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In the OSR, 2025 will be the year of.....

Started by Man at Arms, January 01, 2025, 02:27:24 AM

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Quote from: ForgottenF on January 02, 2025, 01:06:46 PM
Quote from: Crusader X on January 01, 2025, 10:13:36 AMThe Dolmenwood Kickstarter will finally be fulfilled.  I'm sure people will be playing it, but I don't expect it to really dominate in any big way.

I would guess that Dolmenwood has had its 15 minutes already. That's a downside of the Kickstarter model. The physical products aren't going to see much hype at release when the backers have been playing with the pdfs for over a year already. Doubly so for something like Dolmenwood, which isn't really meant to become "the game" that its audience will be playing for years to come. It's more something you use for a couple of campaigns as a break from your preferred "general D&D" game.

Quote from: Crusader X on January 01, 2025, 10:13:36 AMWhite Box Cyclopedia by James Spahn is Kickstarting in January, I believe.  I hope it does well, as White Box is a nice little game.

That does look nice. I like Hero's Journey, and its advertising several things I want in an OSR game (e.g., a higher race/class count and psionics rules). I'm a little burned on Kickstarter after backing Dolmenwood, though, so I'll have to see how it pans out. Also, I notice he's using "heritage" instead of race. I wonder if there'll be a stink about that.

That's certainly a HUGE red flag for me. A shame since White Box IS my favourite retroclone.
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