Tenkar's Tavern: Lankmar Area Rug for Sale (and others) - Now, If Only We Could Arrange for a Bard's Gate Rug

Tuesday, January 12, 2021

Lankmar Area Rug for Sale (and others) - Now, If Only We Could Arrange for a Bard's Gate Rug

Teezons is a website I had not visited prior to tonight, but one of the links on BellofLostSouls led me down one hell of a rabbit hole.

You can get the above pictured Lankmar city map for as little as 70.45 at 3'x5' or 99.45 for the 5'x8' rug.

Damn, very tempting, and there are lots more maps of official Dungeons & Dragons 🐉settings available, although I am unsure of the legality of such offered items.

The wording of the item description likely indicates a non-native English speaker:

Still, a Bard's Gate or Lost Lands rug would be awesome. Or maybe the new map for The Mouth of Doom from the Rappan Athuk Map Collection. Or one of Doug Kovak's awesome DCC maps. The mind boggles :)

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4 comments:

Rob F.January 12, 2021 at 8:37 PM
I loved that 1E Lankhmar setting so much. That map brings back many, many fond memories. Best city setting ever designed, for my money. Apologies to Frog God and Necromancer games. Bard's Gate and the Necro CSIO were both excellent.
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JonathanJanuary 12, 2021 at 8:49 PM
If you hang them on the wall, do they become tapestries?
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sevenbastardJanuary 12, 2021 at 8:59 PM
I would imagine WOTC is getting no money and they are not licensed otherwise it would be current properties.

Inuse zazzle to print poster maps for overland and cities a lot. $10 or so with the right sale and your homebrew worls suddenly looks legit when you lay down a poster map.
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ShadowStalkerJanuary 13, 2021 at 9:30 AM
OH, HELL THAT'S AWESOME
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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 12, 2021

Lankmar Area Rug for Sale (and others) - Now, If Only We Could Arrange for a Bard's Gate Rug

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