Tenkar's Tavern: Feltothraxis - Should He Return to Doing Video Reviews?

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Feltothraxis - Should He Return to Doing Video Reviews?

(Feltothraxis looked at Vornheim in this now classic review ;)

It's been about a year since Feltothraxis graced us with a video review.

Should he return?

If so, what should he review?

How many pints should I have in me while doing the next Feltothraxis video review (assuming there is one)?

Even more important - does he need a sidekick?

4 comments:

Gothridge ManorApril 23, 2013 at 9:00 PM
I always thought he did better reviews than you anyway. So yeah bring him back. Maybe he and the cat can duke it out this time.
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Matthew SchmeerApril 23, 2013 at 9:46 PM
I still say his name should have been Sully!

But yeah, he needs to come back. Drunk. And ornery!
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AnonymousApril 24, 2013 at 12:11 AM
He needs his own puppet.
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PadreApril 24, 2013 at 8:44 AM
Unleash the DRAGON! I mean sure, bring him back. Always fun.
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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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Feltothraxis - Should He Return to Doing Video Reviews?

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