelty alignment pins.

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AtroxAugust 11, 2017 at 7:16 AM
Well, the Hook'em Horns pin is properly burnt orange, and Longhorn fans are certainly chaotic.
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Public PublicAugust 11, 2017 at 8:35 AM
yihaaar! neutral evil wears condoms
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Joseph BlochAugust 11, 2017 at 8:54 AM
I would get such things if the design was better. These are kind of... meh.
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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 (thank you Kickstarter) (edit) BOTH editions of LotFP's Weird Fantasy and will soon have some dead tree copies of the Greyhawk Grognards Adventures Dark & Deep ~~shipping shortly~~ in my grubby hands awaiting a review..

I am so deep in the OSR when I come up for breath it's for the OSR's cousin, Tunnels & Trolls (and still waiting on dT&T to ship).

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 48, simplicity and flexibility while remaining true to the feel of the original is an OSR hat trick for me ;)

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Thursday, August 10, 2017

Kickstarter - RPG Alignment Pins

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