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Tuesday, June 28, 2016

The New D&D Movie has it's Title - Hands of Chaos

I know you are all looking forward to the future blockbuster titled Dungeons & Dragons: Hands of Chaos, right?

Ain't it Cool has what details there are. It will star Ansel Elgort (who?) as Raven Hightower.

Sigh. Maybe it will be as entertaining as the first Police Academy movie was.

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The Free Range CreativeJune 28, 2016 at 12:07 PM
MANOS - Hands of Dice!
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Zudrak (Michael G.)June 28, 2016 at 12:32 PM
Bahaha! Lloyd, I thought of Manos as soon as I saw the news on FB from Erik's site there.

Tom Servo: Let's recap the action so far.
Joel: Uh, nothing...
Tom Servo: Okay, moving on....
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Pun IsaacJune 28, 2016 at 1:08 PM
Hmm, The Fault in Our Stars guy, huh? That's different.

(Btw, I only know that name because I'm a youth services librarian and keeping up on teen stuff makes my job easier.)
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UnknownJune 28, 2016 at 1:21 PM
The fact that you feel as though you have to defend your knowledge of who the actor is leads me to believe that you're a big fan. "Sure it's because you work as a youth services librarian..."��...lol
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Wayne R.June 28, 2016 at 1:38 PM
I still want them to do my idea of a Greyhawk dungeon movie:
http://initiativeone.blogspot.com/2015/08/a-different-d-movie.html
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Zudrak (Michael G.)June 28, 2016 at 2:09 PM
I don't even need to click on Wayne R's link. I recall his awesome blog post. 👍 This is what the Greyhawk movie should be.
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Zudrak (Michael G.)June 28, 2016 at 2:12 PM
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Doctor FuturityJune 28, 2016 at 2:37 PM
Had to look the actor up: he starts in all those teen-focused fantasy/SF films (Divergent Series, etc.) that exist out there somewhere.

I remain utterly neutral on this.
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Jonathan LinnemanJune 28, 2016 at 3:18 PM
I'm glad I'm not the only one who immediately thought of Manos.
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Venger SatanisJune 28, 2016 at 11:01 PM
I'm going to remain optimistic. Could be awesome!
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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)

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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The New D&D Movie has it's Title - Hands of Chaos

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