Tenkar's Tavern: OSR Christmas 2024 - Days 7 and 8

Monday, January 6, 2025

OSR Christmas 2024 - Days 7 and 8 - Say What? TWO Days in One?

I'm still playing catch-up for some of the prior days of OSR Christmas 2024 regarding sorting out prior gifts. Today is TWO Days in one!

Comment below before 10 PM ET on January 8th, 2025, to be in the mix. More gifts are better!

FDG0349 DRAGON TILES: Dungeon Core Set ($25.00)

FDG0351 DRAGON TILES: Caverns Core Set ($25.00)

Frog God Games 50% off Coupon X TWO!

Sir Pellinore's Game PDF

Castle Perilous PDF

$10 DTTRPG Gift Cert X TWO!

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macloudJanuary 6, 2025 at 10:02 PM
hope everyone remembered to take there decorations down before 12th night
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Kevin NJanuary 6, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Merry Christmas!
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Brian S.January 6, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Ho Ho Lets Go!
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Jeff BernsteinJanuary 7, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Merry OSR Christmas!
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RhinoDino1973January 7, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Happy OSR to All!
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DungeonMapperJanuary 7, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Merry OSR Christmas-to each and all
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ch\/\/olfgangJanuary 7, 2025 at 7:59 AM
This is one of my favorite parts of the Holiday Season. Good luck all.
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DougJanuary 7, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Merry Christmas to all. Remember to bring bug spray if you head to the woods southeast of the Keep
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rockmonolitJanuary 7, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Merry Christmas!
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Rob F.January 7, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Merry belated Christmas!
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Nathand ChristensonJanuary 7, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Thank you as always for holding this giveaway!
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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, January 6, 2025

OSR Christmas 2024 - Days 7 and 8 - Say What? TWO Days in One?

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