Tenkar's Tavern: Swords & Wizardry Complete is Now FREE in PDF

Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Swords & Wizardry Complete is Now FREE in PDF - The Tavern is Distributing Copies

Want a PDF copy of your very own?

Email me at tenkarsDOTtavernATgmailDOTcom with "Swords & Wizardry Complete" in the subject.

I'll email you a copy in 24 hrs or less. It's about 22mb in size. Gmail will handle the file, I'm not sure about other email providers.

It's time to start the Swords & Wizardry Revolution!

Did I mention it's my wedding anniversary today? This, the OSR Bundle of Holding later today and giving away some free copies of OpenQuest. It's a damn good day!

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AlexNovember 5, 2013 at 9:37 AM
Happy aniversary :) Also if anyone else wants a copy of the S&W Complete they can also email me: muscarATgmailDOTcom
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Anthony SimeoneNovember 5, 2013 at 9:50 AM
Congrats, and what a bountiful crop of free RPG goodness indeed!!!
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skeetyrbugNovember 5, 2013 at 10:38 AM
Erik- thanks for all the support with jumping on the announcement. I know all the Frogs are very appreciative of your ongoing support of S&W, and Old- School in general!

Woot!

Skeeter
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mntnjeffNovember 5, 2013 at 10:39 AM
Happy Anniversary!
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Reverend DakNovember 5, 2013 at 11:10 AM
Happy Anniversary! Woohoo!
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TomNovember 5, 2013 at 11:39 AM
Happy anniversary!

And thank you for sending out copies!
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UnknownNovember 5, 2013 at 11:44 AM
Ribbit! Rib bit! The Frogs are singing with joy!
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AnthonyNovember 5, 2013 at 12:16 PM
Happy Anniversary to the Tenkar's. May you have many more decades of wedded bliss.
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czakNovember 5, 2013 at 12:27 PM
Huh. I just bought a pdf copy a few days ago.
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czakNovember 5, 2013 at 12:35 PM
:) Happy Anniversary though!
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Matt FinchNovember 5, 2013 at 1:17 PM
czak, email me at mythmere at yahoo (dot) com and I'll send you something additional.
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czakNovember 5, 2013 at 1:48 PM
Thanks Matt!

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Matt FinchNovember 5, 2013 at 1:53 PM
Sent you some stuff -- part 1 and 2 were in the Rappan Athuk, but not many people have seen #3, since it's for subscribers only so far. :)
...Probably even Erik hasn't seen #3, so you can gloat.
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Matt FinchNovember 5, 2013 at 1:54 PM
Erm, maybe I should send a copy to Erik as an anniversary present instead of encouraging people to gloat at him on his happy anniversary thread...
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Lake DragonNovember 5, 2013 at 4:53 PM
Check out irontower.com for the PDF of the complete rules.
Happy Anniversary to you both, Tenkar!
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Moe TNovember 5, 2013 at 7:53 PM
Would love a copy of this actually.

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AlexanderNovember 8, 2013 at 3:34 PM
Free? Really? Wow!
Happy (belated) Anniversary =)
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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, November 5, 2013

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