Tenkar's Tavern: List of 40 Blogs Participating in the S&W Appreciation Day Thus Far (oh, and some Phat Loot!)

Friday, March 29, 2013

List of 40 Blogs Participating in the S&W Appreciation Day Thus Far (oh, and some Phat Loot!)

Can you believe we have 40 blogs signed up for the Swords & Wizardry Appreciation Day which will run on April 17th, 2013 (although some blogs are making it a week long event ;)

Now, how's this for a "pot sweetener"? Frog God Games is offering the "winning" blogger the Swords & Wizardry PDF of their choice from Tome of Horrors, Rappan Athuk or the upcoming Razor Coast. How will the "winner" be decided? Chris, Matt and myself will work that out.

One random participating blog will get a $10 credit to RPGNow curtesy of me :)

I'll put another $5 credit into the gift pool at 50 blogs signed up, another $5 at 60 blogs and yet another at 75 blogs participating.

So, if we hit 75 blogs there will be the Frog God Games PDF, a $10 RPGNow credit and 3 $5 RPGNow credits up for grabs.

If you want to sign up your blog and participate, add yourself as a comment to this post. If there are any mistakes below, they are mine - point them out and I'll correct them.

1 - Chronicles of Ganth!

2 - Secrets of the Shadowend

3 - They Might Be Gazebos

4 - Mad-Kyndalanth

5 - Dizzy Dungeon

6 - Gothridge Manor

7 - Lapsus Calumni

8 - 19th Level

9 - Sycarion Diversions

10 - Dorkland!

11 - Worlds Galore

12 - Dreams of My Mystic Fantasy

13 - Daily OSR fix

14 - BrewLab Gaming Concepts

15 - Realms of Chirak

16 - Quickly, Quietly, Carefully

17 - Dreams in the Lich House

18 - Hereticwerks

19 - RPG Delisi

20 - The Retired Adventurer

21 - Semper Initiativus Unum

22 - Red Box Denver

23 - Bat in the Attic

24 - Reverend Dak dot Blogspot

25 - The Ongoing Campaign

26 - The Other Side

27 - d20 Dialectic

28 - Unto the Breach

29 - Venger's old school gaming blog

30 - Fear No Darkness

31 - Mythmere's Blog (Mr S&W Himself ;)

32 - Gamers & Grodnards

33 - Dispatches From Kickassistan

34 - Six Sarcophagi

35 - Edgar's Game Blog

36 - Spes Magna Games

37 - The Space Cockroach's Hideout

38 - inthecitiesdotcom

39 - Sorcerer Under Mountain

40 - Tenkar's Tavern (this very blog)

41 - No School Like the Old School

42 - Blessings of the Dice Gods

43 - Porky's Expanse

44 - The Clash of Spear on Sword

45 - Roll to Carouse!

46 - Ilea jacta Est -- A 20-Sided Look at Life

47 - Blood & Battle

48 - Starting Over With the OSR

13 comments:

Nathan IrvingMarch 29, 2013 at 10:00 PM
"Shadowend" is one word. :)
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garrisonjamesMarch 29, 2013 at 10:20 PM
Hereticwerks is also one word. :)
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Mark SiefertMarch 29, 2013 at 10:45 PM
I'd like to pledge "No School Like The Old School" to the effort, please.
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AnonymousMarch 29, 2013 at 11:09 PM
"Blessings of the Dice Gods" http://dicegods.wordpress.com isn't super active, but I sure do appreciate S&W and I'd like to participate.
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PiperMarch 29, 2013 at 11:58 PM
Me, too! Not a very active 'blog but I definitely want to support S&W. http://dubeers.blogspot.com/
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PorkyMarch 30, 2013 at 7:14 AM
Count me in. I don't use the whole ruleset, just bits and pieces, but the system and presentation does inspire me. The free version and the clean style make it a good entry point to D&D for the inquisitive and I'm happy to help spread the word.

http://theporkster.blogspot.com
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Chris C.March 30, 2013 at 9:39 AM
Count me in too. I'm running S&W Whitebox right now, and I'm sure I can put up something at least that day, perhaps even for the week.
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Nathan IrvingMarch 30, 2013 at 10:43 AM
"How will the "winner" be decided? Chris, Matt and myself will work that out."
I have to admit, this tempts me to hold off releasing my "Basic Illusionist" pdf until the 17th.
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Chad RoseMarch 30, 2013 at 10:58 AM
I'm in http://rolltocarouse.blogspot.com/
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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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List of 40 Blogs Participating in the S&W Appreciation Day Thus Far (oh, and some Phat Loot!)

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