Crown of Ruin

Statistics: Swords & Wizardry White Box

Core Game Ratings

Rating: 5.95 / Ranking: 1439

These ratings are based on 5 ratings with 2.66 average weight.

This is compared to an index-wide 3.64 average ratings and 1.98 average weight.

This rating earns a low level of trust because of its low level of input.

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Content Ratings

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A Quick Primer for Old School Gaming Composite:

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Swords & Wizardry WhiteBox Book II of IV: Spells Composite:

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Swords & Wizardry WhiteBox Book IV of IV: Treasure Composite:

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Core Game Comments

All User Comments

Rating User Comments
9 / 10PiestrioWow. If you're tired of textbooks masquerading as role playing games and just want to play without some game designer somewhere trying to tell you how to play, if you're tired of fighting with the rules of a game just to get them to do what you want, If you just want to make up some stuff you think would be cool and be on your way, this is the game for you.
8 / 10MutieMoeSimple elegant roleplaying rules. I would recommend it to those who want their games light on rules or those who want almost bare but still solid framework to build their own rules around.
8 / 10SleeperThe original little brown books were ground-breaking, and have a solid, time-tested set of rules. But they were also a poorly organized, poorly formatted, scattered mess. S&W: White Box reorganizes those rules; rewrites them in a breezy, light, and easy to understand style; and explains how the game was intended to be played -- something the originals often failed to convey.

Overall, I find Swords & Wizardry to be the best written of the all retro-clones. Combined with a few astute design decisions -- like consolidating saves and supporting ascending armor class (both of which are close enough to still feel like the original, while removing potential stumbling blocks to gamers outside the old school community) -- and its ancient pedigree, this makes Swords & Wizardry the retro-clone most likely appeal to players who didn't cut their teeth in the days of megadungeons.

Ratings Explanation

The following components make up a rating:

Ratings. The ratings that users enter into this index are each averaged into the final rating with a weight of between 0 and 4, with weight based on trust algorithms.

Reviews. Each review is averaged into the final rating with a weight of 8. Sometimes reviews can skew high, but they also display fan interest (or disdain) in a product.

Content. The average rating of each content--before its own bayesian weight is inserted--is averaged into the final rating. The weight of a content is equal to its own weight divided by the number of contents, and divided again if it only appears in a fraction of editions.

Bayesian Weight. A rating of 5.00 is inserted into the final rating with a weight of 35. This is an arbitrary weighting of the average rating that keeps things toward the center until they're better rated.