Tenkar's Tavern: Maintaining Radio Silence...

Saturday, November 5, 2011

Maintaining Radio Silence...

Alright, getting married in 3 hours. It will be at least 24 hrs before I log back in,and probably later in the day tomorrow before I start awarding prizes from this post.

You can still enter through sometime sunday. As it stands with the number of current entries, I'll be awarding a copy of Maidens Of Moordoth to everyone that doesn't win one of the other prizes. Unless, of course, I have dozens more entries before tomorrow ;)

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JDJarvisNovember 5, 2011 at 12:41 PM
Congratulations. Have a great day.
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StuartNovember 5, 2011 at 12:43 PM
Congrats! :)
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baronzemoNovember 5, 2011 at 1:45 PM
Congrats, and don't drink to much.
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Tim ShortsNovember 5, 2011 at 2:25 PM
Congrats, and don't make her roll for initiative to see who says 'I do' first.
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Matthew W. SchmeerNovember 5, 2011 at 3:00 PM
Congrats! Make sure you pass a CON check before you consummate the marriage!
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Aaron E. SteeleNovember 5, 2011 at 4:12 PM
Happy news, congratulations!
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austrodavicusNovember 5, 2011 at 4:36 PM
Wonderful, may it all go perfectly to plan.
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JimNovember 5, 2011 at 6:14 PM
Congratulations on your pending nuptials. Best wishes to you both!
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DranceNovember 5, 2011 at 9:11 PM
Congrats and have a great time!
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AndugusNovember 6, 2011 at 2:50 PM
Congratulations upon your union, Tenkar.
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UnknownJune 19, 2017 at 11:06 PM
Congratulations!
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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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Maintaining Radio Silence...

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