Quote from: Matt;780469Out of curiosity: why is that worth noting?

The comment I was responding to was that it will be great to see what the RPG does next in the future. I was just adding to that by noting its past, that it already has quite a history and has been well regarded throughout.

Ran a few hours of Basic Fantasy rpg adventure yesterday, and had a blast. Two PCs .. nearly had 3 TPKs (2 from wandering monsters).

Both players - experienced hands - commented something to the effect of "Did we just make characters, start and finish a first adventure in one sitting? Wow ..."

Turns out I really dig the way BFRPG handles Ability Checks (basically, similar manner to a Saving Throw, although with it's own table. Target # to meet or beat, ST style - all classes use the same listing, by level).

Both players signed up for a monthly game.

Quote from: Molotov;780730Ran a few hours of Basic Fantasy rpg adventure yesterday, and had a blast. Two PCs .. nearly had 3 TPKs (2 from wandering monsters).

Both players - experienced hands - commented something to the effect of "Did we just make characters, start and finish a first adventure in one sitting? Wow ..."

Turns out I really dig the way BFRPG handles Ability Checks (basically, similar manner to a Saving Throw, although with it's own table. Target # to meet or beat, ST style - all classes use the same listing, by level).

Both players signed up for a monthly game.

Dude, that awesome:)

Quote from: Molotov;780434I'm running a game of it this afternoon. I blame this thread, in specific.

Fuckers.  

My work is done.

Nice.

Quote from: Skywalker;780397A new edition is being worked on to clean it up. It's worth noting Basic Fantasy was one of the first three OSR RPGs, along with OSRIC and Castles & Crusades.

Just popping in to note that the 3rd edition and the new monster book are now available through lulu and Amazon. I've got copies of both on the way, and look forward to playing it again soon!

I've been eyeing that Pelinore project that Kellri has resurrected from the old Imagine Magazine articles. Looks like they might be a great combination.

Its also available on DTRPG for the first time.

I received a copy of the Field Guide the other day and just put in the order for the 3rd rules:)

Our current campaign is BFRPG.  I might never switch.:-)

Its one I never gave much attention to.

Quote from: RPGPundit;803085Its one I never gave much attention to.

I must admit I find that rather surprising. Seeing as how you did your own OSR game, I figured you'd have checked it out. It was one of the earliest of the now-bloated crowd of retroclone-type games.

Quote from: Herne's Son;803456I must admit I find that rather surprising. Seeing as how you did your own OSR game, I figured you'd have checked it out. It was one of the earliest of the now-bloated crowd of retroclone-type games.

Count me as surprised, as well. Maybe the inverted AC made it too "new school" for Pundit.:-)

Quote from: cranebump;802564Our current campaign is BFRPG.  I might never switch.:-)

I've been running with it for three years nopw. The game started as a one shot for someone who had never played a TTRPG. And I hadn't GMed anything for 20 years and had no books anymore and needed some rules to hang off of...

By coincidence I had been working on a sandbox, without any rules to refer to, for the previous year. Just because it felt like something I wanted to do. So I had some maps, some cultures, some NPCs and some politics in place

When I found BFRPG I liked the ascending AC, lack of alignment, separation of race and class and community/supplement support. I immediately saw how it was easy to mod, without a lot of tears. It certainly helped me get my game running with not a lot of time investment.

I found it's a good system for both new players and refugees from crunchier editions. I'm pleased that one of my 3.0 era players has since started up his own home game, using BFRPG for his base. That's very cool.

I just ordered all the new stuff to read over xmas break.

Thanks, guys!  Glad to see you're enjoying the game.  Just a note about RPGNow... I have the Field Guide almost ready to activate there, and I plan to bring out the other Basic Fantasy adventure material on that site early next year.  RPGNow product activation is maddeningly slow...