Tenkar's Tavern: Over 750 Copies of Swords & Wizardry Complete Downloaded From the Tavern Since November 5th

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Over 750 Copies of Swords & Wizardry Complete Downloaded From the Tavern Since November 5th

The downloads of Swords & Wizardry Complete have slowed down to a trickle recently, but 750 copies released into the wild in less that 10 days is still pretty impressive ;)

Will this lead to an takeover of the OSR by Swords & Wizardry? No way in hell.

The OSR is like a many headed hydra - and each go their own way while being attached to the others. Which is just how I like it...

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PorkyNovember 13, 2013 at 2:59 PM
"Will this lead to an takeover of the OSR by Swords & Wizardry?"

I'd be happy to be proven wrong. We'll see what we do.

@ Andrew - I replied to your question.

http://www.tenkarstavern.com/2013/11/why-distribution-of-swords-wizardry.html
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primarchNovember 13, 2013 at 5:46 PM
Hi!

Thing is even if you use S&W (like I do), will any two tables play the same? I have a slew of house rules in play and I'd bet so do most. So even playing the same "basic rules" will not likely yield the same experience at individual tables. :)

Peter
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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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Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Over 750 Copies of Swords & Wizardry Complete Downloaded From the Tavern Since November 5th

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