Tenkar's Tavern: The Feed Was Dead. Long Live the Feed!

Monday, December 3, 2012

The Feed Was Dead. Long Live the Feed!

When I had to nuke the old site, and rebuild it via the new site, I forgot to fix "the Feed".

No one told me it was broken either, go figure.

Well, it's fixed now, so if you prefer the feed, or just like surfing thru feeds to find the posts you like, the feed is now up.

Alright, back to opening the goodies that came in the mail today ;)

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Timothy S. BrannanDecember 3, 2012 at 5:23 PM
Odd. I was getting your feed fine.

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dervishdelverDecember 3, 2012 at 6:56 PM
I thought it was wierd that your posts weren't coming up on the campaign wiki page. I was beginning to get restless for the Kickstarter updates. All is well once more.
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TenkarDecember 3, 2012 at 6:59 PM
it's not something that occurred to me until about 10 minutes before I left work. I checked the feed, which was still directed to the tenkarstavern.blogspot.com and not tenkarstavern.com. As the first one is currently serving time in "Blogger Purgatory", I was happy to fix the feed fore the proper address ;)
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Izak Flash ManDecember 3, 2012 at 7:38 PM
Huh, I've been getting your feed fine. But I guess I've been subscribing only since you got the new url.
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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, December 3, 2012

The Feed Was Dead. Long Live the Feed!

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