If you're like me, you've been waiting for White Star to get a POD version on rpgnow. Well, it's up so excuses are gone for why I don't have it. I went ahead and ordered copies of Tranzar's Redoubt and Class Compendium in print while I was at it.
I really need to get my B/X S&WC hybrid game going soon. Maybe Sunday afternoons so my wife can play (she loves S&WC).
Also, really interested now to finally see what sort of lighting in a bottle White Star managed to capture. I've seen a ton of praise, a load of PDFs, the thing has hovered in rpgnow's top 10 slot for what feels like a lifetime, and literally only one negative review from someone who I know tends to prefer a more "D&D 3.5/4E" approach to his games. So...I'll write more maybe next week after I get a proper read-through this weekend.
Class Compendium, also by Barrel Rider games, is a Labyrinth Lord and OSR-compatible class book that looks damn meaty, been waiting for it's print option for a while.
Tranzar's Redoubt...I don't know what it's about yet, just that it has some cool art:
I recently ordered the print version of White Star myself.
ReplyDeletePlease share your thoughts about the Class Compendium, I've been especially curious about that one!
Been reading the PDF a bit....let's just say this thing has a lot of classes. And some "theme classes" too....you could, for example, run an entire Alice in Wonderland game with some of these classes, or a urban Lankhmar-style adventure, steampunk, etc.
DeleteAlso figured out why White Star is so popular: this game is essentially a tool for running games based on Star Crash or Buck Rodgers....if Traveller was the perfect emulator for scifi books in the late 60's and 70's, then White Star is the perfect emulator for films of the same period.
I agree with you about White Star, I do wish it had race and class separate and variable weapon damage, but other than that I think it is awesome!
DeleteYou've got me intrigued about the Class Compendium...please share more about it if you have the time/interest. Having to stretch my gaming dollars, so trying to make my purchases really count. Thanks!
I hope you enjoy Tranzar's Redoubt. I shoved a lot of illos into it.
ReplyDeleteI'll have to blog about it soon....I like it, and am planning to run it with 5E soon! The art is great, too....reminds me of Mike Mignola's style.
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