Tenkar's Tavern: Thanks to Lesser Gnome, I Have New Wallpaper on my Desktop

Saturday, December 7, 2013

Thanks to Lesser Gnome, I Have New Wallpaper on my Desktop

+Zach Glazar this will have to hold me over until can get the monster framed :)

You can find info on the Whisper & Venom Boxed Set at the Lesser Gnome website. If you missed the Kickstarter, I'm sure Zach will have copies available for sale after the Kickstarter ships

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UnknownDecember 8, 2013 at 8:09 AM
One of the best Kickstarters I have been a part of.
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Zach GDecember 8, 2013 at 11:48 AM
It will indeed be available very soon (like within the week). How many are available of the Kickstarter uber editions is quite limited but I have some I can ship out. More wallet friendly version will be available in January, but the real deal that the higher level KS backers got will go on sale Dec 15th. Probably in two version a basic set box (a few minis, the books and smaller Map etc) and the version that is almost the same as the $175 version from the Kickstarter. My backers got a better deal and get it first (as they should), but the very limited packages are close in price (and close to actual cost). The last of the maps are on sale at our beta store. www.lessergnome.com/shop ... Thanks all
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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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Saturday, December 7, 2013

Thanks to Lesser Gnome, I Have New Wallpaper on my Desktop

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