Tenkar's Tavern: Running My Second DCC RPG Arc Tonight

Monday, July 9, 2012

Running My Second DCC RPG Arc Tonight - Funnel Casualties Expected ;)

Running the start of my second DCC RPG Arc tonight - It's Funnel time!

For the last funnel I used the funnel from the DCC RPG rulebook because it was the shortest of my options. I'm leaning towards doing the same again tonight for the following reasons:

1 - It's the first time getting this group of players together, so there will be some time lost in the beginning sorting things out.

2 - Last time I had 4 players and we ran with 4 PCs each. This time I have 6, maybe 7 players - we'll be rolling with 3 PCs each I think tonight.

3 - We only have a 3 hr time block, so I'd rather complete everything early than run way too late.

4 - We'll be using TableTop Forge for the G+ Hangout, and that may have a small learning curve involved.

5 - I've run it before - less stress, no mess

Wish us luck ;)

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DienekesJuly 9, 2012 at 9:12 PM
I'd do the same. I'm leery of tweaking the funnel after all the warnings in the book to follow it strictly.
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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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Running My Second DCC RPG Arc Tonight - Funnel Casualties Expected ;)

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