The Wizard of Oz: The RPG?

[knarf]

Originally Posted by Rocket Man

And if I recall correctly, you're talking to the author of that one (check out his sig) ....

That would be me. Thanks for noticing.

[Rocket Man]

Originally Posted by knarf

That would be me. Thanks for noticing.

Absolutely! And when finances are a little easier (right now, I'm even barring myself from $8 PDF purchases), you will have yourself another customer ...

[PK]

Originally Posted by Rocket Man

Absolutely! And when finances are a little easier (right now, I'm even barring myself from $8 PDF purchases), you will have yourself another customer ...

You won't regret it. When looking at the Pakistani relief bundle, the books fell into four categories for me:

1. Hey, I was going to buy this anyway!
2. Looks interesting enough that I might buy this on its own.
3. This'd be nice to have for free -- I might like it.
4. Meh.

For the record, Adventures in Oz fell into category 2.

My logic behind the bundle was that if sum(cat(1)::normalprice) > $25, then I'd have been an idiot not to get the bundle, and so I did. But after reading through the stuff, I've had to recategorize after the fact:

1. OMG, this was awesome. So glad I got this.
2. This was really good and useful.
3. Kind of disappointing (or "just what I expected" if I had low hopes).
4. Bleh.

Oddly, more than a few things from category 1 dropped into category 2 -- I'm still glad I picked 'em up, but after reading them, I'm glad I got 'em for the bundled discount. Conversely, a few category 2 or 3 things jumped into category 1! Adventures in Oz and Don't Rest Your Head come right to mind; I ended up being really impressed with both.

Knarf, I gave AIO a short, 5-star review on DriveThruRPG -- well-deserved. For anyone reading this, if you're looking for a simple system that really tries to capture the spirit of Oz, this is the one to check out.

[knarf]

Thank you so much for the review, Rev! I've gotten a few star ratings on the game, but that's the first time a buyer has left a review for me. Off-site reviews have been mostly from the Oz fandom, so getting a gamer's eye view was valuable as well.

[ak_aramis]

Yeah, I've not read it in detail, but AIO is very clearly written from a skim, and works hard to present it straight. It was the "Wait, what's this? I've got to see it since it's in the bundle..."

I bought the bundle for Starblazer; everything else was bonus. AIO was a pleasant surprise.

[RobKamm]

Okay, my curiosity is piqued. Before I create an account with yet another online store, are there any plans to sell the game through e23?

[knarf]

Originally Posted by RobKamm

Okay, my curiosity is piqued. Before I create an account with yet another online store, are there any plans to sell the game through e23?

Back when I was getting all of my sales accounts set up, I did send an inquiry to e23, but I never got a reply. Perhaps I should try again.

Until then, it is available at a few other sites, too. And if you want the print version, you can get that over at Lulu.com.

[martin_rook]

Originally Posted by quarkstomper

I've run games set in Oz a couple of times in Dimension-Hopping campaigns. The Oz books have a wealth of fanciful characters and settings.

"All right team, here is your mission. We've ideintified a Centrum intervention on Baum-1. Ruddego the Nome King is -- Stop laughing. I said Ruddego the Nome King is leading an army of Winkies against the -- I said STOP LAUGHING!!!"

I hope you've read the original dimension-hopping Oz adventure by Philip Jose Farmer, A Barnstormer in Oz.

I pulled it off the shelf of a used bookstore, flipped to a random page and read: Hank held the .45 in both hands, and he loosed three bullets. The two behind the simian which had attacked Nabya fell. The Winkie and the Monkey were rolling over and over on the ground. Unable to shoot from a distance without endangering Nabya, Hank ran up to them. When he got the chance, he fired, and the bullet went through the back of the creature's head and blew its face all over Nabya. The surviving Flying Monkey ran off but collapsed before it got sixty feet away...

Sold!

I can't believe I haven't managed to use Oz in a campaign yet, though I've had plans to before.