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Champions of ZED: Zero Edition Dungeoneering Kickstarter

Started by Aldarron, May 05, 2012, 09:32:32 AM

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Aldarron

May 05, 2012, 09:32:32 AM
Champions of ZED is the first and only comprehensive Sandbox edition of the world's first fantasy RolePlaying game! Champions of ZED weaves together the scattered rules and intentions of original game authors Dave Arneson and Gary Gygax, including revisions drawn from the long lost Beyond This Point Be Dragons manuscript.

CoZ is built from the ground up for sanbox play, following the methods of the original game. It hearkens to a time when players built their fantasy worlds together, one hex at a time, when vanilla settings from far off publishing houses simply did not exist; when a handful of dice and creative minds crafted and conquered worlds of their own.
Please visit my Kickstarter page and become a patron of this project:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/280000504/champions-of-zed-zero-edition-dungeoneering

Benoist

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May 05, 2012, 06:10:01 PM
Isn't "Balrog" the property of the Tolkien Estate, which is why its mention was excised from the original game as well as the instances of the word "Hobbit"? I would be careful about not including references to these types of specific properties, if I were you.

Aldarron

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May 28, 2012, 10:18:37 AM
Quote from: Benoist;536637Isn't "Balrog" the property of the Tolkien Estate, which is why its mention was excised from the original game as well as the instances of the word "Hobbit"? I would be careful about not including references to these types of specific properties, if I were you.

Several of the original game's playtesters in both Lake Geneva and and Saint Paul/Minneapolis played Balrog characters thus the reason for mentioning it on the Kickstarter page (and here, for that matter), and yes, the word is indeed the intellectual property of the Tolkien estate.  Just to be clear, CoZ is very careful to make no infringements on any of the intellectual property of the Tolkien estate or any other entity.  :)

Aldarron

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May 28, 2012, 10:22:46 AM
Quote from: Aldarron;536586Champions of ZED is the first and only comprehensive Sandbox edition of the world's first fantasy RolePlaying game! Champions of ZED weaves together the scattered rules and intentions of original game authors Dave Arneson and Gary Gygax, including revisions drawn from the long lost Beyond This Point Be Dragons manuscript.

CoZ is built from the ground up for sanbox play, following the methods of the original game. It hearkens to a time when players built their fantasy worlds together, one hex at a time, when vanilla settings from far off publishing houses simply did not exist; when a handful of dice and creative minds crafted and conquered worlds of their own.
Please visit my Kickstarter page and become a patron of this project:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/280000504/champions-of-zed-zero-edition-dungeoneering

CoZ is well past the initial funding goal now :D  and we have a stretch goal in place offering a classic old school adventure by Crossbones(TM) and Wild West(TM) game designer Gerald D. Seypura!  Dr. Seypura has been playing and designing adventures for D&D since the birth of the game and it is an honor to have him onboard!
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