Tenkar's Tavern: Troll Lord Games Entire Catalogue 60% Off at RPGNow Thru Sunday

Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Troll Lord Games Entire Catalogue 60% Off at RPGNow Thru Sunday

Every once in a while Troll Lord Games runs a sale over at OBS (DriveThruRPG and RPGNow.) This is one of their better sales. 60% off is no joke.

Castles & Crusades is what brought me back to gaming and reminds me of AD&D 1e / 2e in many ways. A houseruled AD&D but still D&D to me.

The adventures are easily portable to other OSR games and the price is certainly right. I think I'll be shopping while running tonight's Tavern Chat session ;)

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AnonymousJanuary 29, 2015 at 10:22 AM
I'm woefully uneducated about the C&C line. I see they have a ton of adventures! Can you recommend any that fit in the dungeon crawl style?
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Peter DJanuary 29, 2015 at 4:03 PM
Is the monster and treasure book worth it? It is old re-statted monsters or new monsters?
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UnknownJanuary 29, 2015 at 4:47 PM
Here are three of the more dungeon crawl-y modules they have out:
DA1: Dark Journey 3-5 characters level 1-4
DB2: Crater of Umeshti 4-6 characters level 3-5
DB3: Deeper Darkness 4-6 characters level 4-8 (direct continuation of DB2)

Some of the A series is 'underground' too.

The M&T book is mostly re-statted monsters (and treasure.) I do like the treasure generation tables, especially the unique (non-magical) items lists.
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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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Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Troll Lord Games Entire Catalogue 60% Off at RPGNow Thru Sunday

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