Tenkar's Tavern: Ass... Dragging... Must... Game...

Saturday, November 6, 2010

Ass... Dragging... Must... Game...

I am totally beat.

Last nite was movie nite. After letting the kid get his driving time in and doing taxi service for the lady, I didn't get home until after 1 am... and then i had to be up at 615 to get the kid to his SAT test at 730 this morning.

More driving after the test and I'm ready to crawl into the sheets. I can't tho', as I have a C&C game via FG2 at 8 tonight. The game only rolls around once a month so I'm not going to miss it, but I can already feel the pain.

Let's see how long I last tonight before the "junkie nod" takes me out for the night ;)

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Greg ChristopherNovember 6, 2010 at 9:22 PM
You are getting old, geezer!
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TenkarNovember 6, 2010 at 9:24 PM
I'm 43 damn it! 5 years away from retirement... heh

Aint civil service grand? Just gotta dodge the bullets for 5 more years ;)
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Greg ChristopherNovember 6, 2010 at 10:12 PM
Bah, you make me sick you old fogey.
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TenkarNovember 6, 2010 at 10:18 PM
my son says that every day... damn 17 year olds and their limitless energy in avoiding their responsibilities
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Jim PacekNovember 7, 2010 at 11:44 PM
Hope you had a good game. I wish I was only 5 years away from retirement. Have 12 to go. :) Not so bad though, cuz I don't have to dodge bullets. Stay safe out there!
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Why "Swords & Wizardry?"

Believe me when I say I have them all in dead tree format. I have OSRIC in full size, trade paperback and the Player's Guide. I have LL and the AEC (and somewhere OEC, but I can't find it at the moment). Obviously I have Basic Fantasy RPG. Actually, I have the whole available line in print. Way too much Castles & Crusades. We all know my love for the DCC RPG. I even have Dark Dungeons in print, the Delving Deeper boxed set, Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerers of Hyperborea. BOTH editions of LotFP's Weird Fantasy and some dead tree copies of the Greyhawk Grognards Adventures Dark & Deep

I am so deep in the OSR when I come up for breath it's for the OSR's cousin, Tunnels & Trolls

So, out of all that, why Swords & Wizardry? Why, when I have been running a AD&D 1e / OSRIC campaign in Rappan Athuk am I using Swords & Wizardry and it's variant, Crypts & Things, for the second campaign? (Actually, now running a S&W Complete campaign, soon to be with multiple groups)

Because the shit works.

It's easy for lapsed gamers to pick up and feel like they haven't lost a step. I can house rule it and it doesn't break. It plays so close to the AD&D of my youth and college years (S&W Complete especially) that it continually surprises me. Just much less rules hopping than I remember. (my God but I can run it nearly without the book)

I grab and pick and steal from just about all OSR and Original resources. They seem to fit into S&W with little fuss. It may be the same with LL and the rest, but for me the ease of use fit's my expectations with S&W.

Even the single saving throw. That took me longer to adjust to, but even that seems like a natural to me now. Don't ask me why, it just does. Maybe it's the simplicity of it. At 45 52, simplicity and flexibility while remaining true to the feel of the original is an OSR hat trick for me ;)

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