Tenkar's Tavern: Kickstarter - Dragon Warriors (It's a Movie, Not an RPG)

Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Kickstarter - Dragon Warriors (It's a Movie, Not an RPG)

Uhm, for a movie that is going 95%+ green-screen, this is pretty damn amazing.

Definitely a "B" movie, but looks far better than any of the Dungeons and Dragons movies that have been made.

Heck, even includes nipple twisting ;)

Watch the trailer at the Dragon Warriors Kickstarter site. It's not half bad...

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John MiddletonMay 14, 2014 at 9:22 PM
I definitely need more movies where a bunch of people float around in front of fake CGI stuff.

Oh wait.. I don't. Hollywood already makes plenty I don't see.
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UnknownMay 14, 2014 at 10:04 PM
I would love to see more fantasy films that take up some of the practical effects used before the CGI era (cloud tanks, forced perspective, things like that).

...or maybe I should just fire up Final Draft...

Pretty nice stuff for indie production though.
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Mr TeufelMay 14, 2014 at 11:44 PM
It reminds me of the old Italian fantasy movies.
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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)

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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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Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Kickstarter - Dragon Warriors (It's a Movie, Not an RPG)

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