Tenkar's Tavern: The Return of the Open Source White Box and Core Rules Swords & Wizardry Docs

Friday, October 7, 2016

The Return of the Open Source White Box and Core Rules Swords & Wizardry Docs

I've been asked on nearly a daily basis "When is the SwordsandWizardry.com site coming back up?". The truth is, I don't know. When I have an update, you'll see it here first.

In the meantime, I've gotten permission to host the Swords & Wizardry White Box RTF File and the Swords & Wizardry Core Doc file. Just go to http://bit.ly/SWOpenSource

What does this mean for you?

If you like to house rule, you can go in, edit the files and print it at at home, at a professional printer or at Lulu.com. Yes, your own, customized, Swords & Wizardry ruleset. (sorry, art assets and cover art are not included)

It also means if you have the desire to hack together a new ruleset, using Swords & Wizardry as your inspiration, the tools are here. The S&W White Box rules are what I hacked up to come up with Swords & Wizardry Light.

I'll be looking to put together a page with other Swords & Wizardry resources. I'll post it at The Tavern when such is live. (If you have houseruled / hacked S&W ruleset you want to share with the community, this will be the place)

Long live Swords & Wizardry :)

Note - the PDF files and the POD are still hosted at Lulu.

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MattOctober 7, 2016 at 2:58 PM
Thanks for doing this!

FYI - All I'm seeing in that Dropbox folder is a .doc of White Box and a .pdf of White Box.
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TenkarOctober 7, 2016 at 2:59 PM
oops - let me fix
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AnonymousOctober 7, 2016 at 3:01 PM
What happened to the site?
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TenkarOctober 7, 2016 at 3:01 PM
fixed
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The WandererOctober 7, 2016 at 3:10 PM
I did this exact thing with White Box. It was quite the learning experience.

When you have the page up Erik, I'd be happy to include the PDF of White Box:FMAG
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The WandererOctober 7, 2016 at 3:11 PM
I just have to say; that Mullen cover for Core is probably my favorite cover of any OSR RPG!
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Eric NorredOctober 7, 2016 at 4:15 PM
All of these files have been available at the new S&W forums for months at:
https://snw.smolderingwizard.com/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=4

Enjoy.
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James M. SpahnOctober 7, 2016 at 6:00 PM
"Yeah, just add a few house rules in..."

That's how it starts. Then I ended up publishing The Hero's Journey Fantasy Roleplaying.
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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 7, 2016

The Return of the Open Source White Box and Core Rules Swords & Wizardry Docs

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