Tenkar's Tavern: Amateur Night at The Tavern

Thursday, February 27, 2014

Amateur Night at The Tavern - "Five Rooms, No View"

I really am not good at naming these damn maps, but I did squeeze in five rooms.

I figure marking the secret door on the side that the door is "not" secret makes sense, and would work if one needed to use this with a Virtual Table Top (VTT) like Roll20 or Fantasy Grounds.

I didn't add any extra details like coffins or altars or the like, as I'm going to take the night to try and figure out exactly what is going on.

Damn. I should be taking this little booklet to work with me to play with during my lunch hour.

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Dyson LogosFebruary 27, 2014 at 10:48 PM
Kick Ass, Erik. Kick Ass.
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DavidFebruary 28, 2014 at 7:44 AM
Looking good! - if such thing bother you, you could try hatching in the squares, each square going in a different direction? Im not sure if that will make sense when read back - check out the Chris Perkins Robot Chicken D&D games on U-Tube, his maps are good example of what I'm blathering on about.
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DavidFebruary 28, 2014 at 7:45 AM
Oh and I'm a firm believer in taking a squared notepad with you wherever you go to draw some 10 minute maps, you'll never know when they'll come in handy!
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OrcStompRunnerFebruary 28, 2014 at 8:27 AM
I love the idea of only marking the secret door from the non secret side! Aside from VTT concerns, the notation now gives me some useful information about the door! (Much like doors drawn with a swing arc.) Not that I particularly have trouble figuring out which side is supposed to be secret, but I like it!
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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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Amateur Night at The Tavern - "Five Rooms, No View"

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