tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913319789564397699.post6437688873466595855..comments2024-03-28T17:48:19.196-05:00Comments on The Other Side blog: OSRIC Player's Guides: Do we need one?Timothy S. Brannanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923526503305233715noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913319789564397699.post-58369940617240241652011-09-30T11:17:28.606-05:002011-09-30T11:17:28.606-05:00I downloaded the PDF of the Players Guide and was ...I downloaded the PDF of the Players Guide and was not impressed. It's just a copypasta of the player-relevant sections of the original OSRIC book. So little effort went into making this product that the publisher does not deserve my money. If the other Player's Guide gives me something I don't already have in my OSRIC big book, I might just buy it.F. Douglas Wallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06497140550892192807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913319789564397699.post-73208165611943649702011-09-29T15:25:38.443-05:002011-09-29T15:25:38.443-05:00I'm not sure anything is needed. Would be nice...I'm not sure anything is needed. Would be nice to send the link to new players though. Smaller page count is less over whelming.Gaming Roninhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10253743423151982339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913319789564397699.post-69456773408293940862011-09-29T14:20:23.803-05:002011-09-29T14:20:23.803-05:00I was looking at my shelf earlier today and notice...I was looking at my shelf earlier today and noticed that I had no less then 3 copies of the original. <br /><br />What's funny is that I don't even remember buying the second and third copies--I would imagine that I bought them as a impulse buys at Half-Price Books which knowing my cheap-ass habits means they were listed under $10. <br /><br />Looking over Ebay real quick I notice that they are selling for $5-10 on the average with many offerings. With those sweet old books so cheap and plentiful, why on earth would you need or want to buy a partitioned -off copy of OSRIC? <br /><br />It really makes no sense to me--and I generally accept and support the case for retro-clones in general.)Chris Kutalikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01414743509426875792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913319789564397699.post-14257061537101929682011-09-29T13:55:09.908-05:002011-09-29T13:55:09.908-05:00I don't know if we *need* them, but I think pe...I don't know if we *need* them, but I think people certainly *like* them. <br /><br />http://beyondtheblackgate.blogspot.com/2011/06/something-osr-is-missing.htmlAlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01682401446176099294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913319789564397699.post-59747401617313972322011-09-29T13:16:25.585-05:002011-09-29T13:16:25.585-05:00I don’t NEED any new RPG product, ever. At this po...I don’t NEED any new RPG product, ever. At this point, I buy books for the art. Which is why I have been such a proponent for Steve’s OSRIC Player’s Guide. The art he has posted looks really good. Delving Deeper falls in to the same category for me. I’m also a sucker for great maps.Falconerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00474925985191663745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913319789564397699.post-69925840692769498242011-09-29T12:52:31.388-05:002011-09-29T12:52:31.388-05:00I totally need to hit you up for a 1st ed game one...I totally need to hit you up for a 1st ed game one day at GP.<br /><br />Though with my wife down now for surgery my gaming is going to be curtailed for a bit.Timothy S. Brannanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02923526503305233715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913319789564397699.post-30935477400592508642011-09-29T12:49:17.192-05:002011-09-29T12:49:17.192-05:00And BTW, who the hell ordered another monsoon seas...And BTW, who the hell ordered another monsoon season?!? Bike has sat in the garage all week.<br /><br />My project that @thePrincessWife and I didn't quite work out like we'd hoped, but we're still going to be pretty damn busy in the future and for 2012. So the hiatus will probably stand for a good while longer. Not sure if I'll have the time/energy to do a marathon again, but I might... that seems too much fun to let go. Maybe my only game in 2012.Michael S/Chgowizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052820400496340137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913319789564397699.post-87703297718303429952011-09-29T12:47:44.326-05:002011-09-29T12:47:44.326-05:00Well, I am a phone call or lunch invite away, my f...Well, I am a phone call or lunch invite away, my friend.<br /><br />I think it has morphed into it's own only by dint of being "new" in terms of buying books. Buying the 1e/AD&D books on Ebay/used book sellers can be unsexy - compared to shiny new covers that the gamers seem to be attracted to. As it's own "game", I think that's more of a mindset than reality - most people at my table used both interchangeably. <br /><br />At the end, I was moving more back towards the PHB/DMG of AD&D as they were laid out better - and using OSRIC to clarify when things were confusing.Michael S/Chgowizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052820400496340137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913319789564397699.post-16898876939066919152011-09-29T12:19:59.725-05:002011-09-29T12:19:59.725-05:00Mike, I am very glad you posted cause I really wan...Mike, I am very glad you posted cause I really wanted you opinion of this too as my "local" OSRIC expert.<br /><br />I remember the days on the old OGL listservs when Clark Petersen said he would not touch OSRIC with a 10' pool. Well history has proven his fears ungrounded, but I never gave OSRIC more than a look because of it. I have my AD&D 1st ed books anyway.<br /><br />But I see what you are saying and that was what I wanted to get it. I know what OSRIC was created for, but has it morphed into a game of it's own? Seems like it has a little.Timothy S. Brannanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02923526503305233715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913319789564397699.post-3346800880978170902011-09-29T11:40:47.611-05:002011-09-29T11:40:47.611-05:00It was/is 1st edition.
OSRIC was made to give pub...It was/is 1st edition.<br /><br />OSRIC was made to give publishers a platform to legally write/sell modules that were 100% compatible with AD&D/1e without the thorny trademark/license issues.<br /><br />The fact that people think of OSRIC as a separate game is a byproduct, but in all honesty, it was going to happen anyway.<br /><br />I always tried to say OSRIC/1e in the same sentence, but eventually, I started just using the two interchangeably, because they are.Michael S/Chgowizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052820400496340137noreply@blogger.com