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Tuesday, August 30, 2022

You Get a Subpoena, and You Get a Subpoena! - WotC Subpoenas in the Legal Action vs nuTSR Are Served!

Well, I knew about this Monday afternoon and now the cat is out of the bag. Don Semora and Michael Hovermale have been subpoenaed by WotC in their legal action vs nuTSR. Actually, Don got two, as Wizard Tower Games also received a subpoena.

So, any bets on the next sock-puppet account to appear on Twitter? Maybe ILostMyHome2023 or OwnedbyWotC99NeverMind.

Maybe we need to turn this into a drinking game. Never mind, I think someone in North Carolina already has...

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JeffAugust 30, 2022 at 7:20 PM
Thing is, Wizards is known for not going to court, except as a last resort. So, this is pretty telling. It was all they could stands, and they can't stands no more.
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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, August 30, 2022

You Get a Subpoena, and You Get a Subpoena! - WotC Subpoenas in the Legal Action vs nuTSR Are Served!

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