Tenkar's Tavern: Wherein Your Humble Barkeep Get's a Dedication in Victorious: Manifest Destiny

Wednesday, September 7, 2016

Wherein Your Humble Barkeep Get's a Dedication in Victorious: Manifest Destiny

Few things make me smile more that having someone with inestimable talent dedicate something to little 'ole me.

Damn. Mike, you've left me nearly speechless.

I know, hard thing to do but you did it.

If my readers haven't checked out Victorious yet, you are doing yourselves a disservice. I'm not a huge fan of supers in my RPGS but Mike has found the perfect mix of Victorian history, steampunk and super-heroics. Rach and I had a blast at NTRPG Con playing in Mike's Victorious game.

Heck, even if you don't play Victorious, grab Manifest Destiny. It's a great alt history piece and I love all history.

It's built off of Castles & Crusades, so anyone from White Box through 3x should be able to grok it with few if any issues.

Alright. I'm all verklempt. Carry on...

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Timothy S. BrannanSeptember 7, 2016 at 8:17 PM
Sweet. And Victorious is an awfully fun game.
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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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Wednesday, September 7, 2016

Wherein Your Humble Barkeep Get's a Dedication in Victorious: Manifest Destiny

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