Tenkar's Tavern: Time to Award Gifts! - OSR Christmas - Extended Edition - Lots of in Print Goodies for the Good Boys and Girls (US Only)

Thursday, January 14, 2016

Time to Award Gifts! - OSR Christmas - Extended Edition - Lots of in Print Goodies for the Good Boys and Girls (US Only)

Thank you all for sharing your favorite OSR resources and systems.
The book sets have been randomly assigned and the winners are listed below! Congratulations to all of you!

Set #2: Castles and Crusades core books - Stu Ordana
Set #3: Swords and Wizardry Razor Coast book - Rick Stump
Set #7: Magazines - Peter Schweighofer
Set #8: Snarfquest compilation + FRPG Bible - Paul

Set #1: DCC modules and Transylvania Adventures - goeticgeek
Set #4: Swords and Wizardry Razor Coast book and modules - Christian Kolbe
Set #5: Necromancer/Frog God Games d20 modules - Jacob Kipfer
Set #6: Dyson's Delves books - JasperAK

Winners who haven't heard from Keith directly are encouraged to contact him via PM at +Keith G Nelson Anyone who, for some reason, doesn't want the set they've won, please let Keith know either here in the comments or via PM and he'll pick another winner for that set.

Happy New Year to you all!

+Keith G Nelson

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goeticgeekJanuary 15, 2016 at 7:25 AM
Is there an e-mail address that we can contact Keith at? I don't do the google plus thing. Really excited about winning!
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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, January 14, 2016

Time to Award Gifts! - OSR Christmas - Extended Edition - Lots of in Print Goodies for the Good Boys and Girls (US Only)

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