GangBusters News part 2

One of the wisest persons I have ever known had a favorite quote: "Life is choices". And, indeed it is. Due to family health issues, I am forced to acknowledge that I do NOT have sufficient time or energy to undertake a revision, reprint or manage a Kickstarter campaign for the RPG "GangBusters". I choose to be a cancer caregiver rather than a game publisher. No matter how I evaluated or reevaluated it, this was an either/or situation.

I appreciate  all the feedback, public & private, I have received over the past several weeks concerning "GangBusters". There are many interesting proposals for scenarios or modules for the game. I suggest and encourage you to pursue publishing these adventure ideas yourself.

An interesting suggestion, was to do a Designer's Edition. Well, providing Designer's Notes can be accomplished pretty simply and will be done, as time permits,  here, on this blog, and on the OD&D Discussion Board's Gangbusters Board, with Marv's permission and help. With hospital access to the Internet, it is much easier to discuss gaming than produce a game.

Further, at this time, I have no plans to sell my rights to "GangBusters". The game is available at between $10 -$20 on Ebay frequently, and a visit to a flea market this weekend turned up a copy with the first module for $3.00. If you want a copy of "GangBusters" and don't have it, you're not trying hard enough or asking the right people. I am NOT one of those right people.

 Don't let my decision discourage you from continuing efforts to revitalize interest in "GangBusters". You, the players & Judges, always have been the future of this game !

Roaring20s Game

Early entries in this blog showed the earliest rules for "Gangbusters". Since that time, I have uncovered the next edition of the edited rules for the game and they are available for your perusal. These pages are provided as historical reference and to provide a glimpse at the process of game design. All rights are reserved.

Roaring20s Game.pdf

Gangbusters by Post delayed 6 weeks

Gangbusters game delayed. Click here for the news

last words, Have a Happy Labor Day weekend

Labor Day weekend...aah sweet melancholy (or the Spanish might say "Alegria"). But, the weather's cooler, day's getting shorter and one of the last of my file boxes is opened. Several dungeons done with #2 pencil decades ago are uncovered and are unfortunately a well faded blur of nothingness. But, then nothing says 1980s like a Dot Matrix printer. There in a dusty file folder is a never before published Adventure for Gangbusters by Rick Krebs. All rights are reserved, but feel free to share in my FUN and memories.

Download GBpdf.pdf

a fitting tune for the weekend.
"Famous Last Words" by Billy Joel

So you want to be a Game Designer ? pt 12

Top 10 Reasons to Become a Game Designer

So You Want to be a Game Designer ? pt 11

So You Want to be a Game Designer ? pt 10

So you want to be a Game Designer ? pt 9

Historical Note: On May 30th, 1982, Gamer's Guild, the game store I owned, went out of business.

So you want to be a Game Designer ? pt 8

So You Want to be a Game Designer ? pt 7

So you want to be a Game Designer ? part 6

So You Want to be a Game Designer ? part 5

So you want to be a Game Designer ? part 4

So you want to be a Game Designer ? part 3

So you want to be a Game Designer ? part 2

So you want to be a Game Designer ?

The Quest continues

Onward

One step at a time

Today, Saturday, June 20th is Free RPG Day at your friendly neighborhood game store/shop/shoppe. As a former game store owner, I strongly encourage you to visit your favorite game store and participate in the day's activities. List of participating Game Stores .

1978 Foreword: B20s

" As America entered the 1920s, historians described her as "a fairyland", a "fantasy world". The "Great War" was behind her, a "return to normalcy" was at hand, and every American saw prosperity ahead. The decade that followed saw the emergence of Jazz, the widespread availability of the automobile, Babe Ruth and Prohibition. From 1920 to 1933, the 18th Amendment to the Constituion of the United States and its enablement, the Volstead Act stated "no person shall manufacture, sell, barter, transport, import, export, deliver, or furnish any intoxicating liquor except as authorized by this act". During this period, it became a popular pastime for every citizen to circumvent the law. This activity literally bankrolled the entire underground world for thirteen years, at the end of which, organized crime was a part of American life."

" It was the era of John Dillinger, "Baron" Herman K. Lamm, "Scarface" Al Capone, "Pretty Boy" Floyd, "Baby Face" Nelson, "Ma" Barker, and Bonnie & Clyde. It was also the time of Eliot Ness and the "Untouchables", Melvin Purvis, J. Edgar Hoover, Sam Spade, Philip Marlowe, and a host of others, real and imaginary, who fought crime and injustice wherever they found it."

" Above all, the Bloody Twenties was designed to be a fun experience. Remember to treat it as such, and have fun and enjoy it."

Tomorrow, Saturday, June 20th is Free RPG Day at your friendly neighborhood game store/shop/shoppe. As a former game store owner, I strongly encourage you to visit your favorite game store and participate in the day's activities. List of participating Game Stores .