Tenkar's Tavern: Time to Assail Your Senses

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Time to Assail Your Senses

Here it is - the first "Beta VidBlog Post".

First, I breath like a dying horse. Allergies don't help, but sheesh! I need to control that.

Need to learn more about the camera itself, and the iMovie software, but I can only learn by doing.

At least Ashley smiled for the camera ;)

Things would probably work better outdoors as far as lighting goes.

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EricAugust 23, 2011 at 8:38 PM
Great! That cat is awesome!
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TenkarAugust 23, 2011 at 8:42 PM
She's Daddy's Little Girl ;)

She's a talker. Based on her body shape and head shape (and the conversations she can have) we suspect there is some Siamese in her.
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christianAugust 23, 2011 at 9:12 PM
Maybe you can do product reviews by placing a few books on the floor and whatever book she lays on will be declared the best. :)
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austrodavicusAugust 23, 2011 at 9:16 PM
Watched this on YouTube, quick and easy to load, nice and clear. Look forward to more.
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PadreAugust 23, 2011 at 11:31 PM
Sweet man! Great 1st video blog, I look forward to more.
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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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Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Time to Assail Your Senses

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