Tenkar's Tavern: Barrowmaze II In Hand! (With Goodies)

Monday, October 15, 2012

Barrowmaze II In Hand! (With Goodies)

Greg Gillespie has outdone himself with Barrowmaze II, which was waiting for me as I arrived home today. I've had the PDF of BMII (and the PDFs for the Illustration Booklets and the Hi-Rs maps) for a little bit, but the Hard Cover really out does it all. Excellent gaming is held within.

The illustration booklets? Holy shit but these are awesome. I'll give a peek of an illustration up here on the blog, probably tomorrow. I so want to use these in game.

The dice rock. These will be fun to use at the table.

Damn, now I kinda wish I had opted to get BMI in Hardcover too.

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Tim ShortsOctober 16, 2012 at 10:38 PM
Waiting for mine. I guess there was a problem with my PO box. Grrr.
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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, October 15, 2012

Barrowmaze II In Hand! (With Goodies)

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