Vance's Dying Earth has to be the coolest setting to ever exist in a novel. They read like poetry! Enjoying the DCC box set, so glad it's getting some coverage here on youtube.
3:08 same! I was just wondering if there’s an easy way to use my pdf of the core book to print off smaller “books” breaking up the character stuff, the spells, etc. maybe they’ll release that one day
Seeing Severian in the "what is" illustration made me VERY excited to play this setting- the mention of Numenera, too, immediately has me scheming about all sorts of Wolfe-ian possibilities!!!!
woo Jack Vance and Dying Earth. Went into it to find out why Gygax used Vancian magic for D&D, and finished the books with a fearful distrust of wizards. Love your videos! Still haven't managed to play a game of DCC yet, but I'm optimistic.
Just a precision, @07:45, that is from The Book of The New Sun, by Gene Wolfe. Another amazing dying world sci-fantasy series. Highly recommended, and would mesh well with Dying Earth
I ordered after the Kickstarter from Goodman. The cons: no holofoil printing and the pros: I only waited 2 weeks. I love the Dying Earth stories and can't wait to run this! I hope we get to see you run it or play in it.
I’m reading the compleat dying earth series for the first time and am loving it. I’ve only played 5e lost mine of phandelver and ran princes of the apocalypse (up to level 9) and the essentials kit. What I’m missing in running D&D is passion and I believe if I try DCC dying earth I would find it. Who knows maybe someone would run a little content for me to play in at some point. I think I’ll pick this up and hope to use it someday.
On a Vance binge at the moment fantastic author, id recommend Splatterlight publishing for anyone looking to find his work in print they have reprinted all his work which is incredibly helpful for his more obscure ones
The Spatterlight Press stuff are the definitive editions released in conjunction with his son, John Vance. I whole-heartedly second your recommendation
The Dying Earth series is a must-read for understanding the genesis of D&D and makes an amazing campaign setting - it’s deliciously unsettling and wonky - I’ve never played DCC though so what’s the minimum you need to buy alongside this boxset?
DCC has one core book and uses some "funky" dice. The book is sometimes available in paperback, but it looks like it is sold out at the moment. The hardcover ranges in price from $40, for the "blue door cover" to $60 for the artist variant covers. The contents of the books are the same though. A set of just the "funky" dice (d3, d5, d7, d14, d16, d24, d30) runs $11 and a full set runs about $35 for a Goodman Games branded set (which include bonus DCC content on the inside of the dice tube insert). If you want to try the game before investing in dice, there is a free app, The Crawler's Companion, which includes a DCC dice roller as well as a number of other handy tools. Finally, if you want to take a look before diving in, the Quickstart Rules are available as a free PDF at goodman-games.com/store/product/dcc-rpg-quick-start-rules-intro-adventures-pdf/
I haven't read them yet so I'm unsure. But if it follows the Lankhmar format they are independent adventures that you could string into a loose campaign.
The only thing that scares me is that "vancian" language... I don't even know if native speakers understand it, let alone a non-native English speaker like myself. :D
Some of the language is florid, some of it is just plain made up, but in most cases you can understand it in context. I know that Vance's works were translated into a slew of languages, maybe you can find a suitable translation of the novels, that might help. Also, as a a non-native English speaker, maybe read through the adventure and highlight the weird stuff. You could then figure out the most grand/archaic/bombastic/over the top way to say it in your native language and go from there. The idea of non-English Vancian really gets my mind turning...
Vance's Dying Earth has to be the coolest setting to ever exist in a novel. They read like poetry! Enjoying the DCC box set, so glad it's getting some coverage here on youtube.
Indeed! My 30+ year old homebrew started as dying earth. Big fan of Vance’s sci-fi/fantasy settings and world building.
3:08 same! I was just wondering if there’s an easy way to use my pdf of the core book to print off smaller “books” breaking up the character stuff, the spells, etc. maybe they’ll release that one day
Seeing Earl Otus return for this series is so exciting
He is a massive Jack Vance/Dying Earth fan. His enthusiasm for the project has been awesome!
You said it! 🎉
DCC really fits dying earth
Seeing Severian in the "what is" illustration made me VERY excited to play this setting- the mention of Numenera, too, immediately has me scheming about all sorts of Wolfe-ian possibilities!!!!
Love this content. DCC is great!
Thanks!
woo Jack Vance and Dying Earth. Went into it to find out why Gygax used Vancian magic for D&D, and finished the books with a fearful distrust of wizards.
Love your videos! Still haven't managed to play a game of DCC yet, but I'm optimistic.
Just a precision, @07:45, that is from The Book of The New Sun, by Gene Wolfe. Another amazing dying world sci-fantasy series. Highly recommended, and would mesh well with Dying Earth
Thanks.
I ordered after the Kickstarter from Goodman. The cons: no holofoil printing and the pros: I only waited 2 weeks. I love the Dying Earth stories and can't wait to run this! I hope we get to see you run it or play in it.
I just got mine this past weekend. I cannot wait to go through it and run my players through these stories.
I’m reading the compleat dying earth series for the first time and am loving it. I’ve only played 5e lost mine of phandelver and ran princes of the apocalypse (up to level 9) and the essentials kit.
What I’m missing in running D&D is passion and I believe if I try DCC dying earth I would find it. Who knows maybe someone would run a little content for me to play in at some point. I think I’ll pick this up and hope to use it someday.
Getting it as soon as possible
Loved the books
I look forward to meeting Turjan of Miir.
I'm so stoked to get my box set in the mail! You're video only made me more excited!
On a Vance binge at the moment fantastic author, id recommend Splatterlight publishing for anyone looking to find his work in print they have reprinted all his work which is incredibly helpful for his more obscure ones
The Spatterlight Press stuff are the definitive editions released in conjunction with his son, John Vance. I whole-heartedly second your recommendation
I recently reread Dying Earth on my kindle. So didn't have to break out my dictionary.
Dying Earth??!! Yes, please!
This is my favorite aesthetic / genre for playing D&D type games. Thinking about getting this to mine for material for other OSR games!
Reading my way through this now. Finished all the adventures too date. Will be my next campaign setting I run (in 5e).
More videos on it, please!
Thanks for sharing this information.
Great video thank you
I’m happy to see someone doing fantasy rpg videos that aren’t d&d or pathfinder. Would you consider doing some castles and crusades videos ?
I really want to get to this!!!
I'm sure it will play great and so far it has been an enjoyable read! They did a great job with the adaptation.
The Dying Earth series is a must-read for understanding the genesis of D&D and makes an amazing campaign setting - it’s deliciously unsettling and wonky - I’ve never played DCC though so what’s the minimum you need to buy alongside this boxset?
DCC has one core book and uses some "funky" dice.
The book is sometimes available in paperback, but it looks like it is sold out at the moment. The hardcover ranges in price from $40, for the "blue door cover" to $60 for the artist variant covers. The contents of the books are the same though.
A set of just the "funky" dice (d3, d5, d7, d14, d16, d24, d30) runs $11 and a full set runs about $35 for a Goodman Games branded set (which include bonus DCC content on the inside of the dice tube insert). If you want to try the game before investing in dice, there is a free app, The Crawler's Companion, which includes a DCC dice roller as well as a number of other handy tools.
Finally, if you want to take a look before diving in, the Quickstart Rules are available as a free PDF at goodman-games.com/store/product/dcc-rpg-quick-start-rules-intro-adventures-pdf/
I believe you need the core DCC book.
If you liked Dying Earth don't sleep on his "Planet of Adventure" either.
Omg so sad I misses this one 😭
Regarding the adventures, are they linked with one another to create a campaign or are they independent from one another ?
I haven't read them yet so I'm unsure. But if it follows the Lankhmar format they are independent adventures that you could string into a loose campaign.
There's also an official Dying Earth RPG.
Yeah I picked up some of the PDFs from DriveThru, I was curious.
@@JocularJunction As much as I love DCC, I have to say I like the Dying Earth RPG better.
DCC Rule book is too big. I wish they'd break it up. Not going to lie. Its unwieldly. Thank for covering this. Was thinking about buying it.
A lot of books, espcially those from kickstarters, should have been broken into a couple of books. 300+ pages is just awkward to use properly.
The only thing that scares me is that "vancian" language... I don't even know if native speakers understand it, let alone a non-native English speaker like myself. :D
It's tricky for sure
Some of the language is florid, some of it is just plain made up, but in most cases you can understand it in context. I know that Vance's works were translated into a slew of languages, maybe you can find a suitable translation of the novels, that might help. Also, as a a non-native English speaker, maybe read through the adventure and highlight the weird stuff. You could then figure out the most grand/archaic/bombastic/over the top way to say it in your native language and go from there.
The idea of non-English Vancian really gets my mind turning...