Tenkar's Tavern: Deal of the Day - 5e Creature Decks: Constructs, Giants, Humanoids, Undead (and more)

Tuesday, January 9, 2018

Deal of the Day - 5e Creature Decks: Constructs, Giants, Humanoids, Undead (and more)

Today's Deal of the Day at RPGNow is 5e Creature Decks: Constructs, Giants, Humanoids, Undead from Inkwell Designs.

The PDFs are normally $5.95 a deck. Until tomorrow morning they are $1.95 a deck in PDF. Print plus PDF is $9.95 a deck. And yes, there are other decks on sale for the same pricing.

5e Creature Decks: More Dragons & Monstrosities

5e Creature Decks: More Aberrations & Fiends

5e Creature Decks: Dragons & Monstrosities

5e Creature Decks: Beasts, Oozes, & Plants

Crap. There are two more decks but I have to pick Rach up from work...

Grab the PDF Bundle of 7 decks for 10 bucks here and the print plus PDF bundle of 7 decks for less than $70 here.

Yep, affiliate links above. Keep the lamps on and the taps flowing. Heck, maybe we'll throw in a little heat here at The Tavern. Much thanks!

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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, January 9, 2018

Deal of the Day - 5e Creature Decks: Constructs, Giants, Humanoids, Undead (and more)

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