Tenkar's Tavern: The Distracted State

Thursday, January 27, 2011

The Distracted State

All this white stuff that fell on NYC (19" in Central Park) was left me very distracted. The kid in me wants to build snow forts and have snow ball fights, the adult in me dreads having to dig out the car and the gamer in me is remembering the random weather tables from an old issue of Dragon Magazine (many of the entries would make these 19" seem like a dusting).

So, what's my solution to all this? I'm taking tomorrow off from work so I can shovel and do some game related reading at my leisure. Well, that and the sergeant I share responsibilities with is going to be off the next two weeks. I'll be doing the work of two. May as well rest up now ;)

I do have some game related ideas bouncing around my head, but they are hard to lock down. Unless, of course, my head is on the pillow and I'm trying to sleep. Then the overdrive kicks in. One day I'll actually write the stuff down. Heh

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Greg ChristopherJanuary 27, 2011 at 7:47 PM
The pillow is like a bag of holding that leaks
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TenkarJanuary 27, 2011 at 7:49 PM
God yes!

I used to try the tape recorder by the bed method, but i never made much sense when i would listen to it in the morning ;)
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christianJanuary 27, 2011 at 8:44 PM
If it makes you feel better it was 76 degrees and sunny at the beach today. There were girls in bikinis laying on the sand. I was, er, distracted while surfing....
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TenkarJanuary 27, 2011 at 8:47 PM
You... Are... an... EVIL MAN!

heh
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JohnJanuary 27, 2011 at 9:22 PM
I survived 5 winters in NYC and saw maybe an accumulation of 2" the entire time.
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TenkarJanuary 27, 2011 at 9:43 PM
heh, I remember a few low snow winters.

96 was bad, as was 2004 if i recall correctly

this year is bad and january isnt even over yet
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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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