Tenkar's Tavern: Free Akados Region Map in Digital Format for Swords & Wizardry Legion Members

Thursday, April 13, 2017

Free Akados Region Map in Digital Format for Swords & Wizardry Legion Members

The Frogs are offering free downloads of the Akados Region Map to Swords & Wizardry Legion members. Details are in the Swords & Wizardry Legion Community.

Yes, before one asks, it is currently a Facebook only community. Don't like Facebook? Use a throw away email and a fake name. Use it only for the Legion community. Seriously. I've gotten a sneak peek at the offers that Frog God Games is going to offer on Swords & Wizardry Appreciation Day to Legion members and the prices are ridiculous.

I'm thoroughly enjoying the Swords & Wizardry love in the air ;)

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Wayne HumfleetApril 13, 2017 at 3:29 PM
I just sent a request to join. I forgot to email the Legion organizer to gain official access.
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Benjamin UnderhillApril 13, 2017 at 3:59 PM
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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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Thursday, April 13, 2017

Free Akados Region Map in Digital Format for Swords & Wizardry Legion Members

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