Tenkar's Tavern: Kicking the Tavern Keeper in the Privates IS NOT an Endorsed Activity at NTRPG Con (and other updates)

Tuesday, June 12, 2018

Kicking the Tavern Keeper in the Privates IS NOT an Endorsed Activity at NTRPG Con (and other updates)

Jason Hobbs took this photo of Greg Gillespie (Three Castles Award Winner), James Spahn and myself. I specifically DO NOT endorse kicking me in the balls. It makes for uncomfortable convention appearances for yours truly ;)

I'll begin post-convention catch-up tomorrow with posts on the following subjects:

Request for questions for Steve Jackson about the upcoming The Fantasy Trip Kickstarter.

A peek at Autarch's Secrets of the Nethercity Kickstarter (I have received preview material I can share here at The Tavern: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/autarch/secrets-of-the-nethercity

A look at Vault of K'Horror A Tunnels & Trolls GM Adventure from Flying Buffalo: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/994700393/vault-of-khorror-a-tunnels-and-trolls-gm-adventure

A HUGE Humble Bundle release

An update on the Gygax Memorial Fund

and more of course. The next few days will be fast and furious ;)

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Johnny F. NormalJune 12, 2018 at 11:23 PM
Doesn't anyone actually wear shoes, has the world gone mad?
As a Canadian that goes doubly for Dr. Gillespie.
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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, June 12, 2018

Kicking the Tavern Keeper in the Privates IS NOT an Endorsed Activity at NTRPG Con (and other updates)

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