This week on the Vintage RPG Podcast, we look at The Complete Warlock, one of the earliest hacks of the original D&D — the rules were compiled from a homebrew California-area game in 1975 and finally saw print in 1978, only to be buried by the then-fresh Advanced Dungeons & Dragons. It’s still an interesting system, especially considering it corrects OD&D in a lot of similar ways Gygax did with AD&D. It also has a number of mechanical innovations that anticipate systems seen later in RuneQuest and Rolemaster and many other games. It’s an interesting time capsule!
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Hey guys. When you started talking about Danzig and Warlock, I thought you were going to tell the Youth of Today story. They were recording their second album at Chung King Studios at the same time the Danzig was recording their first album. YoT were on a budget so they were doing overnight sessions while Danzig had the day. They would leave graffiti behind to screw with Danzig, including, “Danzig is a warlock.” Good times, I’m sure.
I’d never heard this, that is an awesome story!
happy fifth anniversary!