Tenkar's Tavern: My Frog God Games Holiday Grab Bag was Waiting for Me (Swords & Wizardry)

Saturday, December 6, 2014

My Frog God Games Holiday Grab Bag was Waiting for Me (Swords & Wizardry)

Wow. Simply "wow!"

This year's Frog God Holiday Grab Bag was full of Swords & Wizardry goodness. With the exception of the core Razor Coast book, I don't think any are dupes of what I currently own (and one of the three D20 releases included was Caverns of Tracia.

Now, each grab bag is different, so if you order one expect your contents to be different. Mine were divine ;)

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Wyl MajureDecember 6, 2014 at 10:46 AM
That is quite a haul!
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UnknownDecember 6, 2014 at 12:20 PM
Wow, that's fantastic!
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Nick P. CooperDecember 6, 2014 at 12:46 PM
Happy Christmas.
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The Angry MonkDecember 6, 2014 at 3:14 PM
Well, hello there!
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BrianDecember 6, 2014 at 5:47 PM
Looks like you got a nice variety. I also bought the grab bag and got a few nice things but also ended up with two (2!) dupes. Was not impressed.
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FellwalkerDecember 6, 2014 at 6:38 PM
Yep, looks like you lucked out indeed.
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ErikDecember 17, 2014 at 12:00 AM
Damn. You really lucked out. I was hoping for S&W gear. I got a bunch of what you got... but in pathfinder form. Gah! Anyone for trades? ;)
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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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Saturday, December 6, 2014

My Frog God Games Holiday Grab Bag was Waiting for Me (Swords & Wizardry)

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