tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096473056453931834.post7517010752667182961..comments2023-11-11T03:38:28.863-05:00Comments on Once More Unto the Breach!: My Impressions of Dungeon Crawl Classics RPGAnthony Simeonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04312134763577949405noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096473056453931834.post-12385817745053429612011-06-09T23:35:38.925-04:002011-06-09T23:35:38.925-04:00"Homage" is putting it lightly. It's...<i>"Homage" is putting it lightly. It's pretty much the exact same picture! :)</i><br /><br />Well, that might be because both the "homage" and the original are by the same artist. :) <br /><br />//HHarleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16634991782930258133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096473056453931834.post-83790363981507823732011-06-09T23:22:32.671-04:002011-06-09T23:22:32.671-04:00Martin: wow, that's the first time that someon...Martin: wow, that's the first time that someone has told me that they won't be buying something because of a review I wrote! Thanks!Anthony Simeonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04312134763577949405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096473056453931834.post-81801960548784469552011-06-09T13:05:30.256-04:002011-06-09T13:05:30.256-04:00Hey there - thanks for this candid review. I have...Hey there - thanks for this candid review. I have to say that I was sucked in by the hype before the BETA rules came out yesterday. I'm still reading through it, but this caught my attention: <br /><br /><i>I really love the little touches of homage, like the drawing on page 17 that’s a recreation of the AD&D alignment drawing.</i><br /><br />"Homage" is putting it lightly. It's pretty much the exact same picture! :)<br /><br />I'll definitely read through the rest of the rules, but having read your review I think I'm going to end up not purchasing this when it comes out. <br /><br />I can't really describe what I'm looking for necessarily, but new rules systems aren't really what I need at this point. I think I'm more in the market for seeing how existing systems can be changed to account for different styles of play, like a more gritty Swords & Sorcery ("Pulp Fantasy?"), low-magic game, versus the High Fantasy prevalent in the latter editions of D&D. At this point in my life, I'm inclined not to have to learn an entire new system, but would rather just see modifications made to an existing system I already use. <br /><br />I was hoping that DCC might kind of go that route based on what I'd been reading, but now it looks like it's not all that different. Oh, well.Martin R. Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11672657745232101753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096473056453931834.post-30083133873056948722011-06-09T09:29:12.544-04:002011-06-09T09:29:12.544-04:00@James: Hello! I figured that you and a few others...@James: Hello! I figured that you and a few others would have been given advanced access to the beta. That's not a knock against Goodman Games or you, by the way. I'm not saying that Goodman Games "bribed" you or others to give only glowing reviews of the beta. But I'm sure they did their best to get in your good graces ;-) Seriously though, I don't think any OSR bloggers are easily brainwashed or cajoled into mindlessly supporting any new product.<br /><br />@Tenkar: no prob, your blog is one of my daily staples! As for DCC, yes, there is a lot of like/dislike on my part as well. But, my main issue is that I don't see where the game is that innovative, and I feel that it was hyped as being something new. I know they called it a "reimagining" and not a retro-clone. I don't think it's a retro-clone, but I do think it's a "mashup" of ideas from many other games. And that's not new.Anthony Simeonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04312134763577949405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096473056453931834.post-61311464419564831582011-06-09T08:57:15.364-04:002011-06-09T08:57:15.364-04:00Drace- thanks for the link to my blog.
As for DCC...Drace- thanks for the link to my blog.<br /><br />As for DCC, I'm finding a lot to like and a lot I'm not liking. I need to read further into the beta document myself.Tenkarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05159289652051155824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096473056453931834.post-75332214893362135282011-06-09T08:19:04.720-04:002011-06-09T08:19:04.720-04:00I guess some of the big OSR movers and shakers cou...<i>I guess some of the big OSR movers and shakers could have gotten advance copies of the beta</i><br /><br>I did, FWIW. I am sure I am not alone.James Maliszewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096473056453931834.post-23964879437857964102011-06-08T23:20:19.695-04:002011-06-08T23:20:19.695-04:00Thanks Eric! Here's some other good "firs...Thanks Eric! Here's some other good "first impression" reviews:<br /><br />http://greyhawkgrognard.blogspot.com/2011/06/dungeon-crawl-classics-rpg-first.html<br /><br />http://swordandsanity.blogspot.com/2011/06/dcc-rpg-beta-rules-first-impressions.htmlAnthony Simeonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04312134763577949405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096473056453931834.post-14572083288846364142011-06-08T23:06:51.612-04:002011-06-08T23:06:51.612-04:00I've been waiting for a review like this on DC...I've been waiting for a review like this on DCC, I kinda feel the same way you do, and I'm really not liking the cut and paste skill system you mentioned. Not that I'm anti-skills for my RPG's just that I was expecting something different for DCC.<br /><br />I have a bad habit of wanting to buy anything new and exciting, so your review has given me some things to consider. Maybe as the weeks roll on and we start seeing the results of the beta testing some of the issues we both have may be worked out.<br /><br />EricERIC!https://www.blogger.com/profile/18251132223571608976noreply@blogger.com