tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724254580047847936.post1330611393610367469..comments2024-03-27T20:09:00.283-04:00Comments on Tenkar's Tavern: I Love the OSR Extremes - Swords & Wizardry and Dungeon Crawl ClassicsTenkarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05159289652051155824noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724254580047847936.post-28793697082247220752013-06-25T17:13:28.890-04:002013-06-25T17:13:28.890-04:00Yeah, man. I'm with you on that! B/X(LL)/S&am...Yeah, man. I'm with you on that! B/X(LL)/S&W Core 3rd/T&T 5th all the way for me when it comes to playing an Old School, non-homebrew RPG. I purchased DCC to support and encourage Goodman Games mostly. Though I *did* played in a Free RPG Day game I enjoyed quite a lot.(Cuz it was short, and D20-isms were minimized by the GM.) But I don't see running a D20 'Lite' game for very long.(Or at all, really. :-)) I'm a rules-light kinda guy, me.<br /><br />Besides, you could just 'bolt-on' the mechanical elements of DCC you like to LL or whatever. It's pretty modular; the crits/fumbles for combat/spells and such are pretty easily adapted to a D&D style game.<br /><br />The philosophy of DCC is more useful and entertaining: unique(or at least non-standard)monsters, wild and dangerous sorcery; powerful demons and gods overlooking and influencing the world and its denizens; a sense of mystery and wonder, with exploration brought to the forefront; rare and enignmatic eldritch artifacts, etc... <br /><br />The adventures are imaginative and fun; well worth the purchase. They can be pretty easily adapted to OSR systems.(And are being utilized this way from what I've seen.) They validate DCC's existence alone, imo<br /><br />But more importantly, bringing the playstyle back to the way many people used to roll in the late 70's/early 80's is a laudable goal and a useful corrective to 'modern' design notions. Vanilla fantasy is ok, but overdone at present. DCC helps restore the balance, and hopefully will inspire more cool adventures and settings across multiple rules sets. Especially since it's in games stores, reaching people who don't look at game blogs!velaranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15689908090884198784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724254580047847936.post-60499797066720842582013-06-25T16:37:12.104-04:002013-06-25T16:37:12.104-04:00I don't know if Hackmaster even counts as OSR,...I don't know if Hackmaster even counts as OSR, but I would hold that game up as the polar opposite to S&W. As you say, in DCC the complexity is mostly in the magic system; I tend to think of DCC as a sort of S&W on a really bad acid trip. <br /><br />Hackmaster, on the other hand, has all the fiddliness of AD&D plus something like 18 new PC races, 29 extra subclasses, incremental ability scores, 16 different versions of fireball, a whacked-out character generation system, the enervating honor system... ok, maybe it isn't OSR at all. But it, like DCC, is a daunting game that, in theory, I would love to play, but when it comes time to roll dice, I stick with the tried and true. Timrod https://www.blogger.com/profile/15308269015770538709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724254580047847936.post-71482630556601910732013-06-25T16:04:45.454-04:002013-06-25T16:04:45.454-04:00Thanx for validating my feelings.. I read the quic...Thanx for validating my feelings.. I read the quick start and I thought. MEH..The Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670101962259531452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724254580047847936.post-35980334863368317142013-06-25T14:43:28.844-04:002013-06-25T14:43:28.844-04:00I suspect that for a great many people "OSRs ...I suspect that for a great many people "OSRs I like" rarely manages to line up with "what I'm actually running," although there may be a spiritual connection. If I get back to some OSR gaming anytime soon it will be a B/X with LL mashup, but the reality is that it's Pathfinder all the time every time for my regulars...sigh... Doctor Futurityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02586371999646337047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724254580047847936.post-41540853945267253562013-06-25T09:07:27.459-04:002013-06-25T09:07:27.459-04:00I really WANT to like DCC RPG. To be honest, there...I really WANT to like DCC RPG. To be honest, there really isn't anything to DISlike. I just have a hard time making the leap to a newer, more complex system than BX/LL. I am old and lazy, I guess. Bigharahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14232940345429292782noreply@blogger.com