Tenkar's Tavern: Sneaking Up on a Thousand Posts

Monday, June 13, 2011

Sneaking Up on a Thousand Posts

I never would have guessed if I hadn't seen it myself. So, next post will list two freebies that I will be giving away to TWO lucky readers that add their comments to that post. Yes, you need to be in it to win it.

So, what are the freebies gonna be?

Dunno, but I've got 20% off codes for:

Dark Heresy: Inquisitor's Handbook

and

Hero's Handbook: Dragonborn

use: HotJuneDrive2011 for either / or

hmmm... could that be a hint as to what is being given away tomorrow? ;)

3 comments:

Greg ChristopherJune 13, 2011 at 8:48 PM
I'm catching up on you in followers, dude. You need to write Tenkar's Amazing Retroclone, or something to bring in the peeps. ;)
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TenkarJune 13, 2011 at 8:52 PM
lol! :)

I should have a Bard Class article coming up in the next KnockSpell (God willing).

That being said, I am overdue on some new Tales of the Blue Knight pieces, as I was reminded at the Gathering of Fools on Saturday.

I wanted to have a super-duper-amazinglishes post for 1000, but I'll try and sneak on in later this week :)
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PadreJune 13, 2011 at 11:28 PM
I don't know if I really want to win anything, but I appreciate your site alot.
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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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