Tenkar's Tavern: Are There Any Gen Con Releases You Are Anxiously Awaiting?

Monday, August 12, 2013

Are There Any Gen Con Releases You Are Anxiously Awaiting?

Amazingly enough, I can't think of anything off hand.

So, what are you expectantly expecting to be released at Gen Con?

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ravencrowkingAugust 12, 2013 at 2:47 PM
Be sure to stop by the Goodman Games booth. Frozen in Time and Fell's Fate Hand will make their debut at Gen Con, and Tower of the Black Pearl is a Gen Con exclusive.
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Tim SniderAugust 12, 2013 at 2:48 PM
The Goodman Games folks have been teasing a crap-ton of DCC goodies that will be available at their booth. DCC dice bags, DCC shirts, special DCC Gen Con program and apparently THREE new DCC modules (Fate’s Fell Hand, Tower of the Black Pearl, Frozen in Time). Sadly, unable to go this year, so this is killin’ me.
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Zachary HoughtonAugust 12, 2013 at 2:59 PM
I want to at least give Numenera an honest look.

Overall, though, it is a down year for RPG releases at Gen Con. A lot of the stuff I want to look at (new colors at Alea Tools, Encounter Cards at Inkwell Ideas) were originally borne from KS, and are more in the line of accessories.

I suspect folks will crow about Star Wars and 13th Age, but neither sounds my speed.
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Greyhawk GrognardAugust 12, 2013 at 6:32 PM
It's not a GenCon-specific release, but the OSR Booth will have the Adventures Dark and Deep Game Master Toolkit, which was released fairly recently (as well as the other two books).
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Digital OrcAugust 12, 2013 at 10:34 PM
Shadowrun 5th (I went to Origins, but they sold out).
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KaijuAugust 13, 2013 at 12:46 AM
Double Tap, the expansion book for Night's Black Agents.

I'm very curious about 13th Age and Shadowrun 5e.
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MadCaptiveAugust 13, 2013 at 11:06 AM
I'm anxiously awaiting the release of Tales from the Fallen Empire: A Sword and Sorcery Setting by James Carpio. It likely releases this month, however James won't be making it to GenCon.

Although its not an OSR RPG, Unbound Games will finally be at GenCon demo-ing and releasing their revolutionary Serpent's Tongue game. Its a card game with PvP and PvE roleplaying elements. They even developed their own language for casting magic...Sehimu Thinara. Definitely worth going through their demo walkthrough.

Rappan Athuk will be run at GenCon by Bill Webb at FrogGodGames. I highly recommend going down the well.
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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, August 12, 2013

Are There Any Gen Con Releases You Are Anxiously Awaiting?

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