[Hackmaster] I succumbed

[GravyFingerz]

I admit, I gave in to the urge to buy the Player's Handbook and Game Master's Guide for Hackmaster. I know it isn't 3rd edition, compatible with 3rd edition, and more like a 1st edition and 2nd edition hybrid.

But it's full of retro gaming goodness. Is that so wrong?

 

[GnomeWorks]

No! Another one lost to HM...

I hope that this doesn't mean the end of M&M... I am very much looking forward to the finish of this new version...

 

[Paradoxish]

I think Hackmaster is pretty cool. To be honest, my players don't like it all that much, but it's fun to play every now and then. I know Hackmaster lovers are going to hate me for saying this, but it's great when you just want to play a quick dungeon crawl.

Yes, the system can be used just fine for a regular campaign. Yes, it's suited to more than just hacking and slashing. Yes, I shouldn't put it down by saying I just use it for dungeon crawls and combat adventures...

...but for some reason that seems to be the way my group gets the most enjoyment out of it.

 

[GravyFingerz]

No! Another one lost to HM...

I hope that this doesn't mean the end of M&M... I am very much looking forward to the finish of this new version...

Have no fear, gentle fan! M&M will not disappear.

Terence is editing, and I am writing. In fact, Terence should be turning over the results of his editing soon. Not the entire book mind you, but some chapters.

 

[Melan]

While I do not play Hackmaster and probably never will, I really want to shove my books in face of certain WotC people and say: "See, that's how a game should be done! Now go into the corner and weep!"

 

[psychognome]

I don't know anything about Hackmaster. Would anyone like to help an uninformed soul?

 

[WizarDru]

Heh heh. Heh heh. You said 'succumbed'. Heh heh. Heh.


(OK, I'll stop now)

D.

 

[Lucias]

Welcome to the fold!

I've run and played Hackmaster since its release and I've had one of the best times in my long years of gaming. The group I play in has spent the last four months playing through Little Keep on the Borderlands and having a blast doing it!

Good luck with the game!

 

[HellHound]

While I don't run HackMaster, I own all the core books (including the incredible pile of monster supplements) and most of the modules (I love remakes!).

The reason I don't run it is that I am running 3e as a d20 developer and designer.

Honestly, if I was still running CyberPunk 2020 and Vampire regularly to get my role-playing fix, I would also be running Hackmaster instead of D&D3e as my D&D type game, as I love dungeoncrawls and this is THE system for that.

But, since I am running nearly EVERY style of game in my D&D gmes, I'm sticking to d20 with the more adaptable skill and feat system.

 

[GravyFingerz]

It's amazing ... I picked up these books on an impulse, and yet when I read through them, I get a feeling of excitement I haven't felt since third edition came out. I don't know how to describe it, but it just feels so right as a game.

However, I can't shake the feeling I bought the PHB and DMG for 1e all over again I'm hoping this game has enough of it's own merits to stand alone and not just be a 1e/2e clone.