Tenkar's Tavern: On the 17th Day of free Gaming Swag, My Bartender Gave to Meeeeee... Trollzine (Tunnels & Trolls)

Friday, December 9, 2011

On the 17th Day of free Gaming Swag, My Bartender Gave to Meeeeee... Trollzine (Tunnels & Trolls)

If you follow this blog at all, you know I have a soft spot for Tunnels & Trolls. I pretty much have at least one of everything Flying Buffalo put out for it, and a copy of every edition but the 1st (have a reprint) and the 3rd (which appears to me to be just like the 2nd). Anyhow, I love the stuff, but T&T ain't free.

Unless you grab Trollzine (and maybe the free quick start rules). There are three issues in all, all free. Grab it, you won't regret it. Because there comes a time in all our lives that we just want to play by ourselves ;)

From the blurb:

TrollsZine is a new magazine created by and for fans of Tunnels and Trolls. Issue 1 has all new material and includes a short solo adventure, new magic items, The Troll Chefs Cookbook, original fiction, articles on T&T stunts, the dice issue, running T&T solos with other systems and a number of locations for the busy Games Master to use in their campaign. Ken St Andre has contributed a piece and there is art by Jeff Freels, ME Volmar, Chad Thorson, Kevin Bracey, Alex Cook and Mike Hill.

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Pere UbuDecember 10, 2011 at 2:04 PM
Trollszine is a whole lotta trollish goodness, and I'm not just saying that 'cause the printed my article on re-selling items in T&T but it doesn't hurt.
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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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Friday, December 9, 2011

On the 17th Day of free Gaming Swag, My Bartender Gave to Meeeeee... Trollzine (Tunnels & Trolls)

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