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<blockquote data-quote="Bill Zebub" data-source="post: 9613653" data-attributes="member: 7031982">I think the bold point is important.&nbsp; Yes, the stars aligned for Kelsey (or she aligned them) in a bunch of ways, but it's also just a really great product.&nbsp; I haven't looked at all the OSR games, of course, but for the ones I've investigated I could be very specific about what I prefer in Shadowdark.&nbsp; It's not just the hype.For example, before Shadowdark I was playing Five Torches Deep.&nbsp; Very similar in some ways to Shadowdark, including the spell mechanic.&nbsp; But where Shadowdark has you lose a spell for the day if you fail the cast, and suffer a mishap on 1, in FTD any failure triggers a mishap, and you lose all spells of that level until you rest.&nbsp; I really liked the underlying premise (spellcasting checks rather than saving throws) but when I read the Shadowdark version I thought, &quot;Ohhh....that's much better.&quot;&nbsp; And it is!&nbsp; (In my opinion.)I love the premise of Dolmenwood.&nbsp; If they would publish (or license somebody else to publish) Dolmenwood for Shadowdark, I would buy it in a heartbeat.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bill Zebub, post: 9613653, member: 7031982"] I think the bold point is important. Yes, the stars aligned for Kelsey (or she aligned them) in a bunch of ways, but it's also just a really great product. I haven't looked at [I]all[/I] the OSR games, of course, but for the ones I've investigated I could be very specific about what I prefer in Shadowdark. It's not just the hype. For example, before Shadowdark I was playing Five Torches Deep. Very similar in some ways to Shadowdark, including the spell mechanic. But where Shadowdark has you lose a spell for the day if you fail the cast, and suffer a mishap on 1, in FTD any failure triggers a mishap, and you lose all spells [I]of that level[/I] until you rest. I really liked the underlying premise (spellcasting checks rather than saving throws) but when I read the Shadowdark version I thought, "Ohhh....that's much better." And it is! (In my opinion.) I love the premise of Dolmenwood. If they would publish (or license somebody else to publish) Dolmenwood for Shadowdark, I would buy it in a heartbeat. [/QUOTE]

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