Tenkar's Tavern: A Far West F@ck You - There Will be a November Adamant Release, but it isn't Far West...

Friday, October 28, 2016

A Far West F@ck You - There Will be a November Adamant Release, but it isn't Far West...

Let's see...

Last Far West project update - August 22nd

Last Far West random Sharka comment - October 3rd

Last Far West comment that actually had Far West relevance - September 9th

Last Far West Fuck You - today and every day

Far West - where the Fuck Yous just keep on coming!

Just think, back when we thought Con Crud was the big excuse the project was only a year late. The truth is worse - arrogance, obnoxiousness and downright incompetence.

Above video thanks to Andy G who linked it in the Far West KS comments

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CeronomusOctober 28, 2016 at 12:15 PM
There are no words
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Keith DaviesOctober 28, 2016 at 12:34 PM
okay, as much as this video was attached to a _Far West Fuck You_ post, I have to admit I like the arrangement.
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UnknownOctober 28, 2016 at 12:57 PM
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Lincoln ZoneOctober 28, 2016 at 1:43 PM
To be fair: it says "Coming in November," but it doesn't say WHICH November. 2016? 2017? 2029? With Adamant, you can't make assumptions.
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Lincoln ZoneOctober 28, 2016 at 1:44 PM
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Andy GoldmanOctober 28, 2016 at 5:09 PM
Every day is the Final Countdown with Far West. :)
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Smokestack JonesOctober 30, 2016 at 10:24 AM
So should I feel bad about liking Asmant because I'm a big fan of Thrilling Tales?
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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, October 28, 2016

A Far West F@ck You - There Will be a November Adamant Release, but it isn't Far West...

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