Tenkar's Tavern: It a Lethargic Monday

Monday, January 17, 2011

It a Lethargic Monday

The Jets win over the Patriots sapped me last nite... in a good way. Still, I am exhausted this morning. It doesn't help that i had to drop my car off at the mechanic yesterday... it didn't want to start. After many attempts and frequent prayers we got it going, but I suspect the starter is the problem. I guess i'll know later today.

My review slush pile is getting a bit too large, so I need to plow thru it a bit in the next week or two. Thank God its 100% virtual, or I'd be buried under it all ;)

I actually saw a commercial for the new DC Comics MMORPG during the Jets / Pats game. It looked cool, I just hate super hero based MMORPGs. I can only run around the same block so many times before I'm bored outa my skull.

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baronzemoJanuary 17, 2011 at 9:41 AM
I'm not a jets fan ( i dont hate them or like them),but I was pulling for them. Reason why? I cant stand Tom Brady. Con-grats!
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HiggipediaJanuary 17, 2011 at 9:42 AM
The scoreline did not reflect your team's dominance over mine. I guess I'm a Pittsburgh fan now. ;)
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TenkarJanuary 17, 2011 at 9:53 AM
The Pats were init until nearly the end. You can never count Brady out.

The Jets did play very well, better then at any other time this season. I guess playing the best brought out their best.
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KilsernJanuary 17, 2011 at 4:05 PM
Congrats on your Jets; however, they must now face my Steelers...vee vill crush you...
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TenkarJanuary 17, 2011 at 6:45 PM
@kilsern - don't take it personally against your fine Steelers, but the Pats are / were scarier. Jets are still the underdogs tho...
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KilsernJanuary 17, 2011 at 9:44 PM
Steeler Nation gives thanks for knocking down the Brady Bunch; however, food for thought: the Ravens were scarier then the Jets, but hey, it's football, if it were predictable, why would anyone watch it. I'm predicting now though, the Superbowl will be Steelers vs. Packers, and it will be bloody.
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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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It a Lethargic Monday

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