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« Thread Started on Mar 16, 2011, 8:26am » | |
Hi all,
i'm currently developing an online petition to "resurrect" this forgotten and out-of-print fantasy RPG from 1980.
If you are interested, you can help by adding a comment here:
http://addsecondaedizione.blogspot.com/2....antasy-rpg.html
Thank you
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« Reply #1 on Mar 16, 2011, 1:44pm » | |
AHHHH! I LOVE this game! My friends and I spent a good year playing the hecuba out of it.
Having lost my original copy, and couple of years ago I scored another on ebay, which the author had actually signed. 
I wasn't aware a scanned copy existed---I did see a brief interaction with him on an Acaeum thread where he mentioned that he still had copies in the basement, and seemed amenable to the idea of republishing it.
I'll sign your petition, and let me know if I can help in any other way!
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« Reply #2 on Mar 16, 2011, 1:52pm » | |
thanks a lot!
so you have a physical copy? You could help by letting us know something more about its mechanics, and maybe about your one-year role-playing experience with it!
thanks
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« Reply #3 on Mar 26, 2011, 5:24pm » | |
Bill Underwood (creator of the "Beasts men & gods") RPG has contacted me today saying that he is considering printing on demand (POD) of his PDF copy of the game!
(he replied at the same link address posted before)
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« Reply #4 on Mar 28, 2011, 10:08am » | |
That's great news!
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« Reply #6 on Apr 10, 2011, 1:31am » | |
I'll be interested to see which ideas can be easily merged with ongoing games -- especially in the area of additional spells
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« Reply #8 on May 26, 2011, 7:56am » | |
Congratulations! You worked hard for that, and you've almost single-handedly rescued a small but intriguing piece of gaming history!
Thou Art Exalted!
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« Reply #9 on May 26, 2011, 8:50am » | |
I'll second that Exalt.
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« Reply #11 on May 27, 2011, 11:30am » | |
That is crazy cool--it looks exactly like the original!
It has a nice forward, too. Bill seems like a nice guy!
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« Reply #12 on May 27, 2011, 5:05pm » | |
Vaultkeeper, has Bill mentioned any plans to release a pdf version? I'm happy to risk $5 for a pdf of a game I don't know, but I'm not going to spend $20 + international postage for a hard copy of the same, not until I know whether I think it's worth it or not.
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« Reply #13 on May 28, 2011, 10:26am » | |
The pdf preview linked above is quite extensive. It has about 60 pages of the 150+ in the document, and they are spread throughout, covering most or all of the various sections. You should be able to get a reasonable idea of whether it's worth the $20 + shipping for the hardcopy. The author also posts on the Acaeum - there's a dedicated thread for this product in the Non-TSR section. You could try asking/lobbying for the pdf alone (or perhaps vaultkeeper can take up the battle).
I like the artwork. Not sure about the system...looks interesting but like OD&D + added complexity. There's no sample adventure. The intro does say he may reprint a module next - Tower of the Frozen Wind.
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« Reply #14 on May 28, 2011, 10:37am » | |
Initiative is complex & seems to include almost every type of modifiers used in different version of D&D.
There's a random roll (2d6) modified by Attack Speed (Dex + Str) as well as weapon or spell speed, and then weapon length is accounted for, and then speed determines number of attacks per round.
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