Tenkar's Tavern: I'll be Running Pick Up Games of Drinking Quest at NTRPG Con

Sunday, June 1, 2014

I'll be Running Pick Up Games of Drinking Quest at NTRPG Con

I've already packed the 3 decks of Drinking Quest in my bag and they are ready to go. My initial game plan was to run a DCC RPG adventure with S&W rules, but I never got around to the conversion. It has been that kind of a year thus far.

So in steps Drinking Quest, a finer game of drunken fantasy flavor RPG buffoonery one could not hope to find. It really is a cool game. I've run it with by old gaming group and I've even played with the creator, +DrinkingQuest DrinkingRPG (Jason Anarchy) via G+ Hangouts.

Come to think of it, I should run a session or two of Drinking Quest with some members of my online gaming groups.

Anyhow, I made some copies of the rules which are quick to learn and I expect to fill some of the time between scheduled games with beer and dice and silliness. Oh, and more beer ;)

Time to zip the bag up on Feltothraxis
Bet he can't wait to go thru the TSA Checkpoint at the airports ;)

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Tim SniderJune 2, 2014 at 5:50 AM
Count me in. I'll be looking for you.
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Tim SniderJune 3, 2014 at 7:22 PM
Oh, and this might interest you:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/drinkingquest/drinking-quest-trilogy-edition
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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, June 1, 2014

I'll be Running Pick Up Games of Drinking Quest at NTRPG Con

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