OSRIC, do I need the book?

[Treebore]

Has anyone recieved OSRIC from Lulu yet? If so, let us know how the printing and binding quality turned out, and if possible take some photos and post them (or link). I've ordered stuff from Lulu in the past, and have been happy (same as what you'd buy at a book store), but nothing close to 400 pages.

I don't know if anyone has it just yet, it just recently got offered in print, like a week or three ago.

Monsters of Myth has been available a LOT longer.

Now I do have Swords and Wizardry, and if that is to judge by they are very solid quality soft cover books.

 

[Baron Opal]

I ordered a softcover from Lulu for a different product. I found it to be a good quality production.

 

[tenkar]

I ordered both the 10 and 15 dollar versions of the soft cover. Both look to be quality. The 15 dollar version has more vibrant color on the cover, the binding glue looks to be thicker and there is less shadowing of text and art from the reverse side of the pages.

Spring the extra 5 bucks.

 

[Ariosto]

Does anyone ... have a complete list of whats missing in OSRIC?

I don't know of such a list, but here are some things:
female strength limits
Monks and bards
height, weight and age-category tables
weapon speed factors
weapon type versus armor type
psionics
naval rules (see Labyrinth Lord)
underwater rules
complex rules for grappling, overbearing and pummeling
g.p. / x.p. values for magic items
time and cost factors for magical research and manufacture
major artifacts
details of planar travel

 

[Obryn]

OOH! Also, Lulu has a 10% off coupon code for most of the rest of the month!

Enter LULUBLOG10 and get 10% off the actual book (but not any shipping).

Lulu.com Coupon Code | Lulu Blog

-O

 

[nightraven]

I finally got my copy of OSRIC from Lulu today...well, its amazing to behold in all respects...cover to cover. Great artwork (inside and out), fantastic writing and layout (mines b&w but it still looks nice), probably the best buy is HC. Worth it.

 

[Obryn]

Yeah, I'm kicking myself for getting the softcover instead of the hardcover. I didn't want to wait the extra week and a half, mostly.

Still, the printing and binding of the softcover seem to be outstanding.

-O

 

[Grimstaff]

I got mine from LuLu, and am very happy with it. You can certainly run your table game with it, especially if you want to keep your original AD&D tomes safe from wayward Mountain Dew and Salt & Vinegar Pringle stains...

 

[nightraven]

I got mine from LuLu, and am very happy with it. You can certainly run your table game with it, especially if you want to keep your original AD&D tomes safe from wayward Mountain Dew and Salt & Vinegar Pringle stains...

What are you talking about, the Mountain Dew and Pringle stains add value!

I'm planning on using this to help make dungeons for my home games quickly (with page references). One book to reference, that isn't already falling apart. Plus, if I ever post it online anyone can download the OSRIC doc. and find the refrs. I'm thinking of picking up an extra SC to hand out to my players to read. Did you get the $10 or $15? I've heard the color isn't as bright on the cover of the cheaper one, has anyone noticed this. If the difference is the paper quality inside, I don't care, but the cover is an issue (which looks great on the HC btw).