Tenkar's Tavern: New Swords & Wizardry Campaign Kicks of in 24 Hrs

Friday, October 11, 2013

New Swords & Wizardry Campaign Kicks of in 24 Hrs

Tomorrow night, around 930 PM, we'll be kicking off the new Swords & Wizardry Campaign via Roll20 / Google Hangouts. +Joe D will be alternating sessions with me, running LotFP Weird Fantasy on his end.

I'm leaving the direction of the campaign in the hands of the PCs. We'll be starting out in the Southern Reaches of the Wilderlands with a pretty full blown sandbox after the first adventure ( +Harley Stroh 's Tower of the Black Pearl).

Depending on how things play out, I can see this progressing to The Razor Coast around level 6, if the players steer things in that direction. The joy (and horror) of a true sandbox is trying to stay one step ahead of the players ;)

I'll be announcing the winners of the patrons and rumors crowd-sourcing tomorrow. Too much microbrew in my system to even attempt to get that straight tonight ;)

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Dra8erOctober 11, 2013 at 9:46 PM
Online? Room for 1 more?
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Dra8erOctober 11, 2013 at 9:46 PM
Online? Room for 1 more?
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Dra8erOctober 11, 2013 at 9:47 PM
Sry about the the double post lol

GO AT&T!
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SimonOctober 12, 2013 at 6:40 AM
Good stuff - I've just been printing out some One Page Dungeon contest entries for my own Wilderlands sandbox. I find they're perfect to use as lairs, ruins etc with minimal prep.
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opossum101October 13, 2013 at 5:42 AM
spoiler!

(sort of)

with FULL 'it's your job now, kids' ending?
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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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