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Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Interesting Note on My Reviews...

They actually get less traffic then just about anything else I post. That being said, last night's quick peek at the free Companion Expansion did get a lot of views.

Can't say it's the subject matter, because most of my reviews are OSR related.

Ah well, another review is probably coming later tonight ;)

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matt jacksonJanuary 17, 2012 at 7:40 PM
We are a notoriously fickle bunch aren't we?
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Billiam BabbleJanuary 17, 2012 at 7:50 PM
Most curious.
I'm seeing your reviews all over the place on the Onebookshelf sites. keep up the thorough work. :)
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Erik TenkarJanuary 17, 2012 at 8:12 PM
@matt jackson - yes you folks are!

@Billiam Babble - yeah, i go thru spurts of reposting my reviews from here over there. i probably have another 75-90 i need to post on that end
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barratariaJanuary 18, 2012 at 10:38 AM
I certainly hope you're not denying my world-shattering rulebook was entirely and totally responsible for a readership bump. Because you'd be right.

Thanks again for the review.
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Erik TenkarJanuary 18, 2012 at 10:55 AM
heh... I'll take the bump anyway it comes ;)
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Bryce LynchJanuary 18, 2012 at 1:30 PM
Welcome to the club. Now just imagine your entire blog was reviews ...
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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, January 17, 2012

Interesting Note on My Reviews...

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