Tenkar's Tavern: What Were They Thinking!?!

Thursday, January 27, 2011

What Were They Thinking!?!

Talk about Weird Fantasy...

But of course I had to snag a copy on Ebay.

I'll convert this to Tunnels & Trolls and never let the party know the actual name of the adventure until the end ;P

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Greg ChristopherJanuary 27, 2011 at 9:56 PM
Wow. That is even better than the teabaggers
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Greg GorgonmilkJanuary 27, 2011 at 10:30 PM
While you couldn't see the dwarven women, at least you could verify that they indeed had beards.
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TreyJanuary 27, 2011 at 10:37 PM
Now, Greg--stop that! ;)
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christianJanuary 28, 2011 at 12:16 AM
"While you couldn't see the dwarven women, at least you could verify that they indeed had beards."

I just threw up in my mouth a little.
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JDJarvisJanuary 28, 2011 at 8:00 AM
There is a very unpleasant cartoon out there with leather fetishist dwarves living an alternative lifestyle with the kicker line "Well, why did you think we called it Goly Hole Dwarven Mine" ?

Truthfully the term is completely legit in application to mining and makes plenty of sense and wasn't in poor taste as the similar term hadn't crept into the general awareness at the time of the adventures publication. It's still pretty damned funny today.
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TenkarJanuary 28, 2011 at 10:12 AM
I'm thinking of ways to turn this into a contest with some prizes. Not the Glory Hole, but the poorly named gaming product... more to come :)
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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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What Were They Thinking!?!

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