Tenkar's Tavern: Ancient Map Found

Sunday, December 30, 2012

Ancient Map Found - Circa 1987 ;)

The above map was probably drawn by me back in 1987 / 88. That's before I gave up on the idea of drawing and designing my own world.

I would bounce back and forth between World of Greyhawk and the Forgotten Realms after the above attempt.

Wish I could find the looseleaf pages that went with it, as I recall nothing of the this map besides the idea that I drew it.

At least it ages somewhat authentically ;)

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AnonymousDecember 31, 2012 at 6:29 AM
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AnonymousDecember 31, 2012 at 6:30 AM
If I had a nickle every time I heard a gamer say he made map once and it sucked and I never tried again,I would be a rich man. Mapping isn't hard, it takes practice. And the best way to start is to imitate the look of maps you like.
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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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Ancient Map Found - Circa 1987 ;)

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