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As I'm reading "Adventurer, Conqueror, King", a little voice in the back of my head keeps saying, "Don't waste time/energy reading any more, because it will all be forgotten once the DCC RPG comes out. Although ACKs is very good, the DCC RPG is more your style. Forget this ACKs thing ...

The world's a big place so physically getting the word out is not going to be very efficient. Obviously the most efficient way is to use the Internet, and that mainly means forums and blogs with podcasts as a third line. The buzz material has already been and gone (beta, product announcements, art p...

And now "Adventurer, Conqueror, King" has just been released. Old School meets a bit of new school.

The Greyhawk Grognard blog has this extract which reminds me very much of the way magic should be viewed in DCC RPG. I have no idea where the extract comes from, most likely the Greyhawk Grognard's own writing.

Over on rpg.net there is one of those inevitable threads about what you're looking forward to in 2012.

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Currently 81 responses and I'm the only one so far to mention DCC RPG.

Whatcha waiting for? Get on over there and remind the world that DCC RPG is coming soon!

It's the business model that WotC uses that keeps me from becoming interested and returning to official D&D. I hate planned obsolescence. If a game is "all that" than why re-invent the game after three to five years? In twelve years WotC has produced 3.0, 3.5, and 4th editions. Sales ...

The hub-bub about D&DN has been interesting to watch (both heartening and sickening at the same time), but mostly it has rekindled in me the desire to get the DCC RPG rules finally in print. The only thing that rivals it is looking forward to the 1e AD&D reprints (assuming I can figure out h...

I playtested 5e his weekend and I saw influences from all editions and several D&D like games. Yes, the more I read, the more influences from other games I see. Mike Mearls even stated they've been playing Trail of Cthulhu which I can definitely see in some of the new rules they've talked about...

I've been reading the twitter live feeds and live blogs associated with the D&D Experience. Most info (granted, little that there is) is coming from coverage of the seminars they are running. What's struck me is how much resonance there is with the DCC RPG; magic should be mysterious, magic item...

what you will eventually get will be a beautiful layout, thoroughly play tested rules, great art, and a document that has been edited and proofread by many sets of eyes . This. If there's one thing that will stop me playing an otherwise good game, it's poor editing and proof reading (the one reason...

Hmmm, but can this work for non-USA stores, e.g., Leisure Games in London, UK? and there will be a way to pre-order through my local game store, right? Yes! There will be a downloadable pre-order form that will allow you to get the same offer through a brick-and-mortar store, at the same price. Actu...

I've been reading the Age of Treason setting book from Mongoose for their Legend system. Non gaming, I've been reading The New Traditional Woodworker; http://www.amazon.co.uk/New-Traditional-Woodworker-Tool-Skill/dp/1440304289/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1316116075&sr=8-1 Great book if you love w...

This is good news to me and I applaud the artistic/business judgement it took. If you look back through the forum posts, I think I was the first or one of the first to suggest a longer development time would be desirable. So full marks from me! While I wait for the DCC RPG to finally be born, I have...

Hmmm, well I'd have to disagree that there is anything such as luck in the real world. It's all just probability.

Maybe instead of a natural 1 the rule could be that a natural 20 gives one either a critical hit or allows the character to regain a lost luck point. The idea of benefiting from a fumble just seems kind of creepy. :wink: +d6 I was also instinctively thinking that regaining Luck should follow a demo...

shaggykorean wrote:

limited run leatherette cover variant for DCC RPG?

yes please!

I forgot to say "Yes please" to this as well. By any chance would this be the same as the Mongoose RuneQuest II books?

I agree with all of your points. I had mentioned initially that the GM could control this by making things interesting for a player who tries it. Never the less, in my experience many players pervert rules in unexpected ways (my current gaming group is in now way included in this). I'm just voicing ...

I'm not sure you understand my point or possibly I've misunderstood Joseph's point. You spend a Luck point which under the current rules would be permanently gone. But under the proposed rules, the player would know they'll get that spent luck point back the next time they roll a fumble. On average,...

Hmmm, with a 1 in 20 chance of a fumble, I can see Luck points being spent like water. Then, rather than for life-and-death situations, Luck will be used for trivial things. I can also see some metagaming going on where a player spends some luck and then picks random fights with insignificants just ...

Firstly, thanks for the update. I keep reminding myself that you have a day job as well, so my hat's off to you for juggling job plus passion. Question : Will there be any decrease in the probability (and so frequency) of corruption? It has been a concern of many that corruption will happen too ofte...

jmucchiello wrote:3. Designer comments won't reappear until the book goes to print and there's nothing to do but wait.

No way, they'll be too busy churning out adventure modules.

I think you'll find surprise mechanic is a purely qualitative one, viz. "If the characters were not aware of their opponents (or vice versa), they are surprised." rather than a quantitative one (involving dice rolls and a DC).

Yep I'd like to see a T-shirt made that says, "OSR: Roll some dice then make stuff up"

It looks to me like the GG crew are not writing on these forums as much as they were when the beta rules were initially released. I think this is a good sign as they're probably too busy beavering away on revising/updating/correcting the manuscript. Plus, Joseph has a day job to keep an eye on as we...

Hmmm, I understand the mechanistic differences between the two methods, but it still doesn't seem right to me. e.g., PC is struck down to 0 HP and falls. The cleric sees this and tries to get to him but is intercepted, and so delayed, by an enemy. After finally dispatching the enemy, the cleric stat...