Tenkar's Tavern: Kickstarter - Unleashed Arcana RPG Dice & DCC Sets along with D18s & D22s (Impact! Miniatures)

Monday, August 1, 2022

Kickstarter - Unleashed Arcana RPG Dice & DCC Sets along with D18s & D22s (Impact! Miniatures)

Dice. Fucking dice! They are my kryptonite. I can go weeks, even months, without looking for new ones, and then BAMN! I find cool dice that I want.

Note, I don't NEED any more dice. Shit, if I had any sort of self-control I wouldn't WANT any more dice. But I want them. They are my... precious.

Tonight I searched Kickstarter for ZineQuest. I quickly realized there were many more zines waiting to launch. So then I did a search for dice, and the first to catch my eyes was the Unleashed Arcana RPG Dice & DCC Sets along with D18s & D22s Kickstarter by Impact! Miniatures.

Again, I don't need more dice but I will be getting more dice.

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Vampire RabbitAugust 2, 2022 at 6:08 AM
Many of these colors were already available under other names. For instance, Venom Bolt was previously issued as Poisoned Skulls
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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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Monday, August 1, 2022

Kickstarter - Unleashed Arcana RPG Dice & DCC Sets along with D18s & D22s (Impact! Miniatures)

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