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<blockquote data-quote="Jahydin" data-source="post: 9267570" data-attributes="member: 6984869"><p>[ATTACH=full]347567[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>My last thread about Dr. Greg Gillespie's RPG Dragonslayer was quite the dumpster fire, so hoping this time around things could be a bit more civil. I was certainly disappointed the conversation got shutdown so quickly, but with so little information about the game at the time and how angry the author made people, I certainly wasn't going to bring it up again unless it turned out to be <strong>really</strong> good.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]347566[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Well, the game is out now, and it is in fact, <strong>really </strong>good. Greg's game truly has enough going for it to be considered "the best" even, despite coming in at a time of complete B/X saturation. Solid and consistent artwork on just about every page (including work from TSR alumni), clean "OSE like" formatting, and the "simplified, but not simple" version of the D&D ruleset. And although it's clear where his inspiration is from, Dragonslayer is far from being just a "clone". From major changes like Monks being friars and combat being more tactically demanding, to smaller changes like improved % to Thief skills, it's clear this game was written by someone that has lived and breathed trying to improve on AD&D his entire life.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]347568[/ATTACH]</p><p>Better than me blabbing about it and showing off random pages, <a href="https://youtu.be/jHMQMtRtDlY?si=hWfU1EP9Hjvaf7H1" target="_blank">here is a great flip through of the book for those interested.</a></p><p>Here's a <a href="https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/450881/dragonslayer-role-playing-game-sample" target="_blank">small sample of the rules</a> from Drive-Thru too.</p><p></p><p>And to save others from having to post it and to show good faith I'm not trying to "trick" anyone in supporting a "baddie":</p><p>Greg is very outspoken about his "anti-Marxist" views online (think James Lyndsay). If that bothers you, certainly skip this product.</p><p>Greg is a professor and requires students to purchase his work. Was pretty normal when I was in college, but others find this to be immoral.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jahydin, post: 9267570, member: 6984869"] [ATTACH type="full" width="464px"]347567[/ATTACH] My last thread about Dr. Greg Gillespie's RPG Dragonslayer was quite the dumpster fire, so hoping this time around things could be a bit more civil. I was certainly disappointed the conversation got shutdown so quickly, but with so little information about the game at the time and how angry the author made people, I certainly wasn't going to bring it up again unless it turned out to be [B]really[/B] good. [ATTACH type="full" width="541px"]347566[/ATTACH] Well, the game is out now, and it is in fact, [B]really [/B]good. Greg's game truly has enough going for it to be considered "the best" even, despite coming in at a time of complete B/X saturation. Solid and consistent artwork on just about every page (including work from TSR alumni), clean "OSE like" formatting, and the "simplified, but not simple" version of the D&D ruleset. And although it's clear where his inspiration is from, Dragonslayer is far from being just a "clone". From major changes like Monks being friars and combat being more tactically demanding, to smaller changes like improved % to Thief skills, it's clear this game was written by someone that has lived and breathed trying to improve on AD&D his entire life. [ATTACH type="full" width="504px"]347568[/ATTACH] Better than me blabbing about it and showing off random pages, [URL='https://youtu.be/jHMQMtRtDlY?si=hWfU1EP9Hjvaf7H1']here is a great flip through of the book for those interested.[/URL] Here's a [URL='https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/450881/dragonslayer-role-playing-game-sample']small sample of the rules[/URL] from Drive-Thru too. And to save others from having to post it and to show good faith I'm not trying to "trick" anyone in supporting a "baddie": Greg is very outspoken about his "anti-Marxist" views online (think James Lyndsay). If that bothers you, certainly skip this product. Greg is a professor and requires students to purchase his work. Was pretty normal when I was in college, but others find this to be immoral. [/QUOTE]
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