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So, you want to be an "OSR Superstar"?

Started by Benoist, February 25, 2014, 05:06:24 PM

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Sacrosanct

#60
February 26, 2014, 12:22:33 PM
Quote from: Endless Flight;733265Have you made any games that aren't fantasy related? It's not my favorite genre, as I've admitted before.

Yes, and non-fantasy games are even more obscure and unknown
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Endless Flight

#61
February 26, 2014, 12:23:43 PM
Quote from: Sacrosanct;733270Yes, and non-fantasy games are even more obscure and unknown

I've been looking for alternatives to d20 Modern for 10 years. Still haven't found one.

JasperAK

#62
February 26, 2014, 04:24:39 PM
I wish more people would call out those on kickstarter that utterly fail to deliver a product. I almost consider Dwimmermount a case of fraud that should be prosecuted regardless of Kickstarter's Terms of Use.

Endless Flight

#63
February 26, 2014, 04:34:01 PM
The Myth & Magic Kickstarter is probably an even worse case than Dwimmermount.

jeff37923

#64
February 26, 2014, 04:42:40 PM
Quote from: Benoist;733112


Hell, no.
"Meh."

dragoner

#65
February 26, 2014, 04:51:15 PM
Quote from: jeff37923;733296Hell, no.

Pretty much.
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Omega

#66
February 26, 2014, 09:09:25 PM
Quote from: Endless Flight;733295The Myth & Magic Kickstarter is probably an even worse case than Dwimmermount.

Doom that came to Atlantic city, Up Front, and several others too. Heroquest 25th Anniversary Classic Edition may be another. Wont know for several months.

VectorSigma

#67
February 26, 2014, 09:31:42 PM
I find the reactions to this whole thread interesting in and of themselves.

Tenkar has a wide audience.  Sometimes it gets leveraged for cool community stuff.  Other times it's an audience that hears rants or nearly-contentless posts.  That's the nature of a blog in [our corner of] the hobby.
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Joethelawyer

#68
February 28, 2014, 06:33:31 PM
I never knew there could be so much hostility to "Hey make up a cool magic item and you might win free D&D shit".
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Gronan of Simmerya

#69
February 28, 2014, 07:39:06 PM
Quote from: Joethelawyer;733713I never knew there could be so much hostility to "Hey make up a cool magic item and you might win free D&D shit".

New to the INTarwebs, are we?

People would shit flaming chainsaws if somebody was giving away free money.
You should go to GaryCon.  Period.

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dragoner

#70
February 28, 2014, 08:24:20 PM
Maybe if it didn't come across like the brown acid.
The most beautiful peonies I ever saw ... were grown in almost pure cat excrement.
-Vonnegut

jeff37923

#71
February 28, 2014, 10:10:26 PM
Quote from: Joethelawyer;733713I never knew there could be so much hostility to "Hey make up a cool magic item and you might win free D&D shit".

If that is their message, why didn't they make it clearer? Why the whole "OSR Superstar" motiff?
"Meh."

Bunch

#72
February 28, 2014, 11:19:21 PM
Quote from: jeff37923;733733If that is their message, why didn't they make it clearer? Why the whole "OSR Superstar" motiff?

Did you even read the initial post about it? It's pretty clear what the guidelines are and that its not that serious.  

What motiff would you suggest for design a bunch of things old school DM's would have had to do before there were a million books to pull from and design it for a retroclone of OD&D?

Gronan of Simmerya

#73
February 28, 2014, 11:48:19 PM
Quote from: jeff37923;733733If that is their message, why didn't they make it clearer? Why the whole "OSR Superstar" motiff?

Humor.  Which seems to have died some years ago.
You should go to GaryCon.  Period.

The rules can\'t cure stupid, and the rules can\'t cure asshole.

jeff37923

#74
March 01, 2014, 02:42:59 AM
Quote from: Bunch;733741Did you even read the initial post about it? It's pretty clear what the guidelines are and that its not that serious.  

What motiff would you suggest for design a bunch of things old school DM's would have had to do before there were a million books to pull from and design it for a retroclone of OD&D?

"Let's make some shit up we think is fun"?
"Meh."
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