Tenkar's Tavern: Gary Con - Breakfast With the Devil and Goodman Games News

Saturday, March 25, 2017

Gary Con - Breakfast With the Devil and Goodman Games News

+Venger Satanis and I had breakfast together this morning. It was a great time and he awesome company. Now I just need to convert V to Swords & Wizardry Light ;)

Goodman Games had a few announcements today:

-The Lankmar Kickstarter is live. Heck, its funded almost immediately.

- B1 & B2 - Classic adventures from Basic Dungeons & Dragons will be reprinted faithfully to their original releases AND converted to Dungeons & Dragons 5e,

Woot!

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David FisherMarch 25, 2017 at 11:33 PM
Did Venger show you how to eat breakfast like a fucking boss?
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PyroArrowMarch 26, 2017 at 2:44 PM
Ok, cool, and I would love them to release them as original 1st Edition as well, but with restored stuff that may have been left out, like the tower pictured on the back of the original B1 and corrections made. New stuff, such as more NPC's, encounters and expanded maps, to expand both modules a bit and more artwork added in, perhaps in 2 versions, one with the original black ink and white style and one in the modern colorful realistic looking style. I'll also pledge on the Lankhmar Kickstarter, at least the pdf for now and maybe get print later on.
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SpudeusMarch 26, 2017 at 6:51 PM
Light and Dark/Good and Evil - quite the pair! Definitely in for the Lankhmar KS - I think that'll be three Goodman projects pending for me. . .
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YarMarch 27, 2017 at 2:59 AM
To Spudeus

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I just affraid to lose my money.
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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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Gary Con - Breakfast With the Devil and Goodman Games News

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