Tenkar's Tavern: "Find Norman" and Find a New Patreon Project by Time Shorts (Gothridge Manor)

Wednesday, June 11, 2014

"Find Norman" and Find a New Patreon Project by Time Shorts (Gothridge Manor)

Yeah, I "stole" the above from +Tim Shorts Gothridge Manor Blog in order to highlight Tim's new Patreon Project.

Listen, Tim will be offering the above for free on his blog, but if you want to support him (and possibly get some input into what he produces) Tim's Patreon Project is a way to do so.

Oh, and if you haven't picked up any issues of Tim's The Manor zine, you've failed in your OSR Perception Check - got ya! There is no such check, but there is such a zine. Check it out.

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StuRatJune 11, 2014 at 11:29 PM
Who needs a TARDIS when you've got Time Shorts!!
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The DaveJune 12, 2014 at 3:18 AM
LOL Time Shorts!
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Gothridge ManorJune 12, 2014 at 8:16 AM
hehe, that's what Erik gets for posting so late. Now time to wind up the TARDIS, the Daleks must be reforming an army. All of the plungers have gone missing from Wal-Mart.
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Kelroy Was HereJune 12, 2014 at 10:22 AM
I've never heard of Patreon. I'll have to go check it out. Bought the recently offered The Manor bundle, and it's great stuff.
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The Happy WhiskJune 13, 2014 at 11:51 AM
Tenkar: Thanks for doing this post and supporting my husband.

Cheers and boogie boogie.
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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, June 11, 2014

"Find Norman" and Find a New Patreon Project by Time Shorts (Gothridge Manor)

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