Tenkar's Tavern: Seven of the Ten Bestselling Titles on RPGNow are OSR Titles

Thursday, September 21, 2017

Seven of the Ten Bestselling Titles on RPGNow are OSR Titles

Wow. Look at the above screenshot.

#1 - Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerers of Hyperborea

#2 - The Forbidden Caverns of Archaia

#3 - White Star: Galaxy Edition

#5 - Villains & Vigilantes 3.0 Mighty Protectors

#8 - B/X Essentials: Core Rules

#9 - BLUEHOLME: Journeyman Rules

#10- Wormskin Issue #7

7 out of 10 of the current best sellers at RPGNow are OSR / Old School releases. Interesting.

One DriveThruRPG? 1 out of 10.

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The Old DragoonSeptember 21, 2017 at 10:07 AM
It is truly a wonderful time to be alive.
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foreshameSeptember 21, 2017 at 10:12 AM
Nice to see Necrotic Gnome with two spots. We all have our favourites, they, New Big Dragon and LotFP are among mine. I also heartily endorse Sine Nomine, but Kevin is so superlative that it's hardly worth mentioning.
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Scott AndersonSeptember 21, 2017 at 10:25 AM
Michael Thomas! BLUEHOLME! We can remember back to the days when he put out a couple of page PDF with rules going 4-9 just for fun. And look at him now! It shows what passion and patience can accomplish.
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UnknownSeptember 21, 2017 at 11:11 AM
There must be some mistake. No one buys OSR stuff!
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Daniel D. FoxSeptember 21, 2017 at 11:55 AM
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Jon MayoSeptember 21, 2017 at 2:49 PM
The things retired grognards spend their pension on. ;)
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DelSeptember 22, 2017 at 6:30 AM
Awesome. I have Art in #1 and #9.... though i cannot claim responsibilty for their heavy sales!
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AllanSeptember 22, 2017 at 8:00 PM
Traveller not old school enough?
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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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Seven of the Ten Bestselling Titles on RPGNow are OSR Titles

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