Tenkar's Tavern: OSR Christmas - Day Nine - Post 2 - Can You Break This Cypher? (Hardcover)

Thursday, December 24, 2015

OSR Christmas - Day Nine - Post 2 - Can You Break This Cypher? (Hardcover)

OSR Christmas - Morning of Day 9 - Cold is in full swing - All I want to do is sleep, but I have a full day planned - That full day includes - beer.

Ah, so what do we have in store for you this wonderful morning? (currently 67 degrees here in NYC)

+Mark Craddock , he of the Crossplanes blog, is putting a hardcover copy of Monte Cook's Cypher System into Santa's gift bag. How do you give yourself a chance to be gifted?

Simply head over to the Crossplanes blog and leave a comment. Damn, that's simple, ain't it?

Remember, it's not even 9am here in NYC and we already have our second OSR Christmas giveaway of the day. I'm giving something small to 5 random commenters on this post at The Tavern.

16 comments:

CeronomusDecember 24, 2015 at 8:56 AM
I'm commenting on behalf of Jim DelVasto. He could use some holiday cheer.
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Nathand ChristensonDecember 24, 2015 at 9:10 AM
Seems like every other time my phone goes off it is notifing me of another of your posts. :-) it's pretty cool.
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muphry23December 24, 2015 at 9:36 AM
Hope you're feeling better asap
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AnonymousDecember 24, 2015 at 11:48 AM
Merry Christmas Eve all!
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sevenbastardDecember 24, 2015 at 12:57 PM
Me please
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cutesealpupDecember 24, 2015 at 1:57 PM
Merry Christmas.
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JasperAKDecember 24, 2015 at 2:07 PM
Merry Christmas you primitive screwheads.
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Reverend DakDecember 24, 2015 at 2:45 PM
May the Force be with you.
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TonyDecember 24, 2015 at 4:32 PM
OSR!!!!
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The DaveDecember 24, 2015 at 9:30 PM
OOOOOH
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Bruno BaèreDecember 25, 2015 at 12:39 AM
Commenting here too to wish a merry Christmas. Mine had special beers as gift exchange!
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ProwlerDecember 25, 2015 at 2:02 AM
Random comment.
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Allan BDecember 26, 2015 at 2:24 AM
My comment didn't go through for some reason the first time. Trying again
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Stu OrdanaDecember 27, 2015 at 7:17 PM
Another random comment.
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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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Thursday, December 24, 2015

OSR Christmas - Day Nine - Post 2 - Can You Break This Cypher? (Hardcover)

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