Tenkar's Tavern: To Sleep, Perchance to... Get More Then Five Hours of Sleep on My Day Off

Saturday, January 8, 2011

To Sleep, Perchance to... Get More Then Five Hours of Sleep on My Day Off

This morning was / is an early day for a day off. My son has an interview at a college, and he's already talking about the easy commute when he gets my car. Needless to say, I drove him to the interview and I'm sitting in the car awaiting his return.

I was very surprised to find that my iSpot gets 4e reception in New Rochelle, NY. If he goes here in the fall, I expect my car is not the only thing of mine he will want ;)

In the meantime, I'm checking out the two newly released S&W modules released on RPGNow from the Frog God folks. More on that later.

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LoquaciousJanuary 8, 2011 at 3:03 PM
College interviews & visits are an important time. Mine finally!!! started talking college (JuCo for sure, but college regardless) after most of his life being a little more than "meh" about the whole deal.

try to enjoy it... and let him mess up on his own...
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TenkarJanuary 9, 2011 at 1:57 PM
I'm enjoying itso far. Once it hits my bank account, maybe not as much... Heh ;)
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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

To Sleep, Perchance to... Get More Then Five Hours of Sleep on My Day Off

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