Tenkar's Tavern: Thieves of Fortress Badabaskor / Citadel of Fire From Judges Guild / Necro Games For a Buck Each in Print!

Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Thieves of Fortress Badabaskor / Citadel of Fire From Judges Guild / Necro Games For a Buck Each in Print!

See the above?

I had to stop myself from buying more over at Paizo's huge Great Golem Sale. These are Print copies, not PDFs. It's costing me more to ship then it did to actually buy them.

It's a good season to be a fan of RPGs ;)

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Robert ConleyNovember 27, 2013 at 6:05 PM
You get to enjoy my second published project (Badabaskor) and my maps in all three. Sorry about the humongous stat blocks didn't have a choice. In my defense I tried to pitch an alternative.
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Patrick MallahNovember 27, 2013 at 6:39 PM
I had the same experience and spent nearly twice as much on shipping.
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ChrisSNovember 27, 2013 at 7:08 PM
I'm in Canada. Shipping on the $12 worth of books I had would have been about $40. A bit too crazy for me.
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AnonymousNovember 27, 2013 at 7:51 PM
Sooo...running some Starship troopers ehh?

I was actually and extra in that movie.
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Doctor FuturityNovember 27, 2013 at 8:48 PM
Fair warning, Dragonlords of Melnibone was regarded as a buggy, poor D20 cash-in that Chaosium spat out...even by me. See, I'm not a Chaosium fanboy despite some evidence to the contrary! =)

The Judges Guild modules, Tales of the Caliphate Nights and Etherscope are great books and a real steal, though.

I just spent about $200 on all the Pathfinder crud I didn't already own....guess I know what my Xmas present is!
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Blue TysonNovember 27, 2013 at 9:02 PM
Yeah, wasn't too bad..they had an old JG Traveller one too.
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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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Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Thieves of Fortress Badabaskor / Citadel of Fire From Judges Guild / Necro Games For a Buck Each in Print!

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