Poll -- Best Retro, Old School (OSR) Rule Set
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Poll: What is the Best Old School (OSRIC) Rule Set?

Basic Fantasy RPG 9%       9%  [ 4 ]
Castles & Crusades 28%       28%  [ 12 ]
Swords & Wizardry 23%       23%  [ 10 ]
Labyrinth Lord 12%       12%  [ 5 ]
White Box RPG 5%       5%  [ 2 ]
I want my, I want my, I want my B/X/C 23%       23%  [ 10 ]
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Post Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2010 4:34 pm 
 

ashmire13 wrote:
Forgive my ignorance, but I can't find Knockspell located in Lulu anywhere. Keep getting this message whenever trying to add a copy to my cart..

http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/k ... 29/4402215


buy it directly from black blade.

http://black-blade-publishing.com/Store.aspx


And I could've bought these damn modules off the 1$ rack!!!

New modules for your Old School game http://pacesettergames.com/

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Post Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2010 4:36 pm 
 

:oops:  cheers Bill...


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Post Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2010 4:38 pm 
 

ashmire13 wrote::oops:  cheers Bill...


I still need buy the a couple hard copy issues to catch up. You are never alone!


And I could've bought these damn modules off the 1$ rack!!!

New modules for your Old School game http://pacesettergames.com/

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Post Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2010 4:58 pm 
 

http://www.swordsmen-and-sorcerers.com/store

An old-schooly type publisher - North Wind Adventures

I ordered Charnel Crypt of the Sightless Serpent last week.  $5 + shipping.

It got here today.

Apparently, the adventure has already appeard in Knockspell in a slightly different form.

Anyway - they were courteous and fast, and the total price was excellent.


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Post Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2010 5:07 pm 
 

bbarsh wrote:
I still need buy the a couple hard copy issues to catch up. You are never alone!


Just something else to add to my list...  :wink:


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Post Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2010 10:15 pm 
 

ashmire13 wrote:
Forgive my ignorance, but I can't find Knockspell located in Lulu anywhere. Keep getting this message whenever trying to add a copy to my cart..

http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/k ... 29/4402215


Yeah, sorry:  when we began to publish Knockspell, most of the S&W titles were pulled from Lulu so that we could provide better quality products for the same or less cost.  

bbarsh wrote:buy it directly from black blade.
http://black-blade-publishing.com/Store.aspx


Couldn't have said it better myself :D  Thanks for the assist, Bill!

FormCritic wrote:I ordered Charnel Crypt of the Sightless Serpent last week.  $5 + shipping.
Apparently, the adventure has already appeard in Knockspell in a slightly different form.
Anyway - they were courteous and fast, and the total price was excellent.


That's Jeff "Castle Zagyg co-writer" Talanian's publishing outfit, and they do some great stuff:  I'm very much looking forward to checking out their rules when the game is released!


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Post Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2010 11:46 pm 
 

bbarsh wrote:
buy it directly from black blade.

http://black-blade-publishing.com/Store.aspx


I downloaded the S&W PDF.
This appears to be the full version (?) as opposed to the "White Box" version I'd downloaded a while back.

It's also curious to see references to 0E D&D.
I suppose this means "three booklets, boxed" + GH BM EW GDGH?

When will we see a -1E clone of Chainmail fantasy supplement?

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Post Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 8:13 pm 
 

Keith the Thief wrote:
I downloaded the S&W PDF.
This appears to be the full version (?) as opposed to the "White Box" version I'd downloaded a while back.

It's also curious to see references to 0E D&D.
I suppose this means "three booklets, boxed" + GH BM EW GDGH?

When will we see a -1E clone of Chainmail fantasy supplement?

Thanks

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What you got was the "Core" version, which uses the Greyhawk Supplement rules for combat, includes spells (and the higher level of spells) from the later supplements, etc. WhiteBox isn't "incomplete," it's the rules purely from the boxed set - the supplements didn't just add rules, they changed some as well, so the WhiteBox game is in several ways a fundamentally different set of rules.

I know it's confusing to have two parallel versions of the game.  :oops:

  

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Post Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2010 7:27 pm 
 

Mythmere1 wrote:
What you got was the "Core" version, which uses the Greyhawk Supplement rules for combat, includes spells (and the higher level of spells) from the later supplements, etc. WhiteBox isn't "incomplete," it's the rules purely from the boxed set - the supplements didn't just add rules, they changed some as well, so the WhiteBox game is in several ways a fundamentally different set of rules.

I know it's confusing to have two parallel versions of the game.  :oops:


No, actually that makes sense.  
Is there a statement to that affect on the download site?
I probably just missed it.

It was clear that WhiteBox was simpler, but it didn't dawn on me that it was lacking the GH additions and corrections.

I'd always wondered if the D&D white box rules with the GH material seamlessly integrated was the way Gygax & Arneson wanted the rules to be like.

Anyway, S&W is looking good.

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Post Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2010 7:30 pm 
 

BTW -- Am I the only one who thinks it's bizarre that Original D&D does not tell you how to play the game.

If I were 13 again and looking at Men & Magic I'd probably put it back on the shelf and walk away shaking my head.

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Post Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2010 9:24 pm 
 

Keith the Thief wrote:BTW -- Am I the only one who thinks it's bizarre that Original D&D does not tell you how to play the game.

So why do you think we revised it repeatedly?

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Post Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2010 10:56 pm 
 

ExTSR wrote:So why do you think we revised it repeatedly?

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Er, yeah.  I do have a penchant for missing the obvious.

Why did you guys decide to move away from digest-size books?
We always found those easier to use than the larger format.

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Post Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2010 1:20 am 
 

ExTSR wrote:So why do you think we revised it repeatedly?

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Says the guy who wrote the best tutorial...

  


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Post Posted: Fri Aug 13, 2010 3:30 pm 
 

FYI, for folks who've been interested in K&K accounts, the registration problem seem to have been fixed, finally, so you should see email notifications coming for your registration requests.

Thork:  if you don't get one, they may have listened to your request to kill the account(s), so if you want an account set up and seem to be having problems, let me know and I'll check again with the admins.

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Post Posted: Fri Aug 13, 2010 9:45 pm 
 

grodog wrote:FYI, for folks who've been interested in K&K accounts, the registration problem seem to have been fixed, finally, so you should see email notifications coming for your registration requests.

Thork:  if you don't get one, they may have listened to your request to kill the account(s), so if you want an account set up and seem to be having problems, let me know and I'll check again with the admins.

Thanks for your collective patience on this :D


What is the domain name that the registration email will come from?

I want to make sure it doesn't get channeled into junk mail.

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Post Posted: Sat Aug 14, 2010 12:12 pm 
 

I assume it comes from knights-n-knaves.com KtT, but I'm really not sure:  it's been aeons since I registered there.


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