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If anyone's copy of Wizard Amulet does not contain a sheet at the end with secret information on it, you can go back and re-download it now.

Necromancer Games is the publisher of the Tome of Horrors, so it's like getting our own permission. Bill Webb stands in front of the mirror and says, "Hey, can we use an abbreviated form of the disclosure we require?" and then he says, "Sure." And we're good to go. It doesn't apply to anyone...

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Awesome post, Remathilis. To the OP: I'm the original author of OSRIC, and the author of Swords & Wizardry. I also wrote a little booklet called the Quick Primer for Old School Gaming, which might be interesting for you since you're going to try out some of the older rules. My suggestion for...

If someone does that, everyone should ask them if they'd allow a documentary to be made of it. Or maybe Frog God should add the documentary as a bonus goal or as an $11K pledge level. :) Although that might give away some of the secrets of the dungeon to the astute players who watch the...

This is the best theory I've heard so far. They can't expect to have much cash flow from 4e when there's a new edition on the horizon, but a collector product will sell well and not really get in the way of the new edition, either. Plus, it's a guaranteed recovery of costs, a decent profit, good...

1. Agreed, but it would be nice to have the game's functionality built around 3d6 straight (whether generated by points or dice). There's no point to basing it around 3d6 with additional numbers fudged in there. 3d6 has enough of a probability spread to just keep it simple. 2. Interesting idea...

For anyone who wants to follow some of the design and production background on Rappan Athuk, I'm posting occasional design notes on my blog as I work on the parts of it I'm doing -- which is mainly the Original D&D / Swords & Wizardry side of things, but I'm also writing 9 of the new levels. I...

Whizbang groks megadungeons based on his comment about how they're not necessarily for clearing out, they're for player-defined missions. That's exactly how it's supposed to work, IMO. An excellent comment. Megadungeons are more like a mini-campaign in many ways. (this from the crusty...

I'm thinking two-by-fours ... I've got one copy of the Pathfinder Tome of Horrors and one copy of the Swords & Wizardry Tome of Horrors sitting on the floor under my desk, and I think the house's foundation is cracking underneath them.

The economics of getting value to a book-buyer don't precisely work that way, though, because a big bulk of a book's cost (until you get into very large print runs) are in the fixed costs of the print setup and the binding. Additional pages in that setup/binding are a very low cost. So in order...

Stronger bookshelves are rapidly becoming a necessity with the king-size Frog God books. The Tome of Adventure Design, which is the current FGG book available for pre-order, is "merely" a slim 300 pages. :)

I just realized why that's funny. It must have been really irritating to have that name in the late 70s. :confused:

Bill Webb just announced that Frog God Games will be coming out with a PFRPG edition of Rappan Athuk -- News

Which AD&D are we talking about, 1e or 2e? I saw virtually no hate between 2e and 3e, but a fair amount between 1e and 3e. As Man in the Funny Hat said, I think the very different circumstances between the 2e-3e jump as opposed to the 3e-4e jump made for a different kind of hating. 1e players...

It's still the number one seller, which means there can't be all that many left if it's been outselling everything else for such an extended period of time.

About 98% tables, but with some commentary on a couple of topics. It's a resource tool for a DM writing an adventure.

Couple more details: It's a hardcover book, sewn in 16 page signatures (durable as a library book). Tables are 300 pages, and the indexing material alone is 7 pages. You get a free pdf with the printed book, which is the way Frog God Games routinely does it. The books are in pre-order phase, but...

That's totally understandable, at least as long as you realize that the second printing isn't about deliberately creating a situation of artificial scarcity. Publishers don't benefit from artificial scarcity, it's scalpers and collectors who benefit from scarcity. There was no limit on the...

Hi Morrus! Thought I'd mention that Swords & Wizardry also got an ENnie Award when it came out (silver, in the Best Free RPG category). Edit: Oops, also it's maybe worth mentioning that Swords & Wizardry is picked up by a couple of better known publishers than my own hobbyist efforts...