Tenkar's Tavern: The Slow Boat From Finland Arrived Today (LotFP)!

Monday, May 16, 2011

The Slow Boat From Finland Arrived Today (LotFP)!

Finally my Finish package finished it's journey from Finland... 20 days... the Fins are slacking these days ;)

I was very pleasantly surprised with the contents of my package:
   LotFP Weird Fantasy Grindhouse Edition Boxed Set? Check
   Vornheim: The Complete City? Check
   Vornheim: Insert / Map Thingie? Check
   Extra Copy LotFP Weird Fantasy Grindhouse Edition Rules and Magic Book? Holy Shit!

Yep, James threw in an extra copy of the LotFP WF GE rulebook. Major awesome!

I don't know if that was a Penbrooktonshire Gardening Society bonus or not, but the Gathering of Fools now has another gift for the pot.

On a side note, I sent Matt a corrected file for Knock Spell #6. Hopefully it finds him ;)

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A Paladin In CitadelMay 17, 2011 at 11:31 PM
I think the extra book was for early adopters?

Glad to see your package finally arrived!

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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 (thank you Kickstarter) (edit) BOTH editions of LotFP's Weird Fantasy and will soon have some dead tree copies of the Greyhawk Grognards Adventures Dark & Deep ~~shipping shortly~~ in my grubby hands awaiting a review..

I am so deep in the OSR when I come up for breath it's for the OSR's cousin, Tunnels & Trolls (and still waiting on dT&T to ship).

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 48, simplicity and flexibility while remaining true to the feel of the original is an OSR hat trick for me ;)

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Monday, May 16, 2011

The Slow Boat From Finland Arrived Today (LotFP)!

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