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Thursday, May 19, 2011

Snapple Facts - Let's Duel!

Snapple "Real Fact" 907 - Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.

How cool (and totally f'ed up) is that? Major reason not to give blood in Paraguay if you ask me.

Still, you could easily port this little tidbit into a sc-fi setting. Or a South American Old Ones horror campaign.

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limpeyMay 19, 2011 at 10:00 AM
I'd like to bring back the duel because I think society needs a winnowing process in which people with poor impulse control who get pissed off because someone took their parking spot can kill one another off, leaving more room and breeding opportunities for those who can control themselves.
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MaroonMay 19, 2011 at 11:11 AM
Reminds me of that Leon Humphreys bloke that invoked the ancient right of trial by combat over a £25 fine. It would have been a fight to the death, too, if he'd got his way.
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BardMay 19, 2011 at 4:11 PM
Wow -- I was not aware of 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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Thursday, May 19, 2011

Snapple Facts - Let's Duel!

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