Sunday, June 2, 2013

OSR Distribution CD-ROM?

I have run plenty of demos in my time.




Hmm. That sounds like an idea.

Each game would need some promotional "Ad" copy written.


Off the top of my head I think we should include:

Would anyone be interested in such a thing?


Reese Laundry said...

It sounds like a an excellent idea to me, Tim. There are enough programmer types among us that someone should be able to whip up a nice loader for it.

Once there is an ISO hosted someplace, anyone running an event at their FLGS could burn a number of copies and either hand it out to the participants, or provide them to the store owner to sell for $5 each or something, so the store gets something out of it. That's the problem with the OSR stuff - usually there is no profit, and therefor motivation - for the stores.

BTW, I'd add SWN to the list as a future/space option.

Matthew Schmeer said...

Cool idea. I'd also toss in a few free adventures/scenarios/modules and a few free add-on sourcebooks. The idea is to provide folks not just the rules, but a bigger taste of the OSR flavor.

Matthew Schmeer said...

a follow-up: I have over 12 gigs of free OSR stuff archived on backups , so if you can't find something online chances are I have a copy and can dig it up for you.

Dennis Laffey said...

You have my permission to add Flying Swordsmen to the CD. I'll be happy to write up some "ad copy" for it too.

Timothy S. Brannan said...

Let me try to get a mock up later today or tomorrow.

Charlie Warren said...

That is an awesome idea that I can not believe has not been done already! The CD would be very handy.

Konsumterra said...

Great idea - some spin off games like post apoc and sf one to give options would be nice. If a family friendly version possible could give to libraries, youth centers, hospitals, military bases, give away at zine fairs etc this is gold!

Konsumterra said...

you proably dont need it but id do a cd book zine if you need it

Dyson Logos said...

Hell yes.

Throw in the first five copies of Dyson's Dodecahedron -

Timothy S. Brannan said...

The first thing I need to do is get a proof-of-concept up and then seek some permissions.

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