Tenkar's Tavern: FREE - Gongfarmer's Almanac Series (DCC RPG)

Saturday, September 17, 2016

FREE - Gongfarmer's Almanac Series (DCC RPG)

It's not often that you see a series of 16 FREE releases for a game, let alone the DCC RPG. Then, next thing you know you are ass deep in Gongfarmers ;)

Technically, it's 2 yearly consolidated volumes and 14 individual issues of The Gongfarmer's Almanac, compiled and published by Gongfarmer 's Local #282, otherwise known as the DCC RPG G+ Community.

And yes, the price is FREE. Not PWYW, but gratis.

Talk about a labor of love.

(and yes, that is Doug Kovak's art on the cover)

Remember, all purchases using The Tavern's RPGNow affiliate links puts 5% of your purchase price into The Tavern's coffers. Yes, these releases are FREE, but maybe you'll make a purchase while visiting. Don't leave that money on the table for the greedy corps! Tip your barman! ;)

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KyorouSeptember 17, 2016 at 9:42 AM
Thank you, Tenkar. This made my day.
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Kitchen WolfSeptember 17, 2016 at 12:16 PM
Never tip a dwarf. They're very stable and prone to head butting at a decidedly unpleasant altitude.
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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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Saturday, September 17, 2016

FREE - Gongfarmer's Almanac Series (DCC RPG)

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