Tenkar's Tavern: My DCC Adventures Finally Arrived!

Wednesday, July 4, 2012

My DCC Adventures Finally Arrived!

Goodman Games mailed the package out on June 22 - they arrived either on the second or the third of July. I get stuff from Finland in 2 to 3 days, California apparently a week and a half.

It would have been nice to have brought them along for yesterday's beach reading instead of the Cosmic Patrol Quick-Start, but alas, it wasn't meant to be.

Of course, all this reminds me that I'll be running a 2 session DCC RPG Arc starting this coming Monday, July 9th (Funnel Time!) via the UA-LC. I need to see how many i have signed up, send out reminders, and see if I have any slots left to fill.

Fun Fun :)

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James SmithJuly 4, 2012 at 9:27 PM
FRP Games sells the DCC stuff at a discount and ships fast!
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Erik TenkarJuly 4, 2012 at 9:34 PM
@James Smith - I might just have to go that route next time - not going to mention when i ordered, but the PDF I gave away of DCC 67 was due to the late shipping at Goodman Games.

I already had the PDFs, but this is a game I want in print too - go figure ;)
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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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Wednesday, July 4, 2012

My DCC Adventures Finally Arrived!

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