Tenkar's Tavern: The "Old" Group is Still Talking D&D - With a Possible Session This Sunday Morning!?!

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

The "Old" Group is Still Talking D&D - With a Possible Session This Sunday Morning!?!

I know the saying is "Strike while the iron is hot" but I never expected my "Old" gaming group to start tossing around the idea of actually getting a session running "this Sunday morning". I'm not sure how serious the idea is, but there's been over 2 dozen emails passed back and forth this afternoon so far, and more as I'm typing this.

It seems like the ever changing rules / patches / updates in the world of MMOs have pushed the frustration factor high enough to bring them back to comforting ground level.

Of course, there is still the issue of game system - I'm pushing either for OSRIC / AD&D 1e or BFRPG with a handful of houserules in either case.

Thankfully I'm all caught up on game prep for my Saturday night game. Sunday morning is going to be a rush job if they can't decide on a system soon. Although I'm not even sure all are up for a Sunday morning game this weekend.

Thankfully, the wife will be at her yoga class most of the morning ;)

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PadreMarch 5, 2013 at 5:38 PM
Congrats on reassembling the Avengers! One suggestion, you have reviewed so many games/systems in the past year, might you suggest one or some that you would like to run with the group? I just mention all these awesome treasures you discovered and see if they appeal to any of you players. I am a big fan of nostalgic and returning to the fun and familiar, but there some pretty awesome revivalist and groundbreaking systems/settings out there.
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The Happy WhiskMarch 5, 2013 at 7:06 PM
Last night when Tim gamed online, I shut him in the office and played in the kitchen. I have to shut the door, otherwise Bug goes in there and pesters him. She likes doing monster sound effects.
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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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Tuesday, March 5, 2013

The "Old" Group is Still Talking D&D - With a Possible Session This Sunday Morning!?!

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