Tenkar's Tavern: OSR Superstar Round Two Reminder - We Need Your Monsters by Friday, April 11th at the Stroke of Midnight

Sunday, April 6, 2014

OSR Superstar Round Two Reminder - We Need Your Monsters by Friday, April 11th at the Stroke of Midnight

Last day for the first round winners to get their monsters in for the second round of the OSR Superstar Competition is ~~Friday, April 11th~~. edit: moving it to Sunday, 1159 pm eastern time - the beauty of a 4 day weekend ;)

Swords & Wizardry is the default ruleset.

The email address to submit to is the same as before.

First round prizes will got out as soon as OBS's site stabilizes. I'd hate for the credit (and the Crypts & Things Bundle) to get buggered.

Top 7 Round One placers

The 34 others that made the cut

email for the above to enter is at osrDOTsuperstar at that gmail thing

edit - this round is only 1 entry per qualifier - so we should see 41 entries if I recall correctly ;)

11 comments:

LegionApril 6, 2014 at 9:51 PM
Sorry if I've missed it but were the names announced who are receiving the credits,&c.?

Also, for my own peace of mind will you please restate the email address?

Thanks much,
Legion
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Diogo NogueiraApril 6, 2014 at 10:24 PM
Sent mine yesterday, I believe! :D
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Tim SniderApril 7, 2014 at 7:49 AM
Fired mine off too. Kinda pleased with it.
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Michael SandarApril 7, 2014 at 9:34 AM
Mine was sent in!
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Danny ClineApril 7, 2014 at 1:57 PM
For those of us who made it past the first round and will be submitting monsters - would it be acceptable to submit minor revisions to our magical items form part one at the same time? I have one section of mine that was unfortunately not as clear as I'd like and another drawer that needs a slight change.

If that is acceptable, how would you prefer our edits?

I'm not seeking any kind of rejudging, just want to get the best item I can into the competition. Thanks either way!

Danny Cline
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DrewApril 10, 2014 at 9:27 AM
Is that Friday at midnight as in the end of Friday night, or the very beginning of Friday morning (Thursday night)?
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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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Sunday, April 6, 2014

OSR Superstar Round Two Reminder - We Need Your Monsters by Friday, April 11th at the Stroke of Midnight

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