Tenkar's Tavern: Loviatar Contest! Win a 6 Month Sub to Christian's New Zine!

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Loviatar Contest! Win a 6 Month Sub to Christian's New Zine!

Matt over at Lapsus Calumni is running a contest to win a 6 month sub to Christian's (unknown destination blog and others) IN PRINT zine: Loviatar. How awesome is that?

All you have to do is flesh out a small dungeon map he's posted on is blog. You can use stats for your favorite game or go stat-less. You have until August 15th.

I've been reading Christian's stuff for about 10 years now. It's always top notch.

While you are at it, check out Matt's blog for an amazing assortment of dungeon maps. I might have to add his blog to the "Free Resources" links on he left side of this page ;)

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christianAugust 3, 2011 at 8:47 PM
Ten years?! Are we getting THAT old?
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TenkarAugust 3, 2011 at 8:52 PM
you know it lad!

i do think it's coming up on 10 years, but I'd have to dig the old zones out of storage to confirm ;)
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matt jacksonAugust 4, 2011 at 11:27 PM
Wow! 10 years Christian, we need to find you a hobby. ;)
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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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Loviatar Contest! Win a 6 Month Sub to Christian's New Zine!

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