Tenkar's Tavern: Deluxe Tunnels & Trolls Exists - Seven Soft Cover Copies in Hand

Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Deluxe Tunnels & Trolls Exists - Seven Soft Cover Copies in Hand

Yes, Deluxe Tunnels & Trolls is huge. Those seven copies are quite heavy. My copies took a little wear on the edges as there was no packing on the top inside of the box to keep them from sliding around and the box was made for 11 copies (so the side of the box says). There were some inserts included. Some were folded over but in truth that doesn't matter much. I doubt I'd find myself hanging Fellowship of the Troll posters on my walls at the ripe old age of 48 ;)

I'm still waiting on my hardcover copy (which may not be back from the printers) and three more softcover copies. I'm going to assume they were (will be?) shipped separately, as it was over 16 bucks in postage just to get me these seven copies.

So yes, it looks like we can just about stop the clock on this project. Let me know in the comments of this page if you got your copies...

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Smokestack JonesAugust 25, 2015 at 11:50 AM
I'll let you know but, as a PayPal backer I think I'm in for a looong wait.
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TenkarAugust 25, 2015 at 11:52 AM
maybe their holding back my three copies for you ;)
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DyversAugust 25, 2015 at 11:54 AM
How do the insides look?
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Christopher StogdillAugust 25, 2015 at 12:51 PM
Why do you need so many copies? Gifts? ;)...sorry, there is no emoticon for puppy-dog eyes....
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Doctor FuturityAugust 25, 2015 at 2:01 PM
I had one hard cover plus lots of addons so still waiting...
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ShaneAugust 25, 2015 at 3:16 PM
Not received my softcover yet but it's presumably on it's way then.
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Peter DAugust 25, 2015 at 7:33 PM
I don't believe you. Prove it - mail me one so I can confirm its existence.
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Steve CromptonAugust 25, 2015 at 7:35 PM
Hardcovers are still being made and I'm doing everything I can to get those back as sson as possible. (Goodman Games has the same situation going on at the moment, with the Grimtooth softcover and Hardcover - softcovers are printed - hardcovers are not.) Our plan is to ship hardcovers and softcovers together - so if you ordered both, you may have a longer wait. For now we are shipping to people who just ordered the softcover (and any other books like the solos and the GM adventure etc. - though most of those were all shipped out long ago) Last I heard over 500 books were shipped so far. but I don't get a daily total every day, so its more than that by now.
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BatmanSeptember 2, 2015 at 5:36 PM
When will these be available to the general public?
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Steve CromptonOctober 15, 2015 at 7:47 PM
Softcover is available on Amazon, the pdf is at drivetrhu rpg. Look for deluxe tunnels & trolls.
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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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Deluxe Tunnels & Trolls Exists - Seven Soft Cover Copies in Hand

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