Tenkar's Tavern: Friday Nite Movie at the Tavern

Friday, March 11, 2011

Friday Nite Movie at the Tavern - Shutter Island

I was pleasantly surprised by this movie. Even tho I annoyed the crap outta my girl by calling out lines just before they were said (sorry, to me they were obvious), the twist at the end was pretty good. I literally didn't see it coming, but upon mental review, the hints were there. Heck, I liked it despite Leonardo ;)

Lot's of stuff steal-able for a CoC type of game. Heck, adding the Old Ones to this would have been a twist within a twist.

Topping it off with Survivorman in the Amazon. It's a good nite.

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ArmChairGeneralMarch 11, 2011 at 11:16 PM
Decaprio being eaten by a Yig? NOw you're talking!
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The Angry LurkerMarch 12, 2011 at 3:44 AM
You called it exactly even the DiCaprio bit, good movie.
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The Happy WhiskMarch 12, 2011 at 3:41 PM
Haven't seen it so I can't comment but I can say, Happy Weekend. Hope you had some good popcorn to go with the movie.

Cheers.
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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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Friday, March 11, 2011

Friday Nite Movie at the Tavern - Shutter Island

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