Tenkar's Tavern: State of the Tavern - Time to Start Updating the Free OSR Resources Links

Saturday, July 10, 2021

State of the Tavern - Time to Start Updating the Free OSR Resources Links

So, apparently, all of the RPGNow links for the Free OSR Rulesets & Resources Pages on the right side are dead. 404 or some such nonsense. This means I need to change them all to the appropriate DTRPG links. One at a time. There must be hundreds.

This will take time. I'll be starting tomorrow. I'll also need to update for titles that have become free or PWYW since the last update.

If you know of any OSR rulesets are resources that are missing from the linked lists, please comment below and I will add them as I update the lists.

Now I know why I bought four bottles of wine... ;)

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3 comments:

zircherJuly 11, 2021 at 12:27 AM
THANK YOU! I know it is a hassle, but this is a valuable resource when you want to introduce players to these games.
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SamwiseSevenRPGJuly 11, 2021 at 8:20 AM
Murcanto's Lair is a PWYW systemless / OSR adventure.

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/m/product/159883

https://samwise7rpg.itch.io/murcantos-lair
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shanepatrickwardJuly 24, 2021 at 11:06 AM
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/6654/3-Toadstools&affiliate_id=470115 all my stuff is free.
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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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Saturday, July 10, 2021

State of the Tavern - Time to Start Updating the Free OSR Resources Links

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