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<blockquote data-quote="Scurvy_Platypus" data-source="post: 5325977" data-attributes="member: 43283"><p>Howdy folks.</p><p></p><p>By and large I haven't paid too much attention to the retro-clone stuff for a variety of reasons. But I've recently started thinking about doing a "standard" dungeoncrawling game at the local gameclub. It's a monthly meeting and I'm a fairly busy fellow, which combined with the fact that it's a monthly meeting and with summer approaching (Southern Hemisphere) means I'm wanting something pretty easy and casual.</p><p></p><p>What am I talking about when I say, "easy and casual"?</p><p></p><p>For better or worse, I like things to be sort of standardized. AD&D might be a "simpler" game in some respects depending on your perspective, but it's also got a lot of subsystems etc. So just going with an AD&D clone isn't ideal.</p><p></p><p>I'm thinking "retro-clone" mainly because I can see someone basically stripping down 3.x into a much simpler system; please note that as far as I'm concerned, True20 isn't especially simpler. It takes some steps in the right direction, but still has a ways to get to what I'm after.</p><p></p><p>I'm wanting a game that's got character creation which takes maybe 10 minutes at the most and that I'd be able to use various D&D modules for. I could always use Risus or PDQ (sorry, but Fate as seen in Spirit of the Century isn't a simple/light game) but thought I'd check and see if there'd been anything done on the retro-clone side of things first.</p><p></p><p>As well, I'm not really interested in _buying_ a new game. I can always use Risus, PDQ, The Shadow of Yesterday, or one of the other games I've got and hack together something.</p><p></p><p>So, would a retro-clone be right for me and if so, which?</p><p></p><p>If it's not, is there some other suggestion you've got? I already have the following free games (or consider them an option):</p><p>Risus, PDQ, 4C (a bit iffy but possible), The Shadow of Yesterday, Redbox Hack (strongly tempted by this), possibly ZeFRS.</p><p></p><p>Amongst commercial games that I've already got, Talislanta (4th edition) is a serious contender (although Tal is more about sandbox play and exploring things than going out and stabulating stuff).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Scurvy_Platypus, post: 5325977, member: 43283"] Howdy folks. By and large I haven't paid too much attention to the retro-clone stuff for a variety of reasons. But I've recently started thinking about doing a "standard" dungeoncrawling game at the local gameclub. It's a monthly meeting and I'm a fairly busy fellow, which combined with the fact that it's a monthly meeting and with summer approaching (Southern Hemisphere) means I'm wanting something pretty easy and casual. What am I talking about when I say, "easy and casual"? For better or worse, I like things to be sort of standardized. AD&D might be a "simpler" game in some respects depending on your perspective, but it's also got a lot of subsystems etc. So just going with an AD&D clone isn't ideal. I'm thinking "retro-clone" mainly because I can see someone basically stripping down 3.x into a much simpler system; please note that as far as I'm concerned, True20 isn't especially simpler. It takes some steps in the right direction, but still has a ways to get to what I'm after. I'm wanting a game that's got character creation which takes maybe 10 minutes at the most and that I'd be able to use various D&D modules for. I could always use Risus or PDQ (sorry, but Fate as seen in Spirit of the Century isn't a simple/light game) but thought I'd check and see if there'd been anything done on the retro-clone side of things first. As well, I'm not really interested in _buying_ a new game. I can always use Risus, PDQ, The Shadow of Yesterday, or one of the other games I've got and hack together something. So, would a retro-clone be right for me and if so, which? If it's not, is there some other suggestion you've got? I already have the following free games (or consider them an option): Risus, PDQ, 4C (a bit iffy but possible), The Shadow of Yesterday, Redbox Hack (strongly tempted by this), possibly ZeFRS. Amongst commercial games that I've already got, Talislanta (4th edition) is a serious contender (although Tal is more about sandbox play and exploring things than going out and stabulating stuff). [/QUOTE]
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