Tenkar's Tavern: A WTF Kickstarter - The Dangerzone RPG (I THINK it's a Computer RPG)

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

A WTF Kickstarter - The Dangerzone RPG (I THINK it's a Computer RPG)

Let me just say this:

Watch the video.

Then look at The Dangerzone RPG Kickstarter page, which purports to be about funding a computer game RPG.

Remember what you saw in the video.

Search the Kickstarter page for any hint of art or graphics from the supposed game.

Pour yourself a shot of Fireball Whiskey. You earned it.

I think the game IS a boob...

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Scott MalthouseOctober 27, 2015 at 4:57 PM
Well I'm sold
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Kurt RoesenerOctober 27, 2015 at 11:37 PM
I think the BOOBS made the KS and the accompanying video. Although I only watched about 45 seconds of with no sound ;)
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Nicholas BergquistOctober 28, 2015 at 12:12 AM
An apocalypse of mediocrity.
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New Big DragonOctober 28, 2015 at 9:39 AM
It sort of reminds me of this...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciS914MaDl8
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Peter V. Dell'OrtoOctober 28, 2015 at 10:25 AM
That is awesome.

This is a better joke pitch than most serious pitches are.
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John R. LehmanOctober 28, 2015 at 1:06 PM
That personal 3 day martial arts seminar must be something...
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Evan EdwardsOctober 28, 2015 at 3:02 PM
In case you're wondering who would back, I chucked a buck to watch for any updates. The first one is... odd.

I was also one of the four backers of Fields of Turmoil: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/57634444/fields-of-turmoil
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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 (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.

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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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Tuesday, October 27, 2015

A WTF Kickstarter - The Dangerzone RPG (I THINK it's a Computer RPG)

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