Tenkar's Tavern: I'm Damn Proud

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

I'm Damn Proud

Got to see my son graduate as an Auxiliary Police Officer tonight. He gets to volunteer his time to help our community, and I get to stay up to midnite on the nites he volunteers, 'cause that's what parents do.

Nothing game related here, just pride. Well, I guess the late nites will be game related, as I will probably either be reading game blogs or gaming material ;)

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christianJanuary 25, 2011 at 10:57 PM
That is very, very cool. Congrats!
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JimJanuary 25, 2011 at 11:03 PM
Congratulations! Best of luck to him when he's out there -- stay safe!
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JamesJanuary 25, 2011 at 11:17 PM
Congratulations! :)
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The Acrobatic FleaJanuary 26, 2011 at 4:47 AM
Congratulations! "Be careful out there!"
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LoquaciousJanuary 26, 2011 at 6:03 AM
AWESOME! I know how good it feels to see a teen son do well. Congratulations to him!
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TenkarJanuary 26, 2011 at 8:31 AM
He'll have a few years of volunteering before he's eligible to join his old man on the force... assuming I don't retire before then ;)

Thanks all for the well wishes!
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Greg ChristopherJanuary 26, 2011 at 12:12 PM
I've noticed that since having kids, I am using their names for all my characters in video games instead of my old monikers. Is that strange? Being a parent is certainly a whole new ball game. I can't imagine my kids being teenagers yet, that is just light years away to me.
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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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Tuesday, January 25, 2011

I'm Damn Proud

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