Tenkar's Tavern: The (Virtual) Dice Shall Roll High Tonight!

Saturday, January 22, 2011

The (Virtual) Dice Shall Roll High Tonight!

At least I hope they will. I've been rolling like crap the last few sessions of the Fantasy Grounds / Castles & Crusades game I play in and Tenkar has taken a beating. It's all good tho, we always have a blast playing.

ENWorld has a thread going about VTTs. Some folks are just dead said against them. Me, I love 'em. How else would I get to game on a Saturday nite and still get quality time in with the fiancee? Win / Win if you ask me.

Wish me luck. I got my ass handed to me last session by giant slugs ;)

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christianJanuary 22, 2011 at 8:35 PM
Dice tonight, Jets tomorrow. All is well.
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TenkarJanuary 22, 2011 at 8:36 PM
yep, its a good weekend :)
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velaranJanuary 23, 2011 at 2:09 AM
I dislike them, I have enough Digital Distractions in my life. I don't want PCs, Cellphones, and other Connectivity Devices at the table, either, honestly. I want Face Time, people. ;-) Of course, if the only way a friend(or friends) could play(for whatever reason) was through an Internet connection, I'd make an exception. It's an issue of unwanted(and largely unnecessary, imo) encroachment to me. Something is lost through 'virtual' gaming, I feel. Up to, and including 'Dice Rollers'(with exceptions based oneed, as usual.) And there are worries that Virtual Tabletops will became default for play, no doubt. YMMV on all this.

'How else would I get to game on a Saturday nite and still get quality time in with the fiancee?':
I'm glad this system works for you! That's what I think VTTs are for, personally. Those who have no other options.

'Wish me luck. I got my ass handed to me last session by giant slugs ;)'
Good luck! Oh, and the slugs, don't be embarrassed, they kill everybody, ime!(Off or online.[frickin' muds]) :-D
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TenkarJanuary 23, 2011 at 1:42 PM
Well, I'm sure if I tried hard enough, I could find a gaming group, but the time of play, day, game system... all would have to match.

I'm picky like that ;)
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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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The (Virtual) Dice Shall Roll High Tonight!

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