Tenkar's Tavern: OSR Christmas 2014 - Day 3

Monday, December 8, 2014

OSR Christmas 2014 - Day 3 - The Loot!

these are the gifts being given this day:

- a complete set of The Manor zine in PDF, donated by by +Tim Shorts - if you haven't read The Manor, you are missing out on an excellent OSR zine.

The Manor is gifted to: +Alasdair Cunningham

- 6 PDF copies of Assault on the Southern Horn (osr) are gifted to the following:

+Brett Slocum

christopher potter

+David Fisher

sean ellis

+Tim Shorts

mattruane

- 6 PDF copies of Paranormal Investigators and Exterminators (PIE) for mini-six donated by +Johua De Santo

+Christopher Wood

KristianH

The Angry Monk

Libri

mike monaco

+Gavin Norman

If your name is listed above, email me at tenkarsDOTtavernATgmailDOTcom with DAY 3 GIFT in the subject. Provide me with the ~~mailing address~~ email address you want this sent to and I'll forward it to the proper gift giver (yeah, I still haven't recovered yet)

4 comments:

HamDecember 9, 2014 at 2:32 AM
Yeehaw! Cheers!
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The Evil Dungeon MasterDecember 9, 2014 at 7:54 AM
Nice. Wish I entered into this.. oh well :)
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Brett SlocumDecember 9, 2014 at 11:25 AM
I WIN!
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mattruaneDecember 9, 2014 at 2:46 PM
I also win...message sent
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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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OSR Christmas 2014 - Day 3 - The Loot!

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