Tenkar's Tavern: Adventurer Conqueror King System

Thursday, August 25, 2011

Adventurer Conqueror King System - Shown in High Definition!

Yep, got my printed copy of the Adventurer Conqueror King System Gen Con Limited Edition in the mail today - simply awesome.

So I put a short together a short vid to show it. Go figure ;)

Experimenting with the HD upload option, but if it makes viewing harder due to increased bandwidth I'll forgo that in the future.

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austrodavicusAugust 25, 2011 at 6:58 PM
No problems, loaded just as quick and easy as the first one. I'm looking forward to getting my copy of ACKS, although it has a bit further to travel. :-)
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TenkarAugust 25, 2011 at 7:03 PM
Cool! Glad to know it loads up quick and easy.

ACKS is a nice, comfortable system. No need to translate stuff in my head for it to work for me ;)
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JamesAugust 25, 2011 at 8:23 PM
I'm starting to look forward to getting ACKS as well.

Love the vids! :)
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TenkarAugust 25, 2011 at 8:32 PM
Thanks James!

I'm enjoying making the vids. I have ideas for others, including my dice collection, which I'll post this weekend if i get it done in the midst of the hurricane
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PadreAugust 25, 2011 at 10:11 PM
I'm enjoying the vids too Tenkar, keep them rolling. While I suffer form the same game collecting passions, I don't know if I will add the ACK pdf to my collection or not. I'll probably wait for some more reviews to see if it grabs my attention.
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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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Thursday, August 25, 2011

Adventurer Conqueror King System - Shown in High Definition!

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