Tenkar's Tavern: GameHole Con 2017 Photo Dump

Thursday, November 9, 2017

GameHole Con 2017 Photo Dump

Yes, I spent most of my time in the vendor's hall. Hey, its where all the cool kids were ;)

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Convinced Rach I need a 3d printer for Christmas...

Still trying to convince Rach we NEED The Well for our new shower curtain, lace be damned!

Laughter is awesome!

Venger & I

Jolly & I

Rach bought a dice cup and some coasters

AS&SH arrived today. My weekend is shot

Swords & Wizardry sold well

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UnknownNovember 9, 2017 at 9:55 PM
I've been attending Gamehole since the first year. It was great to meet you. My students were totally blown away with their new quick start Lite rules for S&W when we met to game this week. Thank you and Frog God Games.
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Michael S/ChgowizNovember 10, 2017 at 9:15 AM
It was pretty cool looking through the S&W book and seeing our names from the 'aughts there still in the credits.
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DelNovember 10, 2017 at 10:00 AM
Incidentally you can just see the hand of my paladin illo over Jeff Talanian's shoulder at the AS&SH booth. It was great to see you again Eric, look forward to Garycon, it was good to get a look at the new bunnies and burrows, and continual light!
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Zudrak (Michael G.)November 10, 2017 at 1:21 PM
Great photos, E! It's cool seeing RPG people I hope to eventually meet. :D
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SpudeusNovember 11, 2017 at 3:11 PM
Larry Elmore was there? Cool! I've never met him but have procured a few signed prints from his website.
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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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