Tenkar's Tavern: Rappan Athuk - $15 Shipping for EU, Australia and New Zealand (Swords & Wizardry and Pathfinder

Friday, September 16, 2016

Rappan Athuk - $15 Shipping for EU, Australia and New Zealand (Swords & Wizardry and Pathfinder - Frog God Games)

I've known it was in the works for a bit but it's now official - the EU, Australia and New Zealand now have access to Rappan Athuk via local Print on Demand (POD).

If you've been waiting on picking up Rappan Athuk but didn't want to get man handled by the USPS' shipping rates, here's your chance for a more affordable option.

Just keep your players away from the magical slow machines. My group lost a session and a half (and a henchman) to that trap of addiction ;)

Disclosure: Although I worked on Swords & Wizardry Light for Frog God Games, it was a labor of love for the community. I do not receive a salary or any other sort of compensation from Frog God Games. I just happen to like their shit :)

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Douglas ColeSeptember 16, 2016 at 9:50 PM
I've been looking for local print options in Australia and New Zealand, from short-run print to local POD as well. I'm also looking at local offset options in various markets, but unless I can scare up 1000-2000 orders per market, that's not going to work
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GoblinTownSeptember 16, 2016 at 10:56 PM
My favorite dungeon (mega or otherwise) of all time. <3 Rappan Athuk
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ENNSeptember 16, 2016 at 11:30 PM
Been reading this in prep for our Extra Life game. It has a tremendous amount of fun packed between the covers.
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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, September 16, 2016

Rappan Athuk - $15 Shipping for EU, Australia and New Zealand (Swords & Wizardry and Pathfinder - Frog God Games)

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