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bbmike

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on: February 23, 2022, 12:44:19 PM
Old-School Essentials Fantasy RPG Box Sets Kickstarter went live today. Spoiler: they've already met their $100,000US goal.

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Reply #1 on: February 23, 2022, 01:02:08 PM
it's tempting, but I just don't know that I can justify $100 for something I know I'm not going to play, like... ever

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Reply #2 on: February 23, 2022, 02:38:54 PM
Huh. If I used that logic I wouldn't own any games!  :P

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Reply #3 on: February 23, 2022, 04:46:56 PM
it's tempting, but I just don't know that I can justify $100 for something I know I'm not going to play, like... ever

Are you feeling alright?

Have you...Gasp!...Have you been replaced by a pod person?

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Reply #4 on: February 23, 2022, 05:05:22 PM
Huh. If I used that logic I wouldn't own any games!  :P

Yeah, but most of those $100 games that I buy aren't essentially duplicating things I already have.

If I want to play a B/X-style game, I'll grab one of my 3 original Rules Cyclopedias, or one of the 4 red Ottus books or my 3 blue Ottus books, or one of my full set of Mentzer BECMI rules and just play those.

And if not that, I've got 3 different editions of C&C, a shit-ton of old 1e AD&D, a slightly smaller (crap-ton?) of 2e AD&D, 4 different intro-level BECMI-series box sets, 3 different DCC starter books, and that's just what's in the D&D "family" of games, without getting into any other rules systems.

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Reply #5 on: February 23, 2022, 06:43:54 PM
I'll tell you what though, if one of y'all wants to buy it for me, I'm not going to say no

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Reply #6 on: February 23, 2022, 06:49:47 PM
You should request a demo copy.  :whistle:

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Reply #7 on: February 23, 2022, 06:57:15 PM
You should request a demo copy.  :whistle:

Ok, Chris

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Reply #8 on: February 24, 2022, 01:40:09 AM
 :ROFL:




it's tempting, but I just don't know that I can justify $100 for something I know I'm not going to play, like... ever

I second this.  I *WANT*, but realistically I'll never get around to actually doing anything with them. 



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Reply #9 on: February 24, 2022, 02:51:31 PM
If I want to play a B/X-style game, I'll grab one of my 3 original Rules Cyclopedias, or one of the 4 red Ottus books or my 3 blue Ottus books, or one of my full set of Mentzer BECMI rules and just play those.

And if not that, I've got 3 different editions of C&C, a shit-ton of old 1e AD&D, a slightly smaller (crap-ton?) of 2e AD&D, 4 different intro-level BECMI-series box sets, 3 different DCC starter books, and that's just what's in the D&D "family" of games, without getting into any other rules systems.

But don't you want to complete your collection?

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Reply #10 on: February 24, 2022, 03:49:11 PM
But don't you want to complete your collection?

If I was looking for OSR-feel games, there's plenty of others.

But again, if you guys are all *that* worried about my collection, you're cordially invited to fill in the gaps for me!

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Reply #11 on: March 24, 2022, 07:37:35 PM
They are now up to $736,900 with 15 or so hours left. Since I found out they have that ruleset available in Fantasy Grounds now, I decided to go in on the Classic Game Set plus the Advanced Expansion Set pledge.   :)