Tenkar's Tavern: Announcing the Winners of the AD&D 2E Trivia Contest

Saturday, June 2, 2012

Announcing the Winners of the AD&D 2E Trivia Contest

Yah, I kinda screwed up my plans for this contest, what with the distractions of the release of D&D Next, the holiday weekend and my newfound obsession with Dungeon Crawl Classics.

I think I'll re-kick it off at the UA-LC site later today or tomorrow. Kinda like a round Two ;)

In the meantime, the winners of round one are:

1st place - Beastman- Beastman, email me at trubluniteATgmailDOTcom so I can send you your $10 gift certificated to RPGNow. Or just put your email in a comment of this post.

Runners Up - Shane Kynsh, Ryan, Greg Christopher, Eldric IV and Slatz Grubnik. Email me at the above with the Toys For the Sandbox (Classic Fantasy or SciFi) product you want, along with the email address you use at RPGNow and I'll make sure to purchase it for your account.

Fun fun :)

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BeastmanJune 2, 2012 at 12:47 PM
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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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Announcing the Winners of the AD&D 2E Trivia Contest

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