More RPG fun for free

[jeffb]

Does everyone know about the Meta Arcade Tunnels & Trolls game for android phones/tabs ? It's been out for a few years.

T&T at Google Play

All the Adventures (And there are a lot, both classic solos and newer) are free- you can either watch ads for free tokens or buy tokens. I've never bought any tokens personally.

Frankly, I think prefer playing the app versions than pulling out the paper versions/pdfs of DT&T stuff :ducks: I love the dice roller in this game.

Have fun!

[hamurai]

Castles & Crusades - Monsters & Treasure is free at the moment:

HERE

[jeffb]

Apr 29, 2020 22:27:27 GMT -6 hamurai said:

Castles & Crusades - Monsters & Treasure is free at the moment:

HERE

3rd print. Which was the last B&W print IIRC. I picked it up as well to have a PDF.


So between the free PHB and now the M&T, you have all you need to run C&C for free, forever. Pretty cool.

[peterlind]

< Castles & Crusades - Monsters & Treasure is free at the moment: <

Thanks for the tip. So I was shopping around the Troll Lord's store and found a pretty nice bundle of Amazing Adventures products for $9.99 . . .

[hamurai]

May 2, 2020 8:24:14 GMT -6 jeffb said:

Apr 29, 2020 22:27:27 GMT -6 hamurai said:

Castles & Crusades - Monsters & Treasure is free at the moment:

HERE

3rd print. Which was the last B&W print IIRC. I picked it up as well to have a PDF.


So between the free PHB and now the M&T, you have all you need to run C&C for free, forever. Pretty cool.

Indeed! I've never really played C&C apart from the occasional one-shot, so I'm not usre how much the respective prints differ, if at all. Do you know?

[Finarvyn]

The prints are virtually identical, other than the occasional typo fix. I think the M&T you can download for free is 3rd print, and I think they moved to a color version by 4th print so the layout looks a little different later on. C&C is essentially unchanged since 1E back in 2004 (and the playtest in 2003).

As jeffb noted, the PH and M&T books are really all you need to play. We had the PH only at playtest, and just used my AD&D 2E Monsterous Manual for creatures. Then they put out their own monsters with M&T and the game was pretty "complete" at that point. They did put out a CKG years later -- I bought one but essentially have never used it as it just gives optional and variant rules that I never really needed.

PH + M&T = C&C.

[jeffb]

May 2, 2020 23:53:25 GMT -6 hamurai said:

May 2, 2020 8:24:14 GMT -6 jeffb said:

3rd print. Which was the last B&W print IIRC. I picked it up as well to have a PDF.


So between the free PHB and now the M&T, you have all you need to run C&C for free, forever. Pretty cool.

Indeed! I've never really played C&C apart from the occasional one-shot, so I'm not usre how much the respective prints differ, if at all. Do you know?

Well, they should clean up typos and add some errata between printings, but The Trolls are not terribly good or consistent at that

They are all 99.9% compatible rule wise. There have been very little changes in rules content over the past 15+ years, just a couple of additions ( like adding multiclassing rules, and some tweaks to the illusionist and encumbrance) over the print runs. It's mostly been layout changes, going to full color, some errata/cleanup.

You can take a first print of M&T, and the 7th print of PHB and be fine and dandy. And I did the same as Fin at first- AD&D MM with the PHB. Played like that for about 2 or 3 years.

EDIT-FIN NINJA'D ME!

[asaki]

And if you keep your eyes open, they constantly have giveaways, charity bundles, and super sales on C&C stuff. I've got a bunch of different prints of some of their books.


...I just wish they could put Castle Zagyg back into print

[tkdco2]

Is Castles & Crusades compatible with AD&D? I've heard it was similar to 3e, but a bit simpler (no feats, for example).

[asaki]

Yeah, it's very similar to 3.x, so "compatible with AD&D" depends on how much conversion you feel like doing.

I'm more interested in their modules than I am the actual game itself. Not sure if I would want to replace monsters/etc. with their oldschool equivalents, or just try running them as-is and seeing how things pan out. I know I would have to reconfigure their "Challenge Level" system, but there are already tips out there for that.

[jeffb]

May 3, 2020 18:21:42 GMT -6 tkdco2 said:

Is Castles & Crusades compatible with AD&D? I've heard it was similar to 3e, but a bit simpler (no feats, for example).

It is a D20 system designed in the spirit of AD&D, yes. Is it highly compatible? Adventures, yes- Easy to convert things on the fly for monster stats.

But the game works off a D20 based "universal mechanic" known as The Siege Engine (itself, easily modded to taste). It is not an OSR "clone" game.

Check it out while you can- for now, it's free (If you dig around, they also have a free quickstart with a short adventure and a very brief rules document going up to level 4 or so for the basic races/classes))

Players Handbook (All you need to play, along with the M&T book linked above by hamurai )

HERE

[tkdco2]

Thanks, guys. I will check out the links. I'm not a fan of the d20 system, though.

[Punkrabbitt]

May 4, 2020 12:40:36 GMT -6 tkdco2 said:

Thanks, guys. I will check out the links. I'm not a fan of the d20 system, though.

Me neither o.0 And 4th made it worse lol! Which is what sent me running for the OSR!

[asaki]

May 4, 2020 0:00:10 GMT -6 asaki said:

I know I would have to reconfigure their "Challenge Level" system, but there are already tips out there for that.

Here are some of those tips, BTW, from Castle Zagyg:

Doors: ... All such doors resist normal opening (stuck, CL 3). ...

CK's Rules Variants: Optionally, a d6 might be used to resolve stuck doors, a 1-2 result indicating success for most average to above average PCs; a 1-3 result indicating success for an 18 strength character. If the noted CL is 6-10, a d8 might be used; if the CL is 11-15, a d10 might be used; if the CL is 16+, a d12 might be used. Likewise, many RPGs utilize a percent score to resolve a pick locks check. If using such a convention, consider the following: CL 6-10 = -5% on check; CL 11-15 = -10% on check; CL 16+ = -20% on check.

[tkdco2]

May 4, 2020 18:08:10 GMT -6 Punkrabbitt said:

May 4, 2020 12:40:36 GMT -6 tkdco2 said:

Thanks, guys. I will check out the links. I'm not a fan of the d20 system, though.

Me neither o.0 And 4th made it worse lol! Which is what sent me running for the OSR!

I gave up when 3.5 came out. I decided spending money I didn't have and investing time to learn the game wasn't worth it. I really tried to like 3.0, but it just didn't work for me.  I didn't have a problem with the core 2E rules (I ignored the Player's Option books), so I happily returned to AD&D and B/X and haven't looked back since.

[asaki]

I haven't seen this advertised anywhere, but it looks like Stonehell Dungeon is free right now (part 1, anyway): www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/michael-curtis/stonehell-dungeon-down-night-haunted-halls-ebook/ebook/product-1nq5eywz.html