Tenkar's Tavern: On the 10th Day of OSR Christmas There Were 10 Winners of "Mishler-toe"...

Sunday, December 22, 2013

On the 10th Day of OSR Christmas There Were 10 Winners of "Mishler-toe"...

Yep, 10 bundles of James Mishler Games releases were up for grabs. The receivers of these awesome gifts are:

+Doug Medesha

+Erik Jensen

ENN

+James Smith

+AJ Fritz

Viz

Damian Breen

Sevenbastard

Henry Wong

Arslayer

You know the deal - use the contact box on the right to get me your email, which I will forward to +James Mishler

Congrats to all and thanks to James!

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HenryDecember 22, 2013 at 8:36 PM
Awesome! Thanks James Mishler and Erik Tenkar.
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UnknownDecember 24, 2013 at 5:45 AM
Brill - thank you to James for his generosity and to Erik for hosting and organising the 12+ Days of OSR

Really happy with the products - top quality, a very welcome and unexpected Christmas Present
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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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Sunday, December 22, 2013

On the 10th Day of OSR Christmas There Were 10 Winners of "Mishler-toe"...

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