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Thursday, May 7, 2015

Who Uses Electrum These Days? Apparently James Spahn Does - White Star Goes Electrum

White Star went Silver in less than 24 hrs at RPGNow (and Bronze in less than that - so quickly I missed it.)

White Star has now gone Electrum in less than 4 days. To put it in perspective in the OSR scheme of things, X-Plorers and Stars Without Number are at Silver, and they were released years ago (both do have free versions for download though, so you should definitely add them to your electronic gaming collection)

The D30 Sandbox Companion is Gold as is the Labyrinth Lord Revised Edition.

The three versions of Swords & Wizardry are all free, so they get no rankings, although over 4,100 copies of S&W Complete have been downloaded through The Tavern.

White Star Reviews:

The Other Side Blog

Die Heart

Follow Me and Die

I'm sure there are move I've missed ;)

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Follow Me And DieMay 7, 2015 at 10:14 PM
Thanks for the mention!
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Grand DMMay 7, 2015 at 11:31 PM
Awesome news! I will add my review to the mix: http://www.ultanya.com/2015/05/review-white-star-science-fiction-rpg_4.html?m=0

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Sine NomineMay 7, 2015 at 11:43 PM
That's a very healthy number of sales, and everything I've seen suggests that White Star deserves it. I'm not sure where the markers are for sales these days, but I know Electrum means that it's gotten several hundred at least on that particular site.

Stars Without Number's numbers are a bit odd, because the free version's medal only counts print copies bought- free downloads don't add anything. The difference between that and the SWN Core's for-pay entry is substantial.
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Doc SavageMay 7, 2015 at 11:46 PM
Neat. I'll be interested when this exists in print.
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Sophia BrandtMay 8, 2015 at 2:11 AM
Awesome, thanks for the mention of my review.
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Venger SatanisMay 9, 2015 at 8:01 AM
This review was posted on the Sword & Stitchery blog a few days ago: http://swordsandstitchery.blogspot.com/2015/05/review-of-white-star-rpg-system-rising.html
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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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Who Uses Electrum These Days? Apparently James Spahn Does - White Star Goes Electrum

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