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Baptism of Fire is Now Available!

Started by RPGPundit, April 27, 2024, 05:09:26 PM

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RPGPundit

LION & DRAGON: Medieval-Authentic OSR Roleplaying is available now! You only THINK you\'ve played \'medieval fantasy\' until you play L&D.


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Dark Albion: The Rose War! The OSR fantasy setting of the history that inspired Shakespeare and Martin alike.
Also available in Variant Cover form!
Also, now with the CULTS OF CHAOS cult-generation sourcebook

ARROWS OF INDRA
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LORDS OF OLYMPUS
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RPGPundit

Baptism of Fire has been #1 on DTRPG's bestseller list for three full days now. This is incredible.

In two hours I'll be doing an AMA livestream on youtube if you have questions about the book.
LION & DRAGON: Medieval-Authentic OSR Roleplaying is available now! You only THINK you\'ve played \'medieval fantasy\' until you play L&D.


My Blog:  http://therpgpundit.blogspot.com/
The most famous uruguayan gaming blog on the planet!

NEW!
Check out my short OSR supplements series; The RPGPundit Presents!


Dark Albion: The Rose War! The OSR fantasy setting of the history that inspired Shakespeare and Martin alike.
Also available in Variant Cover form!
Also, now with the CULTS OF CHAOS cult-generation sourcebook

ARROWS OF INDRA
Arrows of Indra: The Old-School Epic Indian RPG!
NOW AVAILABLE: AoI in print form

LORDS OF OLYMPUS
The new Diceless RPG of multiversal power, adventure and intrigue, now available.

RPGPundit

If you bought Baptism of Fire from DTRPG, please do me a favor and go back to the page and give it a rating (I mean, hopefully 5/5 if you think it deserves it).
LION & DRAGON: Medieval-Authentic OSR Roleplaying is available now! You only THINK you\'ve played \'medieval fantasy\' until you play L&D.


My Blog:  http://therpgpundit.blogspot.com/
The most famous uruguayan gaming blog on the planet!

NEW!
Check out my short OSR supplements series; The RPGPundit Presents!


Dark Albion: The Rose War! The OSR fantasy setting of the history that inspired Shakespeare and Martin alike.
Also available in Variant Cover form!
Also, now with the CULTS OF CHAOS cult-generation sourcebook

ARROWS OF INDRA
Arrows of Indra: The Old-School Epic Indian RPG!
NOW AVAILABLE: AoI in print form

LORDS OF OLYMPUS
The new Diceless RPG of multiversal power, adventure and intrigue, now available.

RPGPundit

Because some customers were asking for it: here is where you can get the beautiful hexmap of 11th century Poland from Baptism of Fire:
�#dnd� �#ttrpg� �#osr�

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/479323/baptism-of-fire-map-of-poland
LION & DRAGON: Medieval-Authentic OSR Roleplaying is available now! You only THINK you\'ve played \'medieval fantasy\' until you play L&D.


My Blog:  http://therpgpundit.blogspot.com/
The most famous uruguayan gaming blog on the planet!

NEW!
Check out my short OSR supplements series; The RPGPundit Presents!


Dark Albion: The Rose War! The OSR fantasy setting of the history that inspired Shakespeare and Martin alike.
Also available in Variant Cover form!
Also, now with the CULTS OF CHAOS cult-generation sourcebook

ARROWS OF INDRA
Arrows of Indra: The Old-School Epic Indian RPG!
NOW AVAILABLE: AoI in print form

LORDS OF OLYMPUS
The new Diceless RPG of multiversal power, adventure and intrigue, now available.

RNGm

From looking at the table of contents on the preview, does the game assume base knowledge of the OSR and its core mechanics or does it explain the basic general mechanics of the underlying game?   Maybe I'm getting the wrong impression but it seems like it assumes you know the core rules/themes of OSR gamign from the organization of the table of contents.

Brigman

Posted a review on DriveThru!  Hope it helps!

It's a beautiful game, really.  And from what I can see it captures the setting... dare I say it... authentically :D
PEACE!
- Brigs

RPGPundit

Quote from: Theory of Games on April 29, 2024, 12:08:50 PMIs there a review somewhere?

Well, Diversity & Dragons did a livestream about it.
There are some reviews on the sales page on DTRPG itself.
LION & DRAGON: Medieval-Authentic OSR Roleplaying is available now! You only THINK you\'ve played \'medieval fantasy\' until you play L&D.


My Blog:  http://therpgpundit.blogspot.com/
The most famous uruguayan gaming blog on the planet!

NEW!
Check out my short OSR supplements series; The RPGPundit Presents!


Dark Albion: The Rose War! The OSR fantasy setting of the history that inspired Shakespeare and Martin alike.
Also available in Variant Cover form!
Also, now with the CULTS OF CHAOS cult-generation sourcebook

ARROWS OF INDRA
Arrows of Indra: The Old-School Epic Indian RPG!
NOW AVAILABLE: AoI in print form

LORDS OF OLYMPUS
The new Diceless RPG of multiversal power, adventure and intrigue, now available.

RPGPundit

Quote from: RNGm on May 02, 2024, 05:31:33 PMFrom looking at the table of contents on the preview, does the game assume base knowledge of the OSR and its core mechanics or does it explain the basic general mechanics of the underlying game?  Maybe I'm getting the wrong impression but it seems like it assumes you know the core rules/themes of OSR gamign from the organization of the table of contents.


It assumes that the players already know how to play D&D, yes. The odds of Baptism of Fire every being anyone's "baby's first rpg" (much less without someone to guide them) is pretty low.
LION & DRAGON: Medieval-Authentic OSR Roleplaying is available now! You only THINK you\'ve played \'medieval fantasy\' until you play L&D.


My Blog:  http://therpgpundit.blogspot.com/
The most famous uruguayan gaming blog on the planet!

NEW!
Check out my short OSR supplements series; The RPGPundit Presents!


Dark Albion: The Rose War! The OSR fantasy setting of the history that inspired Shakespeare and Martin alike.
Also available in Variant Cover form!
Also, now with the CULTS OF CHAOS cult-generation sourcebook

ARROWS OF INDRA
Arrows of Indra: The Old-School Epic Indian RPG!
NOW AVAILABLE: AoI in print form

LORDS OF OLYMPUS
The new Diceless RPG of multiversal power, adventure and intrigue, now available.

RPGPundit

Quote from: Brigman on May 02, 2024, 07:18:03 PMPosted a review on DriveThru!  Hope it helps!

It's a beautiful game, really.  And from what I can see it captures the setting... dare I say it... authentically :D

Thank you very much! Each rating and review (that's positive) helps a lot!
LION & DRAGON: Medieval-Authentic OSR Roleplaying is available now! You only THINK you\'ve played \'medieval fantasy\' until you play L&D.


My Blog:  http://therpgpundit.blogspot.com/
The most famous uruguayan gaming blog on the planet!

NEW!
Check out my short OSR supplements series; The RPGPundit Presents!


Dark Albion: The Rose War! The OSR fantasy setting of the history that inspired Shakespeare and Martin alike.
Also available in Variant Cover form!
Also, now with the CULTS OF CHAOS cult-generation sourcebook

ARROWS OF INDRA
Arrows of Indra: The Old-School Epic Indian RPG!
NOW AVAILABLE: AoI in print form

LORDS OF OLYMPUS
The new Diceless RPG of multiversal power, adventure and intrigue, now available.

Jason Coplen

Huh. There's a wait to review it on drivethrurpg. Welp, it can wait - there's a lot to read and digest. I'll get to it in a week or so of reading through it.
Running: HarnMaster and Baptism of Fire

HappyDaze

It's still a solid #2 after a full week. Congratulations!

Of course, I'm trying to avoid making a scatalogical joke... and failing.

RNGm

Quote from: RPGPundit on May 03, 2024, 01:34:41 PMIt assumes that the players already know how to play D&D, yes. The odds of Baptism of Fire every being anyone's "baby's first rpg" (much less without someone to guide them) is pretty low.

Fair enough though I was more referring to common OSRisms that may not be instantly familiar to 3e and up players in case I wasn't originally clear.  Things like ascending vs descending success for rolls, when to roll a d20 vs d6 vs 2d6, etc.   I'd assume that's probably true to a lesser extent as well with BoF.

RPGPundit

Quote from: Jason Coplen on May 03, 2024, 06:14:54 PMHuh. There's a wait to review it on drivethrurpg. Welp, it can wait - there's a lot to read and digest. I'll get to it in a week or so of reading through it.

I believe that after you buy it you have to wait 24 hours before you can rate or review.
LION & DRAGON: Medieval-Authentic OSR Roleplaying is available now! You only THINK you\'ve played \'medieval fantasy\' until you play L&D.


My Blog:  http://therpgpundit.blogspot.com/
The most famous uruguayan gaming blog on the planet!

NEW!
Check out my short OSR supplements series; The RPGPundit Presents!


Dark Albion: The Rose War! The OSR fantasy setting of the history that inspired Shakespeare and Martin alike.
Also available in Variant Cover form!
Also, now with the CULTS OF CHAOS cult-generation sourcebook

ARROWS OF INDRA
Arrows of Indra: The Old-School Epic Indian RPG!
NOW AVAILABLE: AoI in print form

LORDS OF OLYMPUS
The new Diceless RPG of multiversal power, adventure and intrigue, now available.

RPGPundit

A question: has anyone here seen any actual Ads on drivethru for Baptism of Fire?
Mad Scribe spent money to have some, but even though I'm currently frequently going to DTRPG to check the status of the book, I haven't seen a single ad. I want to know if anyone else has.
LION & DRAGON: Medieval-Authentic OSR Roleplaying is available now! You only THINK you\'ve played \'medieval fantasy\' until you play L&D.


My Blog:  http://therpgpundit.blogspot.com/
The most famous uruguayan gaming blog on the planet!

NEW!
Check out my short OSR supplements series; The RPGPundit Presents!


Dark Albion: The Rose War! The OSR fantasy setting of the history that inspired Shakespeare and Martin alike.
Also available in Variant Cover form!
Also, now with the CULTS OF CHAOS cult-generation sourcebook

ARROWS OF INDRA
Arrows of Indra: The Old-School Epic Indian RPG!
NOW AVAILABLE: AoI in print form

LORDS OF OLYMPUS
The new Diceless RPG of multiversal power, adventure and intrigue, now available.

HappyDaze

Quote from: RPGPundit on May 04, 2024, 06:24:41 PMA question: has anyone here seen any actual Ads on drivethru for Baptism of Fire?
Mad Scribe spent money to have some, but even though I'm currently frequently going to DTRPG to check the status of the book, I haven't seen a single ad. I want to know if anyone else has.
Haven't see a one. I reloaded the page (and ads) 20 times, and while some cool ads popped accross the bottom banner, none were for BoF.