Tenkar's Tavern: We HAVE a Gygax Memorial! No Silly, Not THAT One!

Tuesday, April 4, 2017

We HAVE a Gygax Memorial! No Silly, Not THAT One!

A few quick comments, because otherwise the quote from the Gygax Memorial Fund speaks for itself:

1 - As someone else just said to me, thank God Alex designed the plaque and not his mother.

2 - Didn't see Gail but I heard she was there. Met Alex. His heart's in the right place. If there is going to be a Hail Mary with this fiasco, Alex will be the one throwing it.

3 - "This is NOT the memorial you are looking for. Please move along."

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CeronomusApril 4, 2017 at 8:49 PM
Not the memorial we are looking for but I'll call it a damned fine start. There has been motion on the side of the memorial and I credit much of it to Alex. He's not a "creep through the dungeon" kind of guy. :)
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BadmikeApril 4, 2017 at 8:54 PM
Well...something positive, at least. I hope this isn't a "shake-and-fake" and we really do hear something about a permanent memorial soon.
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CapheindApril 4, 2017 at 10:32 PM
Probably the only memorial we are likely to see, I don't regret getting the reprints since I wanted the books anyway, but its still a bit depressing.
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jollyblackburnApril 4, 2017 at 10:39 PM
Good news. Alex is a rock star.
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TheShadowKnowsApril 5, 2017 at 1:34 PM
We do have a Gary Gygax memorial - it's called Dungeons and Dragons.
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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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Tuesday, April 4, 2017

We HAVE a Gygax Memorial! No Silly, Not THAT One!

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