Tenkar's Tavern: Game Prep

Saturday, January 15, 2011

Game Prep

No, not game prep for a rousing session of dice rolling. I'm talking about prepping for tomorrow afternoon's Jets game.

Already have the beer. Getting the Pizza Hut Pizza today to heat up in my tabletop pizza oven tomorrow.

Sorry to hear Christian is cutting out his Nerd Sunday cooking. I feel like it's the end of an era.

- Posted from my iPhone

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christianJanuary 15, 2011 at 5:48 PM
I'm kind of bummed, too. Even if the guys would have pitched in $15 of the $25 I would have been cool. I never talk about it online as some of the people with whom I game read my blog, but I really think it's a symptom of playing with acquaintances rather than friends. With friends you can say, "Hey, ass, why don't kick in two or three bucks for that plate?"

Man, the Ravens are carving up the Steelers right now.
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HiggipediaJanuary 15, 2011 at 6:00 PM
From a Patriots fan to a Jets fan, may the best team win. I hope it's a hell of a game.
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TenkarJanuary 16, 2011 at 12:39 AM
@christian - I hear you. shame tho. if I ever get out west i'll have to drag you outa retirement ;)

@Higgipedia - a good game is all I ask for - If the Jets lose to the Pats yet play well, all is still good - A win would be better tho ;)
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TenkarJanuary 16, 2011 at 7:45 PM
@Higgipedia - damn good game - i'm very pleasantly surprised by the Jets win
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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, January 15, 2011

Game Prep

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