Tenkar's Tavern: Some Further Links for Folks in Need due to Superstorm Harvey

Friday, September 1, 2017

Some Further Links for Folks in Need due to Superstorm Harvey

This is far from a complete list. It is, quite simply, a start. Harvey has left a trail of destruction and many in our community and beyond will need our help. I've never been more proud to be a gamer when than when I've seen the community pull together for those in need.

Link to the Sgt. Steve Perez GoFundMe page

Gamers on Games is collecting for the Texas Diaper Bank for Harvey.

"Many folks got flooded. I have several strong boys (Eagle Scouts) who are slogging through chin deep water to help folks salvage what they can. The president of our company (Illusionists - Parent company of Tenkar's Tavern Crate, Mythoard and other monthly gaming boxes), Trina Burns lost everything. Two cars, all their furniture and she has 5 small babies that had to be evacuated to Dallas. Everyone is fine but we are doing a fundraiser for them at https://paypal.me/FUZIONAgency if anyone is inclined to help out." Jared Nielsen

"Jason Yarnell, the boss over at RPG publisher D3 Adventures, and his family had their house flooded and have suffered a major loss of most of their stuff and much of his office is still under water. They are safely staying with friends currently, but the road to recovery is going to be a long one. His sister put up a GoFundMe campaign if anyone wants to help." Matt McElroy
https://www.gofundme.com/3quu2d-hurricane-harvey-recovery

https://www.paypal.me/MMMBooks

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iFHP5iIpvCdkg_EpVKHkPbbnuP7IlPXoDVLkntK2Cgo/edit#gid=0

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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, September 1, 2017

Some Further Links for Folks in Need due to Superstorm Harvey

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