Tenkar's Tavern: Three Years and Counting

Thursday, May 31, 2012

Three Years and Counting - The Year of Leather?

Yep, Tenkar's Tavern hits 3 years of age today (although my first post was in 2008, it was pretty much just to grab the name for the blog). Over 1800 posts. I'm surprised and not the least bit amazed. I don't think I expected to still be doing this after so much time, let alone still enjoy it.

I'm still doing it and I'm still enjoying it. ;)

So, if this was a wedding the gift would be "leather". What kind of cheap armor is that? I'd want plate, or at the very least chain... heh.

Back to our regularly scheduled posting later this evening...

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Kelvin GreenMay 31, 2012 at 3:42 PM
Huzzah! Here's to another three years of keg-tapping!
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DranceMay 31, 2012 at 3:51 PM
Congrats to a really cool member of the RPG blog community! I'm looking forward to a lot more great stuff in the future from the Tavern!
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Tim ShortsMay 31, 2012 at 5:50 PM
Great to have you blogging Tenkar. You are definitely one of the ones who makes it a pleasure. Too many more years. To you and Feltothraxis.
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Erik TenkarMay 31, 2012 at 5:51 PM
Feltothraxis has been hibernating. I think it's time to bring him out again ;)

Thanks folks - it's people like you that keep me blogging :)
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JasonZavodaMay 31, 2012 at 6:40 PM
Congratulations! 3 years in the blogosphere is about 2 and half years beyond forever.

I always have a great time reading your posts.
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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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