Tenkar's Tavern: My Polyhedral Etched Shot Glasses Have Arrived - Waiting on Drinking Quest for a Beta Test ;)

Monday, September 10, 2012

My Polyhedral Etched Shot Glasses Have Arrived - Waiting on Drinking Quest for a Beta Test ;)

The shot glasses ROCK!

My wife, who was ready to (attempt) to restrict my online shopping privileges loves them, and wants to make other purchases at Monster Dance Designs - now that's a true vote of quality :)

(maybe I shouldn't have lined them up back to back for the shots of the shots - but there will be more pics when Drinking Quest is in hand :)

If you happen to buy anything from Monster Dance Designs, tell them Tenkar's Tavern sent ya. Maybe I can get a Battle Axe etched beer glass on discount ;)

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SAROESeptember 10, 2012 at 9:11 PM
No vodka.

It's too hard to read clear dice.
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Erik TenkarSeptember 10, 2012 at 9:12 PM
rum, scotch, brandy - we have options ;)
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Paul ThorntonSeptember 11, 2012 at 5:22 AM
'Take D4 bourbon damage'

I like this idea...
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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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Monday, September 10, 2012

My Polyhedral Etched Shot Glasses Have Arrived - Waiting on Drinking Quest for a Beta Test ;)

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