I'm excited about all this new material!! I'm particularly excited about the new novel. I've been catching up on reading the Pathfinder comics, and they are really good. Hopefully the book will continue the literary goodness!
Not be overly fussy, but the original board game Arkham Horror came out in the '80s from Chaosium. It was eventually licensed to FFG that resulted in their first version in '04.
The Case File that's included shouldn't take more than a session to complete (4-ish hours, depending on your players), and it's very good. It's the first adventure in a planned series of connected stories. There is barely enough to run a longer campaign, if you develop it yourself. All that...
Free League has just been killing it lately and this box set is no exception. Completely worth the money and props are great. I love CoCs props and am hoping we'll see some goodies similar to what the HPLHS has been dropping. I'm really excited to see where Free League goes with the Blade Runner...
If they weren't such SOBs, I'd feel sorry for Hasbro/WotC. They are trying to negotiate a set of rules with people who collectively have vast experience in creating, interpreting, applying, and, at times, manipulating rules. Someone should be making popcorn. This will be entertaining.
I would give it an F overall. Yes, they (sort of) addressed some of the issues, but there was flagrant gaslighting and dishonesty. I mean really obvious. Laughably obvious. The statement reeked of disingenuous, condescending placating.
Good review! I really like the direction Free League is going in with Twilight 2000 and now Blade Runner. Players consistently surprise me with their ideas for re-rolling and seem much more 'in character' at the table.
It's too late to go back.
From what I can tell, there basically isn't a D&D 3rd party or OGL v x.x content creator ecosystem left standing. It's gone. Whatever content is in the pipeline or warehouses will be sold in a few months to a year at most and that's the end. Bad news for Hasbro/WotC...
I think they've substantively hurt themselves, including OneD&D and maybe even the upcoming movie. They won't throw the IP in the trash, but if OneD&D fails to achieve commercial success, they will have confirmation they've created a problem for themselves. I'm already not at all interested in...