It’s a funny thing, but with the end of D&D 3e, I seem to be now buying some of the OGL products.

Oh, I wanted to before, but being in rural Australia does make it quite a lot more difficult to get those products. Especially when you’re not being paid very much and you don’t have a credit card.

I’m being paid (slightly) more these days than throughout most of the 3e era, and I now have a credit card. I am also demonstrating why I didn’t want one before. Heh. I haven’t gone too mad, although the initial reason for getting one (buying a new computer) keeps getting put back as I find new games to purchase.

When I get home today, I should find ASL Action Pack #4 waiting for me, for instance.

(I have played 5 solo games of ASL in the last week – I’m definitely getting my money’s worth from that game!)

Castles & Crusades has been my big OGL purchase of late, thanks very much to the Castle Zagyg line of products, which are fuelling my Friday night games. I’ve also picked up a few pdfs of the adventures – and I hope the hardcopy of the rules arrives sometime soon.

I’ve finally subscribed to Pathfinder as well, just in time for the third iteration. I’m very curious to see what I’ll find. The reason I haven’t been getting it before involves that lack of credit card, as well as being deluged with adventures I hadn’t read, let alone run. However, I really like adventures and I want to know what Paizo is up to, so here I go.

The recent sale of the Dungeon Crawl Classics of Goodman Games has also netted me a few titles. (A couple in C&C versions, funnily enough). Mostly as PDFs, but that’s ok. It does make me want a laptop for easier reading, though. The DCCs hold a funny spot; some irritate me with their old-school feel, while others enthrall me with the same. The adventure hooks have a lot to do with it. I don’t really have much time for really goofy plothooks or “we want to get wealthy” plotlines. The art can really irritate me. (I really don’t like Brad McDevitt’s artwork).

Meanwhile, I’m getting most of the 4e releases of Wizards. I may well get some of other publishers, when I work out who is doing what!