tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8405554328866769329.post4447580848150733683..comments2024-03-27T11:05:57.259+01:00Comments on Vorpal Mace: [Review] The Heroic LegendariumTamás Illéshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11415717108941674663noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8405554328866769329.post-1799358958976665312022-06-01T13:25:58.232+02:002022-06-01T13:25:58.232+02:00If you know AD&D1e then you know OSRIC. As I m...If you know AD&D1e then you know OSRIC. As I mentioned above, it is legal just formality that the book refers to a retroclone instead of AD&D1e.Tamás Illéshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11415717108941674663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8405554328866769329.post-31803861872042949392022-06-01T11:19:29.964+02:002022-06-01T11:19:29.964+02:00This sounds epic but until I have a firm grasp on ...This sounds epic but until I have a firm grasp on "OSRIC" I'd feel hesitant checking it out. Maybe after my review of DJ Mythus... PrinceofNothinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11733680486570025367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8405554328866769329.post-27006045350991397252022-05-04T11:03:38.318+02:002022-05-04T11:03:38.318+02:00You had me at "pig orc".You had me at "pig orc".Tamás Illéshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11415717108941674663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8405554328866769329.post-78740772157765206002022-05-03T20:06:32.426+02:002022-05-03T20:06:32.426+02:00For you my friend! https://www.drivethrurpg.co...For you my friend! https://www.drivethrurpg.com/m/product/395361<br />Eldrad Wolfsbanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10548814159216189478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8405554328866769329.post-73877200063740267142022-02-05T21:51:51.407+01:002022-02-05T21:51:51.407+01:00Nice to see you here, Brother! Drop me a message o...Nice to see you here, Brother! Drop me a message once you ran a session, I'm curious about your experience.Tamás Illéshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11415717108941674663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8405554328866769329.post-62584823666624240762022-02-04T15:11:41.087+01:002022-02-04T15:11:41.087+01:00Great review! I have purchased THL based on your c...Great review! I have purchased THL based on your comments ... I look forward to using it in an old-school game soon!Metal-Demonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17531122831005179569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8405554328866769329.post-47052797840939413752022-01-03T19:33:36.882+01:002022-01-03T19:33:36.882+01:00[Mythus]
Hah, I knew it! Mythus is an underapprec...[Mythus]<br /><br />Hah, I knew it! Mythus is an underappreciated gem, though I understand why... I can't read the core book without taking a few weeks long break here and there - it is too dense and the learning curve is so steep! Yet I still like a lot about it and would be happy to give it a shot sometime. Mythus Prime actually feels like a damn fine, playable, and flexible game. It's the advanced rules where things become really complicated really fast.<br /><br />[Crowdfunding]<br /><br />Sound plan. Play it safe, no need to burn out.Tamás Illéshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11415717108941674663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8405554328866769329.post-65753130974558119962022-01-03T18:17:40.123+01:002022-01-03T18:17:40.123+01:00[Mythus] Yeah, there's actually a LOT of Mythu...[Mythus] Yeah, there's actually a LOT of Mythus in there - joss, knaxcks & quirks, the "7th child" table, most of the new weapons, the bard spellsongs, some of the mystic and savant spells, the filmflam and prank abilities of mountebanks and jesters, and probably a couple other minor things I'm forgetting. I'm one of about 3 people in the world who actually liked Mythus - it felt to me like there was a new edition of AD&D that was better than TSR's 2E hidden inside it, buried under all the needless complexity and opaque new jargon, and I wanted to bring as much of the good stuff from it back to AD&D as I could, while leaving the bad stuff behind. There's also plenty of stuff that was adapted/derived from other sources, but almost certainly more from Mythus than any other single source.<br /><br />[Crowdfunding] We'll see. I'd like to fund the deluxe edition traditionally, paying out of pocket up front and/or giving out shares of the royalties, but if I end up with a lot of potential art submissions and the artists want more for them then I can cover on my own, I've also got a couple friends who have run successful Kickstarters whose expertise I might have to lean on. I hope I don't have to do that, though, since it seems like a lot of added stress and anxiety and I've witnessed way too many folks bungle it and shatter their dreams and reputations.<br /><br />[My mom] ThanksTrenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01889179660165006042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8405554328866769329.post-84231735208323202232022-01-03T09:34:55.523+01:002022-01-03T09:34:55.523+01:00"Almost every other response I've gotten ..."Almost every other response I've gotten has been short and vague, leading me to suspect they flipped through it, thought "this looks like good stuff," but not much more."<br /><br />Most rpg reviews feel like first impressions after flipping through. I have a hunch is the result of the community being flooded with products while bloggers and reviewers are trying to remain relevant by constantly posting about their shiny new things.<br /><br />"one of the purposes of the book (beyond just collecting all of the house-rules that have been hanging out on my hard-drive) is to "catch up" 1E to everything that's happened in the 35 years since UA was released"<br /><br />And I think you totally nailed that. Am I right with saying there are even some hints of Mythus in there?<br /><br />"A "deluxe illustrated edition" is still planned"<br /><br />I'm glad to hear an update is in sight! My solution for my pet project now is using public domain art as a placeholder until I have something better. Are you planning to pay for art from your pockets, or through crowd funding?<br /><br />"On a personal note, my mother was very ill and it felt important to me to get this out and let her see it before she passed, which I managed to do but just barely (the book was released in May, she went into hospital in June and passed in July)."<br /><br />I'm sorry for your loss, Trent.Tamás Illéshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11415717108941674663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8405554328866769329.post-45192370524778804902022-01-02T19:41:37.752+01:002022-01-02T19:41:37.752+01:00Thanks for the detailed review - I'm glad you ...Thanks for the detailed review - I'm glad you found enough to like in this book to be willing to take the time to read and digest and comment on the whole thing. Almost every other response I've gotten has been short and vague, leading me to suspect they flipped through it, thought "this looks like good stuff," but not much more. I appreciate the support from those folks but it's nice to see the reactions of someone who's really studied the thing in depth.<br /><br />You're right that most of the stuff in the book has been seen before in other games or products by other authors. Part of that is intentional - one of the purposes of the book (beyond just collecting all of the house-rules that have been hanging out on my hard-drive) is to "catch up" 1E to everything that's happened in the 35 years since UA was released: archetypes and monsters and game-play modes and techniques that have come up in that time that (at least IMO) fit - or could be made to fit - within the AD&D paradigm, including my tweaks of things that other people have already implemented for 1E in not-so-good ways. Even the essays were largely intended as summaries of the "conventional wisdom" that's grown up over the past couple decades of forum and blog discourse - old hat to those of us who read and participated in these discussions as they were happening but hopefully interesting and useful to those who didn't.<br /><br />The original intent was to release this with illustrations and professional-quality graphics but after a year+ of fruitless attempts to get that done (I can't do it myself and decided against buying a bunch of off-the-shelf clip art) I was getting antsy and frustrated and decided I'd rather release it this way than potentially have it continue to sit on the shelf for another year or two. On a personal note, my mother was very ill and it felt important to me to get this out and let her see it before she passed, which I managed to do but just barely (the book was released in May, she went into hospital in June and passed in July). A "deluxe illustrated edition" is still planned - the same words but with illustrations and (hopefully) updated graphics and layout - but there's still no timeline for that - I've met with a couple artists who've said they're interested in contributing but haven't actually received any submissions. Trenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01889179660165006042noreply@blogger.com