Tenkar's Tavern: OSR Superstar Round 1 Results This Weekend (Fingers Crossed)

Wednesday, March 12, 2014

OSR Superstar Round 1 Results This Weekend (Fingers Crossed)

I've communicated with the judges, and the expectation is that I should have each judge's list this weekend. I'll collate and score the entries and then release the list of the top 16 (and I'll post the winners to the blogside as well).

So, if all goes well, round 2 of the OSR Superstar Competition should kick off next week ;)

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Dithering FoolMarch 12, 2014 at 2:34 PM
It would be interesting to see how many hours each judge spent on this...I mean at 1 minute an item it would take over 5.6 hours just to read them through once!
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UnknownMarch 12, 2014 at 2:50 PM
Woots! Awesome news! It must have been hard with so many entries for the judges to really wrap their head around this. I hope you've got prizes for the judges :)
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LegionMarch 12, 2014 at 5:17 PM
¡Ossum McPossum!
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AndrewMarch 17, 2014 at 5:05 PM
Good news that we have a timeline! Looking forward to seeing the top 16.
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Venger SatanisMarch 20, 2014 at 3:08 PM
What's the news? Should be any day now, right?
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Aquinas DadMarch 21, 2014 at 9:44 AM
OK, the anticipation is murderous
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Michael SandarMarch 21, 2014 at 10:03 AM
I see you shiver, with antici...
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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, March 12, 2014

OSR Superstar Round 1 Results This Weekend (Fingers Crossed)

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