OSR Old School Essentials Box Sets Kickstarter

[Malmuria]

The art looks neat, too.

That’s because it’s by Erol Otus! (The classic set cover anyway)

 

[Riley]

I like the Erol Otus box art and I like the AD&D-in-my-BX Expansions, but I'm not sure there's anything new inside these boxes for me? I've already bought the books from the previous Kickstarters...

 

[Parmandur]

I like the Erol Otus box art and I like the AD&D-in-my-BX Expansions, but I'm not sure there's anything new inside these boxes for me? I've already bought the books from the previous Kickstarters...

Well, boxes can fit Adventure modules and other goodies

 

[Riley]

Well, boxes can fit Adventure modules and other goodies

If they sell the boxes alone, I’ll likely buy ‘em.
If they offer some new material, I’ll likely buy that!
Fingers crossed.

 

[Nikosandros]

If they sell the boxes alone, I’ll likely buy ‘em.
If they offer some new material, I’ll likely buy that!
Fingers crossed.

I'm fairly certain that the KS won't offer empty boxes.

 

[Li Shenron]

Box artwork looks indeed fantastic!

That said, I wonder what is the reason to design yet another clone product.

 

[Retreater]

As someone who has run and played OSE, follows it on various social media channels, doesn't dislike the system, etc., I think the greatest enemy to OSE is the confusing wide range of essentially the same product. New players are frequently befuddled by what to get.
The most frequently asked questions I see online are:
"What do I need to get started?"
"Do I need the Core Rulebook only?"
"Do I need the Advanced Guide?"
"Do I need these two separate Core Rulebooks?"
"What about this boxed set?"
This is the last thing that brand needs.

 

[overgeeked]

Box artwork looks indeed fantastic!

That said, I wonder what is the reason to design yet another clone product.

It's a Kickstarter for product that already exists but is expensive to produce.

 

[kenada]

As someone who has run and played OSE, follows it on various social media channels, doesn't dislike the system, etc., I think the greatest enemy to OSE is the confusing wide range of essentially the same product. New players are frequently befuddled by what to get.
The most frequently asked questions I see online are:
"What do I need to get started?"
"Do I need the Core Rulebook only?"
"Do I need the Advanced Guide?"
"Do I need these two separate Core Rulebooks?"
"What about this boxed set?"
This is the last thing that brand needs.

I understand what they are trying to do with establishing a base set of rules they can use for various genres (e.g., post-apocalyptic). It just gets really weird/annoying with fantasy because there are two sets of genre rules for fantasy, and if you use advanced fantasy, you also need classic fantasy, but they’re not integrated unless you buy the tomes. After getting the advanced fantasy Player’s Tome and Referee’s Tome, I don’t think I would want to use advanced fantasy any other way.

 

[Retreater]

I understand what they are trying to do with establishing a base set of rules they can use for various genres (e.g., post-apocalyptic). It just gets really weird/annoying with fantasy because there are two sets of genre rules for fantasy, and if you use advanced fantasy, you also need classic fantasy, but they’re not integrated unless you buy the tomes. After getting the advanced fantasy Player’s Tome and Referee’s Tome, I don’t think I would want to use advanced fantasy any other way.

Exactly. And are they expecting that other genres (post-apocalyptic, sci-fi, etc.) are going to sell so phenomenally that it's worth confusing their flagship titles and discourage new players?
It's a mess of products that should be two books.