When I first looked at Blue Holme I really wasn't expecting much but really this is like coming home for me. Dreamscape did a faboulous job of bring back the magic of Holmes into a concise and well organized package with just the right amount of nostalgia and a better dose of old school gamesmanship that will take PC's from First level and beyond. And all of the old favorites from Wizard to Fighter along with Thief and Cleric are right here mixed in with Dwarf and Elf as well.
There's something refreshing to me to look at the bang up job that Dreamscape did with this material. Although this rule book emulates the Holmes this re imagining of it brings with it certain amount of well thought out focus and design slight of hand.
This is a perfect game to let kids cut their teeth on or have your relatives who have never played OD&D get into. This version is one of the best emulators to come down the pike in a dogs age and the basic version of OD&D is one of a select retroclones that has a very strong core audience already for it.
With
everything you need in one rulesbook and not anything to get in your
way as a DM or player its easy to see why this edition and retroclone of
Holmes matters. There's now a complete version of Blue Holmes coming
out in the near future making these rules a nice quick set of pick up
and go weekend play through rules. I know that new players are not the
ones who are going to look at these rules but the more experienced DM's
and players who want to have a bit of that old lighting in the memories
and a D20 between their fingers. You could do a lot worse then to
download and go with this great little re imaginational retroclone in
you DM's arsenal. A very nice retroclone rules set and one of the best
basic set ups to come down the pike in a while. I'm looking forward to
Dreamscape's version of the Complet rules.All in all this was a really
nice trip down memory lane updated for a more streamlined version of
Holmes style play.
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