{"id":22,"date":"2015-02-17T15:26:17","date_gmt":"2015-02-17T15:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.immersiveink.com\/?page_id=22"},"modified":"2015-05-22T09:51:50","modified_gmt":"2015-05-22T09:51:50","slug":"what-is-delving-deeper","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.immersiveink.com\/?page_id=22","title":{"rendered":"What is Delving Deeper?"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><em>Delving Deeper<\/em>\u00a0offers a deciphered and well-organised emulation\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0three little brown booklets and relevant\u00a0parts\u00a0of Chainmail. These rules are\u00a0quick, loose,\u00a0and deadly,\u00a0bringing\u00a0heroic play back\u00a0to the tabletop! Players will be challenged. Combat will be\u00a0fast and deadly.\u00a0And treasures will dazzle and be <em>earned<\/em>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>Delving Deeper<\/em>\u00a0is a legal emulation of\u00a0the original 1974 fantasy role-playing game published under the Open Game License. As well as being a game in its own right, <em>Delving Deeper<\/em>\u00a0is also\u00a0a legal platform for publishing supporting material compatible with the\u00a0&#8220;Original Edition&#8221; games.<\/p>\n<h2>Why Original Edition?<\/h2>\n<p>0e games are <em>accessible!<\/em> A\u00a0player needs to know\u00a0so few rules that even a novice can immediately jump in and get\u00a0involved. The\u00a0rules themselves are\u00a0coarse grained and uncomplicated which\u00a0makes the mechanics easy to grasp, and game play fast.<\/p>\n<p><em>Delving Deeper<\/em>\u00a0is pitched at just the right level of abstraction to facilitate\u00a0dungeon, town, and wilderness exploration as well as combat scenarios from\u00a0man-to-man\u00a0duels to <em>veritable\u00a0battles<\/em>\u00a0involving superheroes, dragons, or scores of orcs. What might take hours to resolve with\u00a0more\u00a0&#8220;advanced&#8221; rules\u00a0might take\u00a0mere minutes to resolve in 0e.<\/p>\n<p>More importantly,\u00a0<em>Delving Deeper<\/em> is freely and readily available to everyone. The rules are available <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a title=\"Delving Deeper Hypertext\" href=\"http:\/\/ddo.immersiveink.com\/dd.html\">online for free<\/a><\/span> and a\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a title=\"Delving Deeper Print-on-Demand\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lulu.com\/shop\/simon-j-bull\/delving-deeper-reference-rules-compendium\/paperback\/product-21911339.html\">print copy<\/a><\/span> is available\u00a0at cost, so there&#8217;s no\u00a0barrier to entry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Delving Deeper\u00a0offers a deciphered and well-organised emulation\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0three little brown booklets and relevant\u00a0parts\u00a0of Chainmail. These rules are\u00a0quick, loose,\u00a0and deadly,\u00a0bringing\u00a0heroic play back\u00a0to the tabletop! Players will be challenged. Combat will be\u00a0fast and deadly.\u00a0And treasures will dazzle and be earned. Delving Deeper\u00a0is a legal emulation of\u00a0the original 1974 fantasy role-playing game published under the Open Game License. As&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.immersiveink.com\/?page_id=22\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">What is Delving Deeper?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"spay_email":""},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P6hrAz-m","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":50,"url":"https:\/\/www.immersiveink.com\/?page_id=50","url_meta":{"origin":22,"position":0},"title":"Home","date":"May 9, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"[vc_row inner_container=\"true\" no_margin=\"true\" padding_top=\"10%\" padding_bottom=\"10%\" bg_color=\"#ffffff\" parallax=\"true\" border=\"none\"][vc_column width=\"1\/2\"][text_output] Delving Deeper [\/text_output][text_output] Delving Deeper is a legal emulation of the original 1974 fantasy role-playing game published under the Open Game License. It's a gateway to realms where magic works and dragons are real, where elves and dwarfs fight alongside men\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":20,"url":"https:\/\/www.immersiveink.com\/?page_id=20","url_meta":{"origin":22,"position":1},"title":"Downloads","date":"February 17, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"You can view the complete rules for\u00a0Delving Deeper free via the Delving Deeper Hypertext\u00a0(v4b). A Print-on-Demand copy of\u00a0Delving Deeper can be found here (v4a). Depreciated PDF versions can be found on the Immersive Ink page at DriveThruRPG\u00a0(v1 and v2). Please follow the forums for the most up-to-date information. 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