Tenkar's Tavern: And Just Like That, The Deluxe Tunnels & Trolls Kickstarter Funded

Saturday, January 5, 2013

And Just Like That, The Deluxe Tunnels & Trolls Kickstarter Funded - In a Day and a Half

If you've followed this blog over the last few months, you know I have a love / hate relationship with Kickstarter Projects. If you've followed this blog over the last 2 years or so, you'll know I have a real liking to all things Tunnels & Trolls.

The Deluxe Tunnels & Trolls Kickstarter has surpassed it's $26k (it's actually past $27K right now) goal in a day and a half. It still has 31 days to go.

Holy shit.

I think it's safe to say it will fund better then most OSR RPG projects. Beyond that, I make no predictions ;)

I'm happy to see Tunnels & Trolls being brought back from the brink of death without the involvement of a certain unauthorized third party. I'm happy to see so much excitement for a game that has changed little since 1975. I'm happy because I just love the system, okay? heh

Rick has set a release date of August 2013 but actually hopes to ship in June. He might beat Dwimmermount out the door if he hit's June ;)

If Deluxe T&T runs late, or fail to update on a regular basis, I will be sure to shake the tree ;)

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JeremyJanuary 5, 2013 at 8:23 PM
Nice! I've never liked the game rules of it, but I always liked it because it seemed to be such a labor of love and because it was so completely un-pretentious.
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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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Saturday, January 5, 2013

And Just Like That, The Deluxe Tunnels & Trolls Kickstarter Funded - In a Day and a Half

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