Old School Hack

[nerfherder]

We now have a FAQ (taken from questions and answers that have come up on the forum) to accompany the playtest documents, because kiznit would prefer to spend some time with his family and real life, rather than constantly reformatting and updating the playtest documents

 

[kiznit]

I hope folks don't mind the thread necromancy, I just wanted to give folks a heads-up that the revised version of the Basic Game in its entirety is now downloadable from the site:

Old School Hack Blog Archive Basic Game is finally here!

If you're curious about some of the hub-bub about the game but haven't had a chance to check it out yet, now's an excellent time to do so!

 

[Rel]

I hope folks don't mind the thread necromancy, I just wanted to give folks a heads-up that the revised version of the Basic Game in its entirety is now downloadable from the site:

Old School Hack Blog Archive Basic Game is finally here!

If you're curious about some of the hub-bub about the game but haven't had a chance to check it out yet, now's an excellent time to do so!

WOOT! Just in time for me to run it this weekend at the NCGD!

 

[Piratecat]

Excellent! Thank you so much.

 

[mach1.9pants]

Sweet, DLing now. By the way, what is meant by basic game, is there more to come?

 

[kiznit]

Sweet, DLing now. By the way, what is meant by basic game, is there more to come?

The game covers the first four levels of play (though there's no hard stop, you could keep leveling with the existing rules) and hopefully down the road there'll be a Heroic Game that covers levels 5 through 8 and a Mythic Game that covers 9 through 12 (though that's just an apple in my eye).

By and large most people are treating the game as a great one-shot engine because it's built to really be played off-the-cuff and as low-prep as possible, so campaign play hasn't come up much, though we've got at least one playtester that's taken it that far.

 

[Cyronax]

Not much to add, other than my compliments to Kiznit. I downloaded a version of Old School Hack a few weeks ago from a thread in CM. I have to say that on presentation and writing style alone, this is a great game.

Lots of potential.

C.I.D.

 

[kiznit]

Not much to add, other than my compliments to Kiznit. I downloaded a version of Old School Hack a few weeks ago from a thread in CM. I have to say that on presentation and writing style alone, this is a great game.

Lots of potential.

C.I.D.

Thanks!

Be sure to download the latest (as of today), it updates a bunch of stuff and adds lots more DMing advice.

 

[TarionzCousin]

Finally there is a game that uses the "some dude" mini/token.

Congrats, kiznit.

 

[Piratecat]

Oh, Kiz, the dwarven description...

"The Dwarf is a bearded ball of boastful fury hailing from underground realms."

SOLD!