Tenkar's Tavern: Working on Game Writing Stuff Tonight - Thankfully My Assistant is Sleeping

Monday, July 2, 2012

Working on Game Writing Stuff Tonight - Thankfully My Assistant is Sleeping

I'm trying to use my time away from home to do some writing I wasn't able to put too much time into this week, what with the Hell Week I had at work that carried past working hours.

Ashley, my usual assistant, decided to join us on our vacation this time. well, she really didn't have much of a choice, as she has a vet appointment at 11am in the morning. I figure I'll have to start looking for her around 10am in her usual hiding spots. In the meantime, she's sleeping on her designated towel / blanket.

I've gotten a peek at the artwork of the artist that will be illustrating much of the project I'm working on - I am f'n psyched!

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The Happy WhiskJuly 2, 2012 at 11:01 PM
Pretty little Ashley, all snuggled in. That's the best.
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The Happy WhiskJuly 2, 2012 at 11:02 PM
PS: Glad your psyched. That's exciting.
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chuckJuly 3, 2012 at 2:48 AM
Writing away from home is always a big treat for me. The change in environment seems to energize my creative juices...Best of luck to you, with your writing.
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shortymonsterJuly 3, 2012 at 5:32 AM
My "assistant's" main job appears to be sleeping on my lap and veeeeery slowly sliding the keyboard back under the PC desk, as he stretches out exposing his belly for rubbing.

In case people are wondering, I'm also talking about a cat.
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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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Monday, July 2, 2012

Working on Game Writing Stuff Tonight - Thankfully My Assistant is Sleeping

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