Tenkar's Tavern: The Trollish Taproom - The Elusive Third Edition

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

The Trollish Taproom - The Elusive Third Edition

Well, what info I've found indicates the Third Edition of Tunnels & Trolls was an British publication. I haven't seem any pics of it, so I think it is safe to assume it is pretty scarce.

In the meantime, some early printings of T&T solos have been popping up on Ebay recently. Not sure if I'll be throwing my coins into that bidding.

Snow is on its way. We've already been told "no excusals" at work, which really isn't a big deal, as i managed to get in to work with the storm that shut NYC down.

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geordie racerJanuary 11, 2011 at 4:14 PM
Cover is black with sci-fi style writing and a spiral - it combines the 1st edition rules and the T&T Supplement - the artwork is different. It is also referred to as the UK 1st Edition on places like Trollbridge - where me and Machfront sang it's praises a while back

Outlaw Press did a reprint, otherwise I would never have got my hands on one.
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geordie racerJanuary 11, 2011 at 4:21 PM
Here's the thread:

http://trollbridge.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=editionwars&action=display&thread=443
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TenkarJanuary 11, 2011 at 7:31 PM
good info - thanks geordie
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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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The Trollish Taproom - The Elusive Third Edition

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