So far I am pretty pleased with the sales. The natural question now is "What's next?"
Well, I have some plans!
Swords & Wizardry is not a game I embraced at first. Sure it is fun, but I didn't see why people kept calling it an OD&D clone. It has some design elements similar to OD&D but it is still pretty far removed from my memories of actually playing OD&D. In truth, Spellcraft & Swordplay is much, much closer to OD&D than Swords & Wizardry is.
That all being said I stopped worrying about what Swords & Wizardry wasn't and focused on what it is. What it is is a surprisingly fun, easy and fast game that still feels like D&D. You can thank White Star for that really.
What does this mean for you and my work?
There will be witch books for Swords & Wizardry.
The first is for Swords & Wizardry Whitebox. I am going to focus on rebuilding the witch class from the ground up to fit S&W. There will be plenty of new material; I want this to be worth my time in doing it and your money in buying it. I also want it to be compatible with my Basic Witch class, so that they can be used together.
There will be overlap between this new book, the Witch and Eldritch Witchery. The new book will feature a new Witch Tradition, appropriately called "The White Witch Tradition" and have new spells and magic items. I have not decided whether or not this book should include monsters.
Next will be another book for +James Spahn's The Hero's Journey Fantasy Roleplaying Game. This book will be very, very similar to the Whitebox witch. I won't lie, this book will be about 90% the same as the White Box Witch. It will have its own Tradition as well, the "Hedge Witch".
Finally, I'll pull everything together from everything I have ever written and put that into a "Complete Witch" for Swords & Wizardry Complete. This will contain all the spells, magic items, powers and Traditions of all my books. In particular, I want this to be used with the +Stacy Dellorfano led 3rd printing of S&W Complete. Plus using my witch in +Elizabeth Chaipraditkul's S&W
My plan is to bundle these together so that anyone that really, really wants all these books can get them at a reasonable price. I also want to make it so that if you choose to buy only one book you have a set of complete rules and something unique the other books do not have.
I have other projects that NEED to be finished first, though, so don't expect these books in the next few weeks or even months.
I am very conscious of the fact that this feels like I am "going back to the same well" too many times. But this is something I need to write, for me. If you enjoy it too, then fantastic. I would love it if you enjoyed it too.
So let me know what you think below.
Is there something you want to see in these books?
Is there something you DON'T want to see in these books?
2 comments:
Dang it! Oh well, I can wait for the Complete Witch. I really can. Right, Nancy?
Less is more. That's what I think.
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