Tenkar's Tavern: Benny and the Jets - J - E

Saturday, January 8, 2011

Benny and the Jets - J - E - T -S

On a normal Saturday nite I'm either gaming online with Fantasy Grounds, or I'm reading gaming blogs, or checking out another RPG product to review, or running a Tunnels & Trolls solo... you get the idea.

Tonight, i'm watching the Jet's in the Postseason.

Fun fun ;)

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christianJanuary 8, 2011 at 8:57 PM
I've got the game on now. Later, there will be Kings hockey. This is a beautiful night for sports. ;)
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TenkarJanuary 8, 2011 at 9:08 PM
damn tight game so far
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christianJanuary 8, 2011 at 9:11 PM
Oh man, that was a knife in the heart. What was that, a 60 yard TD reception?
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TenkarJanuary 8, 2011 at 9:19 PM
eh, it is the Colts... i expect it ;)
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TenkarJanuary 8, 2011 at 9:29 PM
arrgh!!!
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christianJanuary 8, 2011 at 9:39 PM
That INT didn't help, either. Come on Jets!
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TenkarJanuary 8, 2011 at 9:44 PM
Nope, it didn't. I would have been happy with a field goal...
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TenkarJanuary 8, 2011 at 9:52 PM
Finally! TD... about time
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christianJanuary 8, 2011 at 10:07 PM
TD!
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TenkarJanuary 8, 2011 at 10:20 PM
Woot! TD!
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christianJanuary 8, 2011 at 10:21 PM
Yeah! L.T.!!!!!!!
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TenkarJanuary 8, 2011 at 10:42 PM
damn game is gonna add 10 years to me ;)
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TenkarJanuary 8, 2011 at 11:02 PM
OMG!

Woot!

Holy Crap!

Go Jets!

hehe
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christianJanuary 8, 2011 at 11:24 PM
Can't fade the Jets!
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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 8, 2011

Benny and the Jets - J - E - T -S

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