Tenkar's Tavern: Crypts & Things Was Waiting on My Doorstep Tonight

Saturday, February 11, 2012

Crypts & Things Was Waiting on My Doorstep Tonight

I got home from the in-laws, and what do I find waiting for me? My hardcover copy of Crypts & Things. This is nearly an overwhelming OSR weekend ;)

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matt jacksonFebruary 11, 2012 at 10:48 PM
My level of hate/envy is about equal at the moment.
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crazybearFebruary 11, 2012 at 10:49 PM
Dang it, I want to get my hands on this game! How many pages is it?
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Erik TenkarFebruary 11, 2012 at 10:51 PM
148 pages with a font size that won't make my 44 year old eyes go blind ;)
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crazybearFebruary 11, 2012 at 10:55 PM
I hope you review it, I've have been waiting to buy the PDF ever since I missed out on the pre-order.
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Erik TenkarFebruary 11, 2012 at 10:58 PM
hmmm... you're right CB, I haven't reviewed it yet.

time for me to get cracking! ;)

there's a lot in the hopper at the moment tho'
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SAROEFebruary 11, 2012 at 11:33 PM
@mj

Murdering Tenkar and taking his copy solves both your problems...

Not that I'm advocating such an act. Merely pointing out the...logic...of such an act.
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Erik TenkarFebruary 11, 2012 at 11:35 PM
@SAROE - Matt's a soldier and I'm a cop by trade. I'm not sure the book would survive such an encounter ;)
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Brutorz BillFebruary 12, 2012 at 12:04 AM
I sooo want to run this!!!
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Erik TenkarFebruary 12, 2012 at 12:06 AM
BB, I'm bouncing between this and ACKS. They are bother awesome, but it different ways
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Brutorz BillFebruary 12, 2012 at 11:26 AM
So many cool games out there, just not enough time to run them all!
Aargh!
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DavidFebruary 13, 2012 at 12:21 AM
I'm looking forward to a review, too. I love Swords & Wizardry and want to see how C&T tweaks it.
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Dan C.February 13, 2012 at 12:11 PM
Dang, my copy hasn't showed up yet. Color me jealous.
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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 (thank you Kickstarter) (edit) BOTH editions of LotFP's Weird Fantasy and will soon have some dead tree copies of the Greyhawk Grognards Adventures Dark & Deep ~~shipping shortly~~ in my grubby hands awaiting a review..

I am so deep in the OSR when I come up for breath it's for the OSR's cousin, Tunnels & Trolls (and still waiting on dT&T to ship).

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 48, simplicity and flexibility while remaining true to the feel of the original is an OSR hat trick for me ;)

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Saturday, February 11, 2012

Crypts & Things Was Waiting on My Doorstep Tonight

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