Tenkar's Tavern: Another Classic TSR Module Given the "Cartoon Map" Treatment

Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Another Classic TSR Module Given the "Cartoon Map" Treatment - Ravenloft

I'm not sure how I missed Ravenloft, as it was posted by WotC on November 1st. Actually, I do know how I missed it, as I'm rarely at the WotC site these days. Ah well.

Full sized maps, both with path and without, are available for download at the WotC site.

Me? I'm waiting on The Temple of Elemental Evil to get the treatment. Or Against the Giants.

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Stuart K.November 19, 2013 at 9:59 AM
Could they fit ToEE on a single map? That thing is huuuuuuge.
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Jason ZavodaNovember 19, 2013 at 1:37 PM
I love these cartoon maps in a very real and legally binding sense.
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Mystic ScholarNovember 19, 2013 at 5:32 PM
Yeah, I love them too! Thanks for the "heads up" on this one.
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PriddayNovember 19, 2013 at 5:38 PM
I totally love these! I really want to see the Desert of Desolation series done this way, at least the first module.
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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, November 19, 2013

Another Classic TSR Module Given the "Cartoon Map" Treatment - Ravenloft

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