Tenkar's Tavern: My "Teratic Tome" Arrived Today!

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

My "Teratic Tome" Arrived Today!

Yep, my hardcover copy of the Teratic Tome arrived this morning. I picked a good day to bring my car to the dealership for maintenance it seems.

Damn, I may very well need to put my 1e books on a shelf to give the Teratic Tome the proper company ;)

6 comments:

HedgehobbitJanuary 30, 2013 at 2:49 PM
Ever get the Temple of Jing?
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Erik TenkarJanuary 30, 2013 at 3:10 PM
Got it. read the first 3 pages or so and decided the experiment was not fun. To say it's a poor example of early d20 releases does a disservice to the poor early releases of the d20 era.
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GorgonmilkJanuary 30, 2013 at 6:48 PM
Got mine today, too!
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Charles WJanuary 30, 2013 at 9:39 PM
hmm... the link shows oly a PDF. Where to get Hardcover please?
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Erik TenkarJanuary 30, 2013 at 9:41 PM
over on lulu

make sure u use code: JANBOOKS13 before the end of the month for 20% off
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RafaelJanuary 30, 2013 at 10:17 PM
Hi, Charles W. -- Here's my Lulu store:
http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/pandemonium
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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 (thank you Kickstarter) (edit) BOTH editions of LotFP's Weird Fantasy and will soon have some dead tree copies of the Greyhawk Grognards Adventures Dark & Deep ~~shipping shortly~~ in my grubby hands awaiting a review..

I am so deep in the OSR when I come up for breath it's for the OSR's cousin, Tunnels & Trolls (and still waiting on dT&T to ship).

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 48, simplicity and flexibility while remaining true to the feel of the original is an OSR hat trick for me ;)

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My "Teratic Tome" Arrived Today!

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