Tenkar's Tavern: Urh? OOTS!

Thursday, May 6, 2010

Urh? OOTS!

Somehow, someway, I have failed thus far to post about my uber-favorite online comic - Order of the Stick by Rich Burlew. Major damn oversight on my point. It single handedly brought me back to gaming.

Go. Read. Start at 1. There are 719 strips to go, not counting the extras in the printed collections.

I'm open for suggestions of other comics to follow. High standard to be met ;)

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tegeusMay 6, 2010 at 8:15 PM
I'm partial to

http://www.evil-comic.com/
http://www.pvponline.com/

tegeus
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CoyoteMay 10, 2010 at 2:00 PM
You should also read
Girl Genius, by Phil and Kaja Foglio, names that should be known to anyone that has been associated with gaming for longer than a couple of years.

http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php

I also like "Looking for Group" found here:
http://www.lfgcomic.com/page/latest

Just starting my own blog here:
www.shing.ca - RPG Discussion and posts
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TenkarMay 10, 2010 at 8:20 PM
now I'm going to have to add Least I Could Do http://leasticoulddo.com/comic
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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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Urh? OOTS!

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