Tenkar's Tavern: Working Weekend Away - Beyond the Grimmsgate, 1975 Bones in the Hall

Saturday, October 29, 2016

Working Weekend Away - Beyond the Grimmsgate, 1975 Bones in the Hall

I'm still not 100% - we'll call it 51% ;)

Anyhow, Rach really wants to go to some lotion making class in Honesdale, PA tomorrow, so I find myself in the Poconos for the weekend.

I brought reading material, as you can plainly see in the pic above. I'll be making notes for any information needed to run these with Swords & Wizardry Light and posting such notes to the support page here at The Tavern (mostly magic items, spells and monsters not covered in the initial ruleset). No, the page isn't "live" yet as the rules haven't officially released yet.

I ran Grimmsgate a few years back, but they all need a reread. After these three comes Lost City of Barakus.

Alright, time for a lunch run, then reading and note taking...

Back in NYC Monday afternoon, so if you are looking to contact me in a timely manner, Facebook or G+ Hangouts is probably best. Limited email access on the phone.

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Dithering FoolNovember 23, 2016 at 10:30 AM
Any word when we'll see more content?!?
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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, October 29, 2016

Working Weekend Away - Beyond the Grimmsgate, 1975 Bones in the Hall

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