Completely Unfathomable

[squeen]

I always liked this adventure module. It seemed very OD&D to me. The very definition of gonzo.

Looks like the associated world Odious Uplands along with a "Complete" version of OU has been shipped out to Kickstarter backers as of Jan. 15th, 2023.

Hopefully we'll se some of this in the Hydra Collective store at some point soon.

EDIT: Here it is!

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[The1True]

Ho. Lee. Shit!

I got roped into that Kickstarter back when the original Grognardia promoted it back in what; 2015? I'd given up on it entirely in despair (especially after Bryce's scathing review) and then like 6 months ago I got a message from the backer that they were collecting delivery addresses! Ha! The community was delighted to pile on and take a giant dump on JMal's Dwimmermount fiasco, but this, THIS has been an EPIC shambles, and all the dudes involved should be tarred and feathered and run out of town.

 

[squeen]

Ho. Lee. Shit!

I got roped into that Kickstarter back when the original Grognardia promoted it back in what; 2015? I'd given up on it entirely in despair (especially after Bryce's scathing review) and then like 6 months ago I got a message from the backer that they were collecting delivery addresses! Ha! The community was delighted to pile on and take a giant dump on JMal's Dwimmermount fiasco, but this, THIS has been an EPIC shambles, and all the dudes involved should be tarred and feathered and run out of town.

All's forgiven if it's actually good.

Jason Soltis faded away from the OSR...probably because of the mountain of work this entailed. I wonder if he'll reemerge now.

 

[Grützi]

Wow cool.
DMed Operation Unfathomable a few times... real blast that one. One of the definitive gonzo adventures out there.
I was afraid to enver see Odious Uplands... cool, indeed.

 

[squeen]

Soltis responded to my question as to whether or not there would be a S&W version of Completely Unfamthomable

Completely Unfathomable S&W is not yet available but will be soon.

Which is what I'll wait for.

 

[grodog]

Jason Soltis faded away from the OSR...probably because of the mountain of work this entailed. I wonder if he'll reemerge now.

When I was catching up with him by email (alas the new books weren't going to be available in time for GaryCon), it sounded like he had some more irons in the fire

Allan.

 

[The1True]

I FINALLY got my printed copy of Completely Unfathomable, 300 years after I funded it on Kickstarter. Jesus Christ, how these dude managed to evade the savagery that briefly hounded James Malizewski out of the scene for committing roughly 25% of the dog-fuckery Sholtis et al got away with here, is beyond me.

That said, it's great to have this thing in my hands. It truly is a gorgeous volume. Cover to cover in gorgeous artwork and that good gonzo vibe that got me into the OSR back in the day. The Odious Uplands are truly glorious, and maybe the author should've led with that? Operation Unfathomable itself is a paradox in that it is absolutely full of stuff while being kind of meatless at the same time. Like this expectation that the players are going to somehow stick to the described areas when the Author's OWN GROUP wandered almost immediately off the map to an undescribed (but frequently and frustratingly referred to) other realm of the Underworld. Like dude, if your scenario didn't survive the playtest, why are you tying a bow around it (for seven years) and selling it to me?

Seriously though, fuck was it fun to read. People should buy this thing just for that. There is a ton of shit in this 300+ page romp, just, not a complete adventure that anyone could play out of the box. I MISS this gonzo stuff, and I hate that the grumpy old, humanocentric, medievalists in the community won the struggle for hearts and minds. It was the weird shit that built this movement dammit!

Also, I chose S&W because it seemed more D&D than DCC to me at the time. Probably, this thing is more fun with DCC. Matter of taste here; those old Whitebox rules seem dodgy af. I think there's a pretty solid reason this (extremely conservative) community moved pretty quickly on to B/X and 1e clones. For the love of god, could you just give me an alignment for these NPC's and monsters, bro?!

 

[squeen]

Hey! Hey! A Swords & Wizardry version to boot!

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I'm a'gonna be $35 poorer soon.