Tenkar's Tavern: Hurricane Irene Wasn't the Biatch I Thought She Was ;)

Sunday, August 28, 2011

Hurricane Irene Wasn't the Biatch I Thought She Was ;)

I'm still here ;)

The rain was the worst of it. The basement got damp but didn't flood. I did get a leak in the roof which sucks, as it came thru the ceiling in one of the rooms I just renovated. Still, we have power and the worst seems to be over.

Didn't get recalled for the weekend, so I guess I'll find out how bad things are at work when I return tomorrow morning.

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JoetheLawyerAugust 28, 2011 at 12:01 PM
not as bad as expected here either. i'm hoping for no work tomorrow though.
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christianAugust 28, 2011 at 12:47 PM
I'm watching the surf reports to see what kind of peaky windswell the east coast is going to get over the next few days. It's got to be firing somewhere.
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TenkarAugust 28, 2011 at 1:11 PM
@joe - looks like mass transit is going to be down on monday ;)

@christian - the undertow was kicking' the shit outa the surfers yesterday
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JDJarvisAugust 28, 2011 at 1:18 PM
Thankfully the reports have been mostly overblown for the impact on the northeast.
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2eDMAugust 28, 2011 at 6:00 PM
Glad you and my favorite city are relatively unharmed. :)
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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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Sunday, August 28, 2011

Hurricane Irene Wasn't the Biatch I Thought She Was ;)

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