Tenkar's Tavern: The Trollish Taproom - Wherefore Art Tho 3rd Edition?

Sunday, January 9, 2011

The Trollish Taproom - Wherefore Art Tho 3rd Edition?

Lets see, I have a reprint of the Tunnels & Trolls 1st Edition rules.

I won an auction for the Trollgod's personal copy of the T&T 2nd Edition of the rules.

I found a copy of the 4th edition of the Tunnels & Trolls rules on Ebay.

I've had a copy of the 5th edition of the T&T rules for ages. Went and got myself a copy of the Black Box 5.0 rules too, just to be a completist. (and not at the extortionist price that one vendor is asking for on Ebay)

Recently picked up a boxed set of the 5.5 T&T rules.

Have a copy of the Unofficial T&T 6e rules.

Have the 7.0 Collector's Tin, the 7.5 Boxed set and even the 7.5 T&T Delver's pack.

I haven't found / seen / identified a copy of the 3rd edition of the Tunnels & Trolls rules anywhere? Is this the British Boxed set I've seen on Ebay once or twice, cause the ones I've seen looked like 5.0 based on the pics.

Can't find much / anything on the 3rd edition of the rules. Help! heh

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KilsernJanuary 9, 2011 at 10:00 PM
I wish I could; however, have you ever checked out Hogscapes 4th edition re-write with his house rules? Give it a go if you haven't, I can provide links if you're not familiar.
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TenkarJanuary 9, 2011 at 10:05 PM
its linked from Trollbridge? Just snagged a copy. I'll check it out tomorrow.
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KilsernJanuary 10, 2011 at 12:28 AM
That's the one. Let me know your thoughts. I've only had a chance to skim it, but from what I saw, I dug it.
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trothJanuary 10, 2011 at 1:24 AM
"Wherefore" actually means "why". When Juliet said "Wherefore art thou Romeo", she was asking why her lover had to be Romeo, the scion of her family's enemies.

Sorry to nerd up your throw-away line. ;)
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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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