Tenkar's Tavern: The Old School RPG Poll at the Tavern is in a Dead Heat

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

The Old School RPG Poll at the Tavern is in a Dead Heat - Just Over 24 hrs to Go

At any given moment, Labyrinth Lord and Blood & Treasure are either tied for 1st in the poll, or extremely close 1st and 2nd place.

Help decide which rule system I'll use in October for readers of this blog - you have just over 24 hours to do so.

Want to pad the vote? Add a comment on this post about which system you would like to see run and I'll add it to the final tally.

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SAROESeptember 12, 2012 at 6:14 PM
Oh please!

We all know you're going with B&T because it's the new shiny.

And since your gamer ADD needs to be in 24pt. font, a Kickstarter for Squirrels & 'Get the ball!' just seems like a great idea.
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Erik TenkarSeptember 12, 2012 at 7:47 PM
@SAROE - i might go with both the way this vote seems to be going ;)

But yes, the 8 or 10 pt font is killing my old eyes these days ;)
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Digital OrcSeptember 13, 2012 at 7:01 AM
B&T? I did a little research, but can't figure out why it's so popular on this poll. Is there a B&T apologist (not the writer) somewhere that can help me?
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Erik TenkarSeptember 13, 2012 at 8:41 AM
@Digital Orc-

Blood & Treasure is:

-The new 'Shiny" as it was recently released.

-John Slater,the man who wrote it, is pretty well known for his NOD blog and NOD magazine (Swords & Wizardry stuff) - he does very good work.

-many who have read B&T see it as a game that you can painlessly grab material from other editions, much like C&C

-it has gained a very strong and vocal (tho I suspect still relatively small) following in a very short time

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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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Wednesday, September 12, 2012

The Old School RPG Poll at the Tavern is in a Dead Heat - Just Over 24 hrs to Go

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