Tenkar's Tavern: Best Laid Plans and All That Crap

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Best Laid Plans and All That Crap

I felt like crap when I went to bed last night - the cold from hell had hit on Sunday night and yesterday it was in full swing.

Last night I had some bouts of the sweats, which I usually get when I have a cold that breaks. When I woke, I figured I'd play it safe and take a personal day, get some stuff done around the house, read some gaming material, possibly start writing the OD&D post for the Original 7 Series.

You know, the good stuff.

Than my wife decided to take the day off too.

I got nothing done and I still have a damn cold.

Sigh.

I'll see if I can get some reading done before I crash early tonight. Heck, lets see if I even make it to work tomorrow.

As a side note, the wife was happy with the company ;)

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Tim ShortsMarch 7, 2012 at 6:44 PM
So this means I am going to have to Lysol all the T&T stuff you are sending me.
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Erik TenkarMarch 7, 2012 at 6:45 PM
I plan on having the wife do the mailing ;)
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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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