Tenkar's Tavern: A Time of Rebirth - Time For a New Campaign :)

Sunday, April 8, 2012

A Time of Rebirth - Time For a New Campaign :)

It's Easter Sunday, and I'm working on the timing for starting up my ACKS campaign. I was hoping to start it shortly after Easter, but I'm still waiting on the dead tree copy of the core rulebook (and the accompanying GaryCon pre-released Adventurer's Companion).

I'm really looking forward to putting this in motion.

When it comes to running a game, I feel much more comfortable having a hard copy of the core rules in hand, even if I'm going to be running it via G+ Hangout. For settings and adventures, I can just print out what I need for that session, referring to the PDF if the party throws some surprises my way. As a player, PDF is generally all I need, as I have the time to look up what I need.

Hmmm... three hours before company starts to arrive. Need to setup the Roomba Robot to clean some floors. Time enough to get some reading in too if I'm lucky.

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JoetheLawyerApril 8, 2012 at 12:33 PM
Let me know when/if you get it running, I'm interested. :)
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Erik TenkarApril 8, 2012 at 12:36 PM
awesome! you are more than welcome :)

i'm figuring a week after i get the dang book more or less! heh

i need to read from dead tree sometimes to catch all the nuances.

prep is coming along well at least.

i'm figuring every other sat night to start, but day / time / frequency will be a group decision in the end
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JoetheLawyerApril 8, 2012 at 12:37 PM
I know I'm old when I can say "Hey, Saturdays would be perfect. I never have any plans Saturday night."
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Erik TenkarApril 8, 2012 at 12:39 PM
heh... i know the feeling.

the wife likes saturday nights. she can do yoga then watch documentaries on her iPad ;)
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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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A Time of Rebirth - Time For a New Campaign :)

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