Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Next
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
Twitch
YouTube
Facebook (EN Publishing)
Facebook (EN World)
Twitter
Instagram
TikTok
Podcast
Features
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarters
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*TTRPGs General
Swords & Wizardry Is Back With New Art And New Energy
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Shadow Demon" data-source="post: 7707815" data-attributes="member: 6778058"><p>This isn't hate, it is merely pointing out that this printing is not the preferred style and aesthetic of many who are (were?) the core customer base. That part is subjective. The open question is whether it is the preferred style of enough people to make the change economically worthwhile in the first place.</p><p></p><p>In many cases, the 3rd printing art is actually superior to the recycled Necromancer art of the previous printing. However, there are actually objective substantive reasons why it doesn't work with the written S&W text. One would have to actually care about the written word in the first place for this to to hold any weight.</p><p></p><p>Of course, it's biggest problem from the masses is going to be simple apathy as noted by the small number of unique posters in this thread. The truth is that retroclones are dying out (dead?) because there is nothing here that can't be obtained from the original available source. Sources that are well-known and understood by this game's core audience. Honestly, there are better interpretations of the source material (Delving Deeper for 0e White Box, Iron Falcon for White Box + Greyhawk, Labyrinth Lord for B/X; other supplements, why bother, play OSRIC or AD&D instead or maybe just try a old-school house-ruled version of 5e).</p><p></p><p>The idea that new players that have never played an RPG before are going to gravitate toward this particular game as the optimum choice is truly a ridiculous premise.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shadow Demon, post: 7707815, member: 6778058"] This isn't hate, it is merely pointing out that this printing is not the preferred style and aesthetic of many who are (were?) the core customer base. That part is subjective. The open question is whether it is the preferred style of enough people to make the change economically worthwhile in the first place. In many cases, the 3rd printing art is actually superior to the recycled Necromancer art of the previous printing. However, there are actually objective substantive reasons why it doesn't work with the written S&W text. One would have to actually care about the written word in the first place for this to to hold any weight. Of course, it's biggest problem from the masses is going to be simple apathy as noted by the small number of unique posters in this thread. The truth is that retroclones are dying out (dead?) because there is nothing here that can't be obtained from the original available source. Sources that are well-known and understood by this game's core audience. Honestly, there are better interpretations of the source material (Delving Deeper for 0e White Box, Iron Falcon for White Box + Greyhawk, Labyrinth Lord for B/X; other supplements, why bother, play OSRIC or AD&D instead or maybe just try a old-school house-ruled version of 5e). The idea that new players that have never played an RPG before are going to gravitate toward this particular game as the optimum choice is truly a ridiculous premise. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*TTRPGs General
Swords & Wizardry Is Back With New Art And New Energy
Top