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Paizo and Necromancer Games pair up

Started by Pete, April 11, 2007, 08:39:19 AM

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Pete

April 11, 2007, 08:39:19 AM
Link to news thread:

http://www.gamingreport.com/article.php?sid=23434

I've always deeply enjoyed the Necromancer Games line of adventures as they tend to focus on the kind of adventures I like: darker, evil cults, demons and devils, sword & sorcery and the like.  While WotC's adventures are trending towards that direction lately, they've been too...dragon-y for me (I may be the only Dungeon & Dragons player who doesn't particularly care for dragons) and never appealed to me all that much.  I adore Goodman Games' Dungeon Crawl Classics as well but they tend to focus on the more tounge in cheek side of D&D.  Necro does evil and grimy and does it well.

Necro games always had adequate to good production values but hopefully with Paizo we'll see a bit more "zing" to their products -- full color, handouts, better binding on hardbacks, etc.
 

C.W.Richeson

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April 11, 2007, 08:59:01 AM
Yay, Necromancer Games isn't dead after all.

Though I'm not sure this pairing will solve their previous problems, which seem to stem from the market not tolerating even more d20 products right now.
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Pete

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April 11, 2007, 09:08:41 AM
You might be right, but Paizo has a lot of cache in the d20 market and the downturn in Necro sales seem to have gotten the Necro folks into a more selective mindset in determining what projects to produce.  Personally I wouldn't mind seeing Necro's greatest hits get updated to 3.5 and rereleased:

- Crucible of Freya
- Tomb of Abyssthor
- Tome of Horrors I
- Gary Gygax's Necropolis

Good stuff there!
 

obryn

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April 11, 2007, 09:21:15 AM
Tome of Horrors I was updated, but it was a PDF-only release.

I was going to get it printed & bound, but then I noticed it was about 450 pages.

That fantasy ended quickly. :)

-O
 

Blackthorne

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January 03, 2010, 08:48:03 PM
Quote from: C.W.Richeson;93556Yay, Necromancer Games isn't dead after all.

Not if I have anything to say about it!
I guess I'll be playing Necromancer Games as long as I can.
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