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Friday, August 30, 2013

Home Today Having Fios Installed - Which Will Mean at Some Point - No Internet - Scary!

Even the idea of having no internet for just a few hours is strangely unnerving. Until I remember I have my Clear Wireless Internet Hub - lol ;)

Seriously, how do these D&D adventuring party's go anywhere without Google Maps, GPS, google search for the monsters' weaknesses, finding the location of a good inn and all of the other goodies ;)

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Robert ConleyAugust 30, 2013 at 11:23 AM
I still possess the arcane skill of navigating with a paper map.

Over the years the biggest issue I see is people have difficulty translating GPS (or a paper map) into what they see outside their window. Some do it easily, others not so well.

I am one of the lucky one and I have been able to navigate through a pitch forest forest on a moonless night.

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Mystic ScholarAugust 30, 2013 at 12:53 PM
I handle all gaming matters via my laptop. For me, my phone is just that, a phone. Don't want to actually "talk?" Then don't call. I really have no interest in all that "mobile" tech.

But by all means, enjoy yourself with it!

@Rob: As an Over-the-Road Truck Driver, I am well acquainted with my types of GPS Satellite tracking. Very handy gadgets.
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AnonymousAugust 30, 2013 at 1:58 PM
Reading a map was about the only thing that made me useful in the National Guard.
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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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Friday, August 30, 2013

Home Today Having Fios Installed - Which Will Mean at Some Point - No Internet - Scary!

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