Finally finished the new banner that I've had kicking around for several months. Just couldn't find the time with work and campaigns to finish it up. Certainly an improvement over the old woodcut version and this time I went with more of a contemporary comic book look.
The scene in question there is from our own little run through the G-series about a year ago (yeah, I've had this piece lying around for a bit). Dan's fighter Lucius (my buddy Dan over at Tales From the Tower) laid an utter beating on the doomed guards of King Snurri. He had help of course, but I like the idea of one Warrior against those 2 Fire Giants. Artistic license and all. So what do you think, did I do OK?
More stuff later....
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Still alive and thoughts on S&W Core Hardbacks
Hey Gang,
So yeah, been a while and I need to get cracking again (real life, work, gaming, EVE, running, playing music, etc.). I have a new banner in the works for the old blog and some awesome stuff for your Old School Games in the works. Additionally, it looks like I'll be contributing some more illos for the Petty Gods project. I'm certain that everyone who would be reading this is aware of the project, but here's the link just in case.
Petty Gods
Right, so about the S&W Complete hardbacks.
ZOMFG
That is some kind of crazy good cover. Erol has outdone himself and he really just gets better and better. The man really needs to step it up though with a better web presence. I'm not sure it would garner any more work for him, but fan boys such as I could more easily drool over his latest works that way. Just sayin'...
Aside from the awesomeness of the cover, what about the rest? Yeah, well, it's standard fare from Frog God Games which means, it's pretty darned good. I've been a fan of "Necromancer now FGG" since their early days of Crucible of Freya and of course Rappan Athuk. Bill and the folks at FGG never disappoint.
At some point though, the burning question becomes, "which of the various S&W products should I get?" My response is, well ALL of them of course. I have played countless hours with Whitebox and though it is certainly my favorite, I wish that the S&W Complete hardbacks had gotten in my hands sooner. In short, this vision of the game (correct me if I'm wrong, but it basically presents 0E at the point just before 1E took over as the dominant expression of our beloved game) is the ideal way to play 1E if you want to play it with kids or very casual groups. You get MOST of the iconic 1E character classes and the demi-humans are expressed as separate races rather than a class unto themselves. It is a very nifty, self contained game that you could utilize to run content from 1E to 2E without much adjustment at all really.
So yeah, been a while and I need to get cracking again (real life, work, gaming, EVE, running, playing music, etc.). I have a new banner in the works for the old blog and some awesome stuff for your Old School Games in the works. Additionally, it looks like I'll be contributing some more illos for the Petty Gods project. I'm certain that everyone who would be reading this is aware of the project, but here's the link just in case.
Petty Gods
Right, so about the S&W Complete hardbacks.
That is some kind of crazy good cover. Erol has outdone himself and he really just gets better and better. The man really needs to step it up though with a better web presence. I'm not sure it would garner any more work for him, but fan boys such as I could more easily drool over his latest works that way. Just sayin'...
Aside from the awesomeness of the cover, what about the rest? Yeah, well, it's standard fare from Frog God Games which means, it's pretty darned good. I've been a fan of "Necromancer now FGG" since their early days of Crucible of Freya and of course Rappan Athuk. Bill and the folks at FGG never disappoint.
At some point though, the burning question becomes, "which of the various S&W products should I get?" My response is, well ALL of them of course. I have played countless hours with Whitebox and though it is certainly my favorite, I wish that the S&W Complete hardbacks had gotten in my hands sooner. In short, this vision of the game (correct me if I'm wrong, but it basically presents 0E at the point just before 1E took over as the dominant expression of our beloved game) is the ideal way to play 1E if you want to play it with kids or very casual groups. You get MOST of the iconic 1E character classes and the demi-humans are expressed as separate races rather than a class unto themselves. It is a very nifty, self contained game that you could utilize to run content from 1E to 2E without much adjustment at all really.
Saturday, April 14, 2012
Now that we think about it, maybe that Gygax guy was on to something after all
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| Sweet, sweet logo |
“Our goal with 13th Age is to recapture the free-wheeling
style of old-school gaming by creating a game with more soul and fewer
technical details.”
Uh huh.
You can read more pearls of wisdom from the designers HERE.
Isn’t this the same guy who was telling us how BAD D&D
was before himself, Montus Cookus Maximus and that other dude ripped the soul
out of our game? Remember how “problematic all those saving throws” were? And
of course, AC and thAC0 were so totally screwed up that no one even played
D&D anymore. And perhaps the most egregious of sins, the one that
absolutely HAD to be stomped out. I’m looking at you Mr Long Sword with your
d12 for damage vs Lg targets. Don't stop me, I'm on a roll here.
Oh well. I wish these 2 OSR Converts well with their little
game. Perhaps they have enough name recognition among the younger set of fans
that this OSR game will bring in some new blood. I expect that it will
certainly be a snazzy-looking product, but I think I’ll hold out for Monte’s
Ptolus Whitebox Edition.
Bitter Vet Rant OFF.
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