Tenkar's Tavern: Kickstarter - Attribute Shirts (Leading to Another "WTF?" Moment)

Friday, September 11, 2015

Kickstarter - Attribute Shirts (Leading to Another "WTF?" Moment)

A few quick observations about the Attribute Shirts Kickstarter:

- It was canceled back on August 20th and rebooted shortly thereafter

- 3 backers, $63 of $10k goal - how much money do you really need to print shirts?

- shirts are priced at challenge level - WTF?

- I'm going to guess the stats are based on Warcraft? I have no idea

- somehow this was categorized as "Gaming Hardware" - I don't get it

- Backer rewards are interesting. Yes, you can back for a coupon to use at a store that doesn't yet exist (and probably will not)

You know what? The shirts are so easy enough to obtain you should probably have your own made for less. That's assuming there is even a market for this. I'm going to hazard a guess that there isn't/

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Jon TateSeptember 11, 2015 at 11:35 PM
Easily made for like $5 and maybe 15 minutes to type it up, print it out and iron on the transfer
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The DaveSeptember 12, 2015 at 12:23 AM
yeah I think any 'make your own t-shirt' site could do this for cheaper...
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Doctor FuturitySeptember 12, 2015 at 2:25 AM
It doesn't even look like WoW stats. Hmmm.
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AnonymousSeptember 13, 2015 at 3:28 AM
I want the bottom shirt without the stats....just an orange shirt that says Legendary Wizard in that font. Could probably do that at the mall for fifteen bucks, though...
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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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Friday, September 11, 2015

Kickstarter - Attribute Shirts (Leading to Another "WTF?" Moment)

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