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Post by jeffb on Oct 14, 2021 11:08:37 GMT -6
Love that after 8 years, this thread still keeps getting bumped.
My fave retroclone. Wonderfully playable as written, and the best "create your own vision of the 1970s style FRPG" framework out there.
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Post by smubee on Mar 30, 2022 12:02:35 GMT -6
I might be starting! I had no idea that our very own admin had anything to do with it. I happened to be watching Captcorajus on YouTube and came across his video for White Box, and now I’m very interested.
My fifteen month old son has become very interested in pulling things off my shelf, and the other day he went straight for my OD&D white box 5th print, and I had a mini heart attack. The collectors items are going to have to find a new home, and I was looking for something to play.
I’ve never been into the OSR clones, but from the video I saw this looked like exactly what I was looking for. There are some friends that have been curious about TTRPGs for a while, and I’ve been itching to start an open table / “always on” game.
Whitebox seems to be the answer to all of my problems. Easily organized, streamlined, sounds like a dream come true.
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Post by Finarvyn on Mar 30, 2022 15:37:22 GMT -6
I might be starting! I had no idea that our very own admin had anything to do with it. I happened to be watching Captcorajus on YouTube and came across his video for White Box, and now I’m very interested. My fifteen month old son has become very interested in pulling things off my shelf, and the other day he went straight for my OD&D white box 5th print, and I had a mini heart attack. The collectors items are going to have to find a new home, and I was looking for something to play. I’ve never been into the OSR clones, but from the video I saw this looked like exactly what I was looking for. There are some friends that have been curious about TTRPGs for a while, and I’ve been itching to start an open table / “always on” game. Whitebox seems to be the answer to all of my problems. Easily organized, streamlined, sounds like a dream come true. My son-in-law bought a copy of WB last weekend at GaryCon. I had to explain to him that I get zero money from the thing and I that I could give him an actual White Box (in a real white box; the Brave Halfling version) since I have a couple stashed in my closet. He bought one anyway. What he found is my favorite version, the White Box: Fantastic Midieval Adventure Game with layout by Charlie Mason. It's a good deal and a great game to play! I also like the fact that WBFMAG isn't a "collectable" and you can always buy another if the first one gets trashed. (Under $5 on Amazon.)
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Post by jeffb on Mar 30, 2022 16:14:17 GMT -6
9 years now.
Glad people are still discovering WB!
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Post by smubee on Mar 30, 2022 17:37:15 GMT -6
I might be starting! I had no idea that our very own admin had anything to do with it. I happened to be watching Captcorajus on YouTube and came across his video for White Box, and now I’m very interested. My fifteen month old son has become very interested in pulling things off my shelf, and the other day he went straight for my OD&D white box 5th print, and I had a mini heart attack. The collectors items are going to have to find a new home, and I was looking for something to play. I’ve never been into the OSR clones, but from the video I saw this looked like exactly what I was looking for. There are some friends that have been curious about TTRPGs for a while, and I’ve been itching to start an open table / “always on” game. Whitebox seems to be the answer to all of my problems. Easily organized, streamlined, sounds like a dream come true. My son-in-law bought a copy of WB last weekend at GaryCon. I had to explain to him that I get zero money from the thing and I that I could give him an actual White Box (in a real white box; the Brave Halfling version) since I have a couple stashed in my closet. He bought one anyway. What he found is my favorite version, the White Box: Fantastic Midieval Adventure Game with layout by Charlie Mason. It's a good deal and a great game to play! I also like the fact that WBFMAG isn't a "collectable" and you can always buy another if the first one gets trashed. (Under $5 on Amazon.) That’s exactly the route I’m going to go, and more than likely will be the version of the game that I introduce my son to when he’s old enough!
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Post by Finarvyn on Mar 31, 2022 5:05:25 GMT -6
9 years now. Glad people are still discovering WB! I assume you mean 9 years for the thread. The game was first released in 2009, so around 13 years for the WB. Both are amazing numbers.
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Post by jeffb on Mar 31, 2022 8:34:15 GMT -6
9 years now. Glad people are still discovering WB! I assume you mean 9 years for the thread. The game was first released in 2009, so around 13 years for the WB. Both are amazing numbers. Yep. 9 years for the thread. Last time I posted was for the 8 year mark when somebody bumped it.
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Post by machfront on Apr 1, 2022 2:18:09 GMT -6
Marv,
Number one - I hope you’re proud (as you should be), and I’m happy to read you dig Charlie’s iteration as favorably as you do. It is indeed what WB deserved all along, I feel.
Number two - Your son bought a copy of WB:FMAG at a con? Interesting. Who was selling it, I wonder? Charlie has been pretty quiet over the last couple of years. More’s the pity. Though…it’s not as if it needs any fixing. It’s finally complete and also the “evergreen” product Matt mentioned it to be many years back.
Number three - Thanks again for it. It was actually how I discovered 3LBB-only OD&D at all…back in ‘09, despite decades of being into old school D&D. 🙂 (but I’d still rather use WB:FMAG or at least the last printing of S&W:WB from BHP, than the original booklets. Heheh)
Cheers!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2022 5:02:23 GMT -6
I watched this week's Tenkars Tavern Youtube vid with Matt Finch - he mentioned that after Mythmere Games release the new Complete they may do something with Core and Whitebox
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Post by bat on Apr 10, 2022 21:37:06 GMT -6
I will be running White Box shortly. I use WB and the White Box Companion (known as Supplemental Lore for S&W Core). As these cover everything I need (plus I use things off of my own blog) and a few bits from here and there. We were playing BoL and had a messy TPK, but the group had fun.
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Post by Finarvyn on Apr 11, 2022 5:56:29 GMT -6
Number two - Your son bought a copy of WB:FMAG at a con? Interesting. Who was selling it, I wonder? It was at GaryCon. The Black Blade booth, I think, but am not 100% certain. I remember the location of the booth, but not the name.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2022 11:13:39 GMT -6
Number two - Your son bought a copy of WB:FMAG at a con? Interesting. Who was selling it, I wonder? It was at GaryCon. The Black Blade booth, I think, but am not 100% certain. I remember the location of the booth, but not the name. And now I have a campaign name for WB next year. "White Box, Black Blade"
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Post by machfront on Apr 12, 2022 6:13:26 GMT -6
It was at GaryCon. The Black Blade booth, I think, but am not 100% certain. I remember the location of the booth, but not the name. And now I have a campaign name for WB next year. "White Box, Black Blade" Oooo! Yeah, man! Arioch is watching and waiting! Also reminds me of how, in the earliest days of S&W:WB, (about 2009-2010) I wanted to do a very simple Barsoom-inspired rule set I was going to call “White Box Red Planet”. Heheh
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Post by Finarvyn on Apr 12, 2022 13:29:53 GMT -6
in the earliest days of S&W:WB, (about 2009-2010) I wanted to do a very simple Barsoom-inspired rule set I was going to call “White Box Red Planet”. I've had that title rolling through my brain for more than a decade. Now I know who I stole it from. Alternate title = MarSoom.
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Post by Punkrabbitt on Sept 24, 2022 15:22:19 GMT -6
I have finally committed to more an just a PDF!
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Post by Finarvyn on Sept 25, 2022 8:10:36 GMT -6
I have finally committed to more an just a PDF! Well, it only $5* on Amazon. Not _that_ big of a commitment. *And of that $5 I still get exactly zero. Buy one anyway!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2022 8:46:49 GMT -6
I have finally committed to more an just a PDF! Well, it only $5* on Amazon. Not _that_ big of a commitment. *And of that $5 I still get exactly zero. Buy one anyway! A true OD&D style treasure haul for all your blood, sweat and tears. It's thematic!
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Post by Vile Traveller on Sept 25, 2022 11:35:13 GMT -6
I hope some of my former students are playing it, as I left my copy in the studio library when I escaped Hong Kong!
Didn't donate it to the campus library, as it would probably have been purged under the new laws.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2022 11:51:50 GMT -6
Do you recall there being much of a tabletop gaming scene in Hong Kong? I know TTRPGs are fairly big in Japan, but "Call of Cthulhu" is much bigger than D&D there, by sales volume. China is a whole different country, though.
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Post by Punkrabbitt on Sept 25, 2022 11:52:20 GMT -6
I have finally committed to more an just a PDF! Well, it only $5* on Amazon. Not _that_ big of a commitment. *And of that $5 I still get exactly zero. Buy one anyway! Ouch! Would you like me to PayPal you $5
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Post by Vile Traveller on Sept 25, 2022 13:06:07 GMT -6
Do you recall there being much of a tabletop gaming scene in Hong Kong? I know TTRPGs are fairly big in Japan, but "Call of Cthulhu" is much bigger than D&D there, by sales volume. China is a whole different country, though. And Hong Kong was not China until 3 years ago ... Yeah, there were lots of RPG groups organising through Meetup. Mostly Pathfinder then 5E, obviously, but quite an eclectic bunch. There was a Games Workshop when I was there, and a wargames club where some members played RPGs. IIRC there were a lot of expats involved, though, so I don't know how that's going now that many of them have left - my main group broke up after 2/3 of us went "home". I know one of the groups I played with, doing Saturday afternoon one-shots, is still going. Tom McGrenery of Porcupine Publishing (and the Fear of a Black Dragon podcast) is one of the organisers.
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Post by Finarvyn on Sept 25, 2022 15:44:43 GMT -6
Well, it only $5* on Amazon. Not _that_ big of a commitment. *And of that $5 I still get exactly zero. Buy one anyway! Ouch! Would you like me to PayPal you $5 Nope. I signed my rights to the game over to Matt years ago because he wanted ownership of all S&W versions. I'm just glad folks still play the thing. Also, no point in you paying twice.
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Post by peelseel2 on Sept 24, 2023 19:50:05 GMT -6
I still have a draft pdf of White Box and a White Box v1 pdf. I discovered White Box before I even considered 0e. I didn't even run 0e until 2019. What a great campaign covid ruined.
I did not know FMAG existed until 2021 or 2022. Comparing the original and FMAG, there are not a lot of changes, just the same game with some expansion. FMAG is so well put together. I am running two 5th edition campaigns right now, but yearn to run FMAG—one of these days.
Thank you Finarvyn for a wonderful game. Thank you Wanderer for a great presentation of it.
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Post by rredmond on Sept 25, 2023 4:23:38 GMT -6
Thank you Finarvyn for a wonderful game. Thank you Wanderer for a great presentation of it. That’s a compliment worth more than 5 bucks!
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Post by stevemitchell on Mar 25, 2024 20:29:28 GMT -6
A Fourth Edition of Swords & Wizardry Whitebox, published by Mythmere Games, just popped up on DriveThruRPG. Both PDF and print versions are available. Fin (or whoever), what's new/different/changed since 3E?
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Post by jeffb on Mar 26, 2024 3:43:22 GMT -6
A Fourth Edition of Swords & Wizardry Whitebox, published by Mythmere Games, just popped up on DriveThruRPG. Both PDF and print versions are available. Fin (or whoever), what's new/different/changed since 3E? Thanks for the fyi- Ive not looked yet, but I recall Matt saying he was going to release under a different license because of the OGL fiasco, so maybe that?
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Post by Finarvyn on Mar 26, 2024 4:08:12 GMT -6
If anyone buys one of those 4E WB books, can you check to see if my name is still listed as author or co-author or something like that? It's supposed to be there, but I'm not interested in buying one to check. (I should have asked Matt for a comp copy of any version he does. Oh, well. Neat thought a decade or so late.)
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Post by rhialto on Mar 26, 2024 4:51:46 GMT -6
You can see a preview on DriveThru, and yes, your name is listed on the title page, and the credits.
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Post by hamurai on Mar 26, 2024 6:12:55 GMT -6
Reading the 4E ToC and scrolling through 3E I'd say there's hardly anything new in it. The Running the Game chapter is longer (2 pages in 3E, ~20 in 4E) and has new topics. The page difference here makes up for the around 20 pages difference between 3E and 4E.
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Post by Finarvyn on Mar 26, 2024 8:00:33 GMT -6
You can see a preview on DriveThru, and yes, your name is listed on the title page, and the credits. Good to know. I know that some third-party products that build on the WB chassis doesn't have me mentioned anywhere and when I ask them about it they are surprised that anyone but Matt did anything to write WB so it makes me wonder if some of the versions don't have my name on it. I don't care to make any money on it, but I do like the credit.
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