Tenkar's Tavern: The Lost City of Barakus Returns as a Frog God Kickstarter and Hits $15k Goal in Less Than 25? 13? Urh? Hours!

Tuesday, April 1, 2014

The Lost City of Barakus Returns as a Frog God Kickstarter and Hits $15k Goal in Less Than 25? 13? Urh? Hours!

A great deal gets even better. $40 gets you the Lost City of Barakus in hard cover and PDF in your choice of flavors (S&W or Pathfinder) - and now includes Player Maps!

If we fund by 9am, April 2nd, we will provide Player's Maps for Barakus! For Free, no foolin' around.

Also, if we fund in that time period, Bill will write another wilderness encounter!

Done with 11 hrs to spare ;)

Now for some stretch goals!

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HenryApril 1, 2014 at 10:18 PM
It was still less than two-thirds to funding when I backed in the late afternoon.
Guess once they cranked the motivational incentives, the fans did the rest.
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Peter DApril 1, 2014 at 11:00 PM
I'm thinking $15 for a PDF might not be a bad price. Not sure yet, but I've got it starred.
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JeffApril 2, 2014 at 7:20 AM
I pledged $40 for the PDF when they ran the Rappan Athuk kickstarter feeling that was a decent price for that book. The extras I received as part of the kickstarter on top of the PDF which was all I planned on receiving made it worthwhile. I went in on this one yesterday for both copies in hard cover and PDF.
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Zach GApril 2, 2014 at 10:51 AM
I am a fan of Frog God in general and Bill Webb in particular. I am in at a medium level pledge. Judging by my past behavior, I will be all in before long...sigh curse you for being such a temptress Bill Webb. I should probably blame Skeeter as well while I am at it....z
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skeetyrbugApril 2, 2014 at 2:24 PM
Hey now...lol
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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, April 1, 2014

The Lost City of Barakus Returns as a Frog God Kickstarter and Hits $15k Goal in Less Than 25? 13? Urh? Hours!

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