Tenkar's Tavern: A Kickstarter That Makes Me Want a "Face to Face'" Group - Dwarven Forge's Game Tiles: Revolutionary Miniature Terrain

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

A Kickstarter That Makes Me Want a "Face to Face'" Group - Dwarven Forge's Game Tiles: Revolutionary Miniature Terrain

I really find shit like this annoying, as I want it so badly yet I play my RPGs these days solely via G+ Hangouts.

Dwarven Forge has some really nice dungeon terrain. I saw it set up at the Gygax Magazine unboxing and it looked awesome.

So, I really want to jump into this one myself even if I have no actual use for it in game. Then again, I did go in for the Reapers Minis Kickstarter (which word has it is starting to arrive) and the Legendary Realms Terrain Kickstarter, so NEED is really a very poorly defined word it seems.

I could display the Reapers Minis in a Dungeon Diarama set up...

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Gothridge ManorApril 2, 2013 at 6:21 PM
Erik, Rob Conley uses a set from Dwarven Forge for his games and I can vouch for the quality of them in person. They look fantastic and are sturdy.
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Danny ClineApril 3, 2013 at 7:27 PM
Just bought in to this myself - five sets, dungeon gray, for $260.
It will go well with the Reaper Bones Kickstarter, which they say should be here by May.
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Danny ClineApril 3, 2013 at 7:28 PM
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StefanoApril 10, 2013 at 7:57 PM
Thanks Erik! The Deal is getting sweeter btw:)
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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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Tuesday, April 2, 2013

A Kickstarter That Makes Me Want a "Face to Face'" Group - Dwarven Forge's Game Tiles: Revolutionary Miniature Terrain

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