Tenkar's Tavern: Waiting is the Hardest Part

Monday, May 2, 2011

Waiting is the Hardest Part

I'm waiting on my package to arrive from Finland so I can finally review Weird Fantasy Grind House Edition and Vorheim, The Complete City Kit.

Yes, I have them in PDF from when I ordered them in early April, but I figure the fairest review would cover the print and PDF versions side by side. I will say this much - Weird Fantasy's PDF is much better laid out then the earlier Deluxe edition.

Someone needs to speed up the postal service ;)

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Greg ChristopherMay 2, 2011 at 8:43 PM
Do you have any idea what a medieval Viking would have done for the speedy service you enjoy, you impatient lout! ;)
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TenkarMay 2, 2011 at 8:50 PM
Hey, those Fin's are very efficient ;)
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Spawn of EndraMay 3, 2011 at 1:51 AM
I'd guess they'd just sail over to Finland and take all the boxes of loot from Raggi's garage, and burn down a church or something.

I agree with your decision to wait for the print versions, especially for Vornheim where the physical layout of the book is part of the use value of the supplement. I've been holding off on even reading the pdfs in much depth because I want to experience them as physical objects first. Since I ordered a Flail-ceratops t-shirt I have to wait even longer, but I'm comforted by the thought of all the hot chicks that will bring me.
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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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