Tenkar's Tavern: Episode "Zero" is in The Bag - CoHosts Vince Florio & James Spahn

Friday, August 26, 2016

Episode "Zero" is in The Bag - CoHosts Vince Florio & James Spahn

We recorded the first episode of the yet to be officially announced Old School Gaming Podcast (that is not the name of the podcast - that will be announced soon.) My CoHosts were +Vincent Florio and +James Spahn .

Needless to say, it was many levels of awesome. Now, I may be biased but I had a blast recording and I expect that will show. I even broke out into song...

We touched on Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, Mazes & Perils, Swords & Wizardry, White Star, Labyrinth Lord, Top Secret, Star Wars D6, 4e, 5e, DCC, Time Master, CoC and others while talking about kenders, Dragonlance and a whole bunch of other stuff.

The main topic was Time Travel and travel we did.

It should go up some time next week. I'll let you know when it's available for download.

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James M. SpahnAugust 26, 2016 at 11:32 PM
Viva la Kender!
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Charles SaegerAugust 26, 2016 at 11:43 PM
You guys sent a kender through time to fight Darth Vader back in Jack the Ripper's London again, didn't you?
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MojoAugust 27, 2016 at 12:21 AM
Congrats man! I am super excited to have another podcast to listen to. Thank you very much. Because of my disability I am pretty much a shut in, so these podcasts are a god sent. Thank you Eric!
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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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Friday, August 26, 2016

Episode "Zero" is in The Bag - CoHosts Vince Florio & James Spahn

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