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Tuesday, February 8, 2011

The Winner of the WTF Were They Thinking Contest is...

Wow!

This was right down to the wire. The Book of Erotic Fantasy pulled it off in the end! ;)

So, mikemonaco needs to email me at tenkarsDOTtavernATgmailDOTcom to get his prize package listed here in the initial contest thread.

Jim's entry of Skulls and Scapfaggot Green had the lead until neatly the end. So, guess what? email me for your prize package. I have 2 to give away, may as well ;)

Ze Bulette's entry of Starsilver Trek didn't win, but Ze should also email me. Bean! the D2 RPG or InvaderZ is in his future... your pick lad.

Congrats to all!

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JamesFebruary 8, 2011 at 9:20 PM
Congrats Mike! And I'm pleased that a book I have on my shelf won! Again, I can lay the blame for that on my wife. :) Maybe someone should retro-clone the BoEF...
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TenkarFebruary 8, 2011 at 9:21 PM
heh ;)
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mikemonacoFebruary 9, 2011 at 8:40 AM
Woot!

Thanks!
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TenkarFebruary 9, 2011 at 1:18 PM
mike, ill email u tonight
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JimFebruary 9, 2011 at 1:42 PM
Thanks! I'm emailing right now! Very kind.
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ze buletteFebruary 10, 2011 at 1:05 AM
Nice - and thanks Tenkar. Happy to have been in the running.
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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 Winner of the WTF Were They Thinking Contest is...

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