Tenkar's Tavern: It Appears Ken Whitman's Old D20 Entertainment Website Has Gone Rogue

Monday, November 30, 2015

It Appears Ken Whitman's Old D20 Entertainment Website Has Gone Rogue

Priceless.

Here is the actually link:

http://d20entertainment.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Screen-Shot-2015-11-29-at-6.44.52-PM1.jpg

8 comments:

Bob BrinkmanNovember 30, 2015 at 8:09 PM
Looks like he is taking a page from the Cards Against Humanity playbook.
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Lloyd MetcalfNovember 30, 2015 at 8:14 PM
I don't even know how to reply to this.... Like that family guy episode, I need Mrs. Garret standing by because my reaction wouldn't be big enough.
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DungeonMastahWiegNovember 30, 2015 at 8:56 PM
This fuckin' guy....
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Peter V. Dell'OrtoNovember 30, 2015 at 9:02 PM
I want $5 dollar too!
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Marvin the MageNovember 30, 2015 at 9:18 PM
Since the only thing Ken Whitman and d20 Entertainment generally produces amounts to outright larceny, the sub-headline is not untrue. Giving Ken more money will speed up that "production."
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Fore ShameDecember 1, 2015 at 1:04 AM
I note that this exclusive offer comes with a 'Pay with Amazon' button. Presumably he has burned the PayPal bridge.
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DarnizhaanDecember 1, 2015 at 8:13 AM
What a deal! $5 for ... wait, what?!
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Charles SaegerDecember 1, 2015 at 1:24 PM
How is this different than anything else he offers? The only lie is that this will speed up products. For once, he's honest that you get nothing.
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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.

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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