Tenkar's Tavern: I'm Leaking... I Have an Upcoming Project with...

Tuesday, August 23, 2016

I'm Leaking... I Have an Upcoming Project with...

Damn it!

I'm not allowed to give details just yet, but I am allowed to say that I'm working on an "official project with Frog God Games."

We just need to nail down the legalese.

I'm so stoked!

Soon I'll be able to explain more. Oh, and probably ask for input and feedback from The Tavern's Community.

Does this make me an Auxiliary Frog?

Right. Back to work. Fuck. Glowing...

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UnknownAugust 23, 2016 at 6:35 PM
I never thought I'd see a bearded tadpole. Congrats.
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Douglas ColeAugust 23, 2016 at 6:36 PM
I hear it's not easy being green.
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Zudrak (Michael G.)August 23, 2016 at 7:00 PM
Excellent! Congratulations, Frog God Games!
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Boric GlanduumAugust 23, 2016 at 8:22 PM
AWESOME news!
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Timothy S. BrannanAugust 23, 2016 at 9:36 PM
Sweet! This should be fun.
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Allan BAugust 23, 2016 at 10:23 PM
Congratulations Erik, I hope everything works out well for you!
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Steven DAugust 24, 2016 at 12:10 AM
Welcome to the Auxiliary Frog club Tenkar! ;)
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Jonathan LinnemanAugust 24, 2016 at 12:11 AM
Hmm...looking forward to seeing what this could be...!
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NarmerAugust 24, 2016 at 12:02 PM
Stitches usually take care of the leaking. I'm looking forward to...whatever it is!
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FritsKAugust 24, 2016 at 12:59 PM
As long as it contains a tavern carried on the back of a humongous frog I am sure it'll be very nice.
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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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I'm Leaking... I Have an Upcoming Project with...

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