Recent content by Argyle King

Are there OSE (or OSE compatible) resources for more of a sword & sorcery vibe?

At some point, I will likely pick up the Advanced OSE set, as it sounds as though I will still get a lot of use out of that even with other things that I play. I prefer the smaller booklet format, so I hope that's still an option for Advanced. I vaguely recall seeing a comment that it may not...

Last I heard, the GG version includes extra material that is based upon the Elder Bob's notes and addendums. From the FAQ: "...In addition, the lead authors had access to Bob Bledsaw Sr.’s handwritten original manuscript for CSIO, which contains some material that has never before been seen...

I know some of that from reading, but I appreciate the extra depth and experienced opinion that comes from conversation, so thank you. I did not fully understand the BX-BECMI divide. My first time playing D&D was the beginning of D&D 3.5. (I had some 3.0 books but never actually got to use them...

After some discussion on the General forum (where DCC was being compared to OSE,) I decided to pick up a few materials. I felt that increasing my knowledge of the product -by actually looking at it and trying to understand it- would allow me to have a more educated opinion, rather than relying...

OSE and Necrotic Gnome are what I've seen specifically called out as "better" layout. I've looked at a few so as to not limit my opinion to one example. Most recently, I read Halls of the Blood King. It was a good adventure to look at to see how more complex ideas (ex: the library bookshelves...

I have been thinking about this a lot lately due to discussion earlier in the thread because I am someone who strongly dislikes the OSE layout (or at least the adventure pushed forward as the best example of it). While I certainly see the merits of keywords and such, there are a lot of times...

That's true. I think it will be tough to compare the two campaigns. While both are DCC and D&D 5E, the two campaigns are also both very different products. City-State... ended with $597,530 and 2,478 backers. That's quite impressive, but it is also worth noting that the smallest possible...

The prices for the pinball campaign are (imo) very reasonable. With the special clamshell box, it's around 80 (plus shipping) for the 5 adventures. For the regular (non clamshell) box, it's $56 (plus shipping) for all five adventures. PDF Bundle for all 5 adventures is $40. The book for the...

I don't imagine that, in 2026, there are a lot of fans of old pinball machines. When I was very young, my dad owned an arcade/billiards hall, so I have some fondness for old games. I do not remember any of the specific games being used for this, but I do like pinball machines and pinball...

You could try making saves and ability checks a roll-under system: 3d6 vs ability score, rolling less than the relevant score is a success.

I just watched some of the recent preview videos for the set of adventures based upon old pinball machines. The "clamshell box" option is pretty cool.

I'm not familiar with those. Most of the time, I made my own stuff. I did pick up the occasional thing, but adventures were a rare purchase for me. There came a point where the official advice for how to run the game went in a very different direction than what I felt worked best for the group...

I didn't run very many official 4E modules. I had a few when 4E first came out. The very early stuff had a much different vibe than what came out even later. Most of my 4E time was brewing my own stuff. But I liked the darker vibes of some of the very very early material. Having some extra...

I saw some discussion about trying to find the dice. Amazon still sells the dice sets. They're currently $18 per set. If you are someone who prefers to not use Amazon, Noble Knight Games also sells them.