Tenkar's Tavern: Peeking at a Patron

Friday, August 3, 2012

Peeking at a Patron - Looking at the Art

The team that is putting together Angels, Daemons, and Beings Between fr the DCC RPG over on Indiegogo were kind enough to share this piece of art with me from their project. It's for a patron known as the Four Maidens and it's by David Fisher.

I think we need a wingman to take on the fourth maiden ;)

BTW, Raven Crowking is doing (some of) the writing, and he previews a patron on his blog today.

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ApisFuriosoAugust 3, 2012 at 10:22 AM
im sure she has a nice personality and is a huge blood bowl fan.
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ravencrowkingAugust 3, 2012 at 11:10 AM
Just to be clear, I am doing some of the writing, not all of it. For example, the Four Maidens are not my work.

Everything that'll be in the final product is going through a stringent quality control process on our end, and will then go through the Goodman Games approval process.

This is going to be a great product, with great writers.
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ravencrowkingAugust 3, 2012 at 11:11 AM
(I don't want to take credit for the hard work and excellent ideas of others!)
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Roger the GSAugust 3, 2012 at 12:26 PM
This reminds me of the joke about the weight loss program and the "If you catch me ..." sign.
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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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Peeking at a Patron - Looking at the Art

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