They've produced two modules (with a third due out soon, I believe) and
apparently are considering making their own OSR game
What
would you all think about Mischief, Inc. releasing our own OSR Core
Rule Set? We're thinking about something based on a hybrid of the 1st
and 2nd editions of the world's most popular advanced fantasy role
playing game with a few innovations relatively new to the rpg industry,
along with one or two house rule elements that we have found to enhance
our games from a 1980s-90s time frame.
We obviously can't give
much detail at this point, but we'd certainly be interested to know if
the OSR Community is still looking for the heir apparent, or if folks
have generally settled in with their favorite by this point.
Such
an effort would of necessity require a Kickstarter campaign. On the
upside, we'd not even begin the campaign until all three manuscripts
were complete or at least nearly complete. And we'd be able to pay some
of the industry's best artists from the 80s-90s era to illustrate the
books. We are thinking of three case-bound volumes, a Player's book, a
Game Master's book, and a Monster book. Perhaps each would have its own
KS campaign, or perhaps we could do all three at once.
Please tell us what you think via these forums, our Facebook page, or our email address!
As I've said twice,
once on Dragonsfoot and once on their forums, I think there is room for another retro-clone/OSR game if it's AD&D based, since there aren't a lot of those
(OSRIC, For Gold and Glory, Myth & Magic, Adventures Dark & Deep), and honestly, none that I think solve the problems with 1e.
Myth & Magic is a good attempt (albeit more 2e-ish) but its Kickstarter was a disaster
1e is probably my favorite version, but the classes aren't balanced (as Roger Moore showed in Dragon), the Bard is completely bonkers, there are annoying level limits and restrictions, and the thief just sucks unless you multi-class as fighter/thief or some-such.
