Tenkar's Tavern: 8 Hours Left in the OSR Poll

Thursday, September 13, 2012

8 Hours Left in the OSR Poll

There's about 8 hours left in the poll in which you tell me which OSR game i should run for patrons of the Tavern in the month of October.

At the rate the poll is going, and the tight race at the top, I may have to run a session each for the top 2 vote getters. That will depend entirely on my ability to free up time next month, but I'm already working on it.

So, if you haven't yet voted - tick... tick... tick... ;)

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Edgar JohnsonSeptember 13, 2012 at 12:01 PM
How is Blood and Treasure not winning? C'mon, little guy!
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BeastmanSeptember 13, 2012 at 12:32 PM
Hehe, i'm tempted to reset my IP every minute to be able to vote again....
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The Grey ElfSeptember 13, 2012 at 1:44 PM
Gotta say I'm a bit bummed that Spellcraft & Swordplay was not on the list...guess all the love for my game died out awhile back.
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John Matthew StaterSeptember 13, 2012 at 4:16 PM
Still astounded. Thanks to all who voted for B&T. Remember - if I make several millions on this game, I promise to buy D&D from WOTC and end the edition wars forever!
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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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8 Hours Left in the OSR Poll

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