Tenkar's Tavern: Fight On! is Coming to an End...

Sunday, February 10, 2013

Fight On! is Coming to an End...

You know, even with my assorted thoughts on what I in particular would want in a magazine devoted to the OSR, and with the huge amount of time between the last issue of Fight On! and what may now be the last issue (it may go on for two issues, but the end is still near) I didn't expect this announcement.

Here's a pint of Newcastle on tap that I'm tipping back for Fight On! and the hope it goes out on the top of it's game. It will be sorely missed.

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Brett SlocumFebruary 10, 2013 at 12:51 AM
This is sad. A great mag.
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MelFebruary 10, 2013 at 9:02 AM
Fight On! has had a great run. What an important part it played in the OSR. I'd never heard of Lulu prior to buying my first Fight On! It and the early retro clones really showed how our RPG thoughts and imaginings could be shared. Glad to see that Calithena is going to go out with a bang!
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maasenstodtFebruary 10, 2013 at 10:12 AM
It will be interesting to see if someone else picks up where Calithena left off.
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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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Sunday, February 10, 2013

Fight On! is Coming to an End...

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