Tenkar's Tavern: Bits and Pieces - End of the Week Roundup

Friday, March 2, 2012

Bits and Pieces - End of the Week Roundup

As I mentioned last night, I'm about to start a retrospective of the first 7 RPGs to hit the hobby, at least from a fantasy perspective (although I may roam further after I finish the initial 7). This will consume some time, but it should be a blast.

We also have a hair over 200 followers of this blog, so it's time for a contest. I'll announce it either tonight or tomorrow. The timing is perfect, as RPGNow's GM Sale will allow my dollars to go further in regards to offering prizes. At least one piece is going to be a dead tree product, and that prize will be limited to entries from the U.S., as I'm paying shipping. The rest will either be credit at RPGNow,or PDFs I'll purchase for your account at RPGNow. I always have fun with contests :)

Totally unrelated, but kitchen renovations should be wrapping up this weekend. We actually have a working kitchen sink for the first time since late December. A happy wife makes for a happy gamer ;)

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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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