Tenkar's Tavern: Kickstarter - Tabletop Tokens: Premium Plastic Tokens for Tabletop RPGs

Monday, February 19, 2018

Kickstarter - Tabletop Tokens: Premium Plastic Tokens for Tabletop RPGs

This is one of those Kickstarter projects where I say to myself - "how come no one thought of this before?" Its basically Colorforms for Tabletop RPGs.

Tabletop Tokens - Colorforms for adults! (they can pay me later for that witty catchphrase ;)

None of the initial sets really strike me as something I need, but a Dungeon Trappings set would be awesome!

Its funded with 22 days to go.

Heck, I might still be tempted if the right sets get added as stretch goals...

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shanepatrickwardFebruary 19, 2018 at 10:25 PM
These are great.
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UnknownFebruary 20, 2018 at 4:41 AM
These have been out before - lots of times by different folks. The problem is distribution. I always used to see things like this at Gen Con back in the day. They would show up for one or two years, then vanish. With modern distribution, these might have a chance.
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Venger SatanisFebruary 20, 2018 at 12:22 PM
And if you have little kids, you should already have giant-sized butterflies, lamps, unicorns, and bunny rabbits on hand!
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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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Monday, February 19, 2018

Kickstarter - Tabletop Tokens: Premium Plastic Tokens for Tabletop RPGs

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