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Thursday, October 3, 2013

Another Bundle of Holding? Get Some "Unknown Armies"!

I've only heard good things about Unknown Armies. Actually, I heard how awesome it was, but I had no idea the genre of UA until earlier today - postmodern apocalyptic pulp action. That's a mouthful.

In any case, the game and some supplements can be had for about 11 bucks in PDF for the next he days.

Yes, more shit I won't get to read for months - maybe years. Yes, I paid my 11 bucks...

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Mystic ScholarOctober 3, 2013 at 9:33 PM
Wow! An addict!

Until now, I never thought I'd meet someone in need of . . . Gamers Anonymous!

ROFL

Erik! You need help! LOL
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TenkarOctober 3, 2013 at 9:37 PM
heh - games are safer than crack - cheaper too in the long run ;)
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Bob PortnellOctober 3, 2013 at 11:16 PM
Whew. For the first time in a month, a Bundle of Holding I can resist. Easily.
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John YOctober 4, 2013 at 12:12 PM
I went in on this one as well, but I've had the opportunity to play this once (a local GM has run some one-shots) and it was a lot of fun. The approach to sanity was really enjoyable and, while it's a bit dim in my memory, the character sheet had something like triggers for certain personality traits that really helped get us into our characters - something not always easy with pregens.
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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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Thursday, October 3, 2013

Another Bundle of Holding? Get Some "Unknown Armies"!

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