Tenkar's Tavern: Sometimes All It Takes is a Nudge...

Sunday, December 4, 2011

Sometimes All It Takes is a Nudge...

So, I went and got married and somehow Google+ got forgotten about. Thanks to Greg messaging me earlier today I got to be reminded about it... heh

For now I'm going to be sending out the Holiday Swag posts a few times a day until i catch up. Maybe even throw a random thought up there on occasions. Go figure ;)

Oh, and I'm reposting most of my reviews on RPGNow.com. So if you see erik from tenkar's tavern as the reviewer, its me.

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Nemo235December 4, 2011 at 9:56 PM
At first I didn't know what to think of G+. But it's pretty good for live chatting.
I have yet to play any Constacon games on hangout, but maybe soon.
My name is Timothy Schaefer, by the way. You may already know that.
I don't know a lot of the RPG bloggers real names yet on G+.
I'm not what you would consider super tech savvy.
I hope to see you on there.
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TenkarDecember 4, 2011 at 9:57 PM
i'm there as Erik Tenkar... actually, also as tenakr's tavern, but i rarely check that side ;)
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Tim ShortsDecember 5, 2011 at 7:18 AM
I consider myself warned! :P
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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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Sometimes All It Takes is a Nudge...

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