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Thursday, October 3, 2019

Death Threats from a Kickstarter Project Creator to a Backer - A Real WTF Kickstarter!?!

There are times I am simply left speechless. This is one of them. Thanks to Jamie Chambers for sharing these screenshots on Facebook. As an aside, the project looks like a simple cash grab IMHO.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/edtrice/conservatives-vs-liberals-board-game/comments

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Allan BOctober 3, 2019 at 1:32 PM
Wow, and the dumpster fire kickstarter is still up and running
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deep throatOctober 3, 2019 at 6:19 PM
guys a criminal as well
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=179747.70;wap2
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BenOctober 3, 2019 at 7:03 PM
Wow, the comment section is a bit insane..
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Tim SniderOctober 3, 2019 at 8:44 PM
Creator is now just constantly posting his...I dunno, "bio"?...in the Comments section over and over and over. Oh yeah, he's lost it. very, very surprised KS hasn't shut down this shitshow.
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Laramie WallOctober 4, 2019 at 3:14 AM
Even KS loves a good train wreck.
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TheShadowKnowsOctober 5, 2019 at 12:32 PM
I notice this "project" has raised $35 from 35 backers. So ALL the "backers" are apparently people who have pledged a buck just so they can comment.
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BenOctober 6, 2019 at 10:33 PM
And it's cancelled.
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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 (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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Thursday, October 3, 2019

Death Threats from a Kickstarter Project Creator to a Backer - A Real WTF Kickstarter!?!

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