Tenkar's Tavern: Delayed Dice Arrived Last Night

Thursday, February 16, 2012

Delayed Dice Arrived Last Night - Nearly Two Weeks Late

Thanks Alex!

Well, it appears the 2 sets of dice I assumed were stolen from my front porch were part of some UPS Quality Check.

Even though it was indicated "Left on Porch" on my delivery confirmation online on 2/4, they arrived yesterday - shipped 2 day shipping with a ship date of 2/2.

No wonder Amazon's sole response was something to the effect "they would investigate".

So, 2 sets I no longer thought I was going to get, and I won a set of Gamescience Dice last night at Games That Can Not Be Named. Dice Dice Baby! (or something to that effect).

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GeorgeFebruary 16, 2012 at 12:54 PM
I love getting new dice. One thing I'd like is some metal polyhedron dice.
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Erik TenkarFebruary 16, 2012 at 12:57 PM
Saw a set at the game last night. I'd be all in if they were larger. I'd have to pick them up after rolling to read their numbers. Damn 44 year old eyes ;)
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DavidFebruary 16, 2012 at 2:06 PM
Who did you get them from, if I may ask? I have my eye on one of the Pound o' Dice deals from Roll4Initiative on Amazon.
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Erik TenkarFebruary 16, 2012 at 2:37 PM
I'll have to chck my Amazon account when i get home. Dice were shipped via Amazon (i love my Prime shipping)

The Pound-O-Dice is pretty ugly for the most part, but definitely serviceable. ;)
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DavidFebruary 16, 2012 at 4:12 PM
Ugly I can live with. I liked the looks of that one because they guarantee 7 full sets, where the Chessex pound only guarantees one full set. I lost all my dice (except one set) in a house fire back in May, so I'm looking for a rapid infusion!
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Alex GuzmanFebruary 16, 2012 at 7:30 PM
David,

Get yourself a set of GameScience dice or two even. They really are the best out there. Especially if you care about good more than pretty.

Full disclosure I am bought and paid for by GameScience since they sponsor my campaign and Tenkar won the raffle for the gamescience set from me.

Tenkar,

Congrats! Here is a picture I whipped up for you, Blogger wont let me post it as an image directly. More likely I don't know how since the html I tried included a target command and they said no on that. Check the link...

http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff300/A-G-A/vintageVanillaIce.jpg
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AnonymousFebruary 16, 2012 at 9:40 PM
To the extreme I roll the dice like a gamer
With GameScience dice wax a newbie like a professional
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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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Delayed Dice Arrived Last Night - Nearly Two Weeks Late

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