Tenkar's Tavern: I Found a Snowman to Match My Winter Mood

Monday, January 26, 2015

I Found a Snowman to Match My Winter Mood

I'm in such a foul winter mood with this "blizzard of the century" that is taking it's damn sweet time to be a blizzard here in NYC.

So what do I do?

I search the net for evil snowmen.

I found the above by Zeeksie over over at DeviantArt. This is my kind of evil snowman. He must have some magical ability to turn folks into mini-mees, which he then toys with before destroying.

I could easily stat this out as a Tunnels & Trolls monster. OSR tho? Hmmmm.

Maybe an exercise for tomorrow...

(holy crap but Zeeksie has some good pieces)

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The Happy WhiskJanuary 26, 2015 at 11:36 PM
Tim had this on his computer wallpaper for awhile. I love the little baby snowman that's smiling.
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GJJanuary 27, 2015 at 7:13 AM
While you're having the "Blizzard of the Century", we're having the "Hellish Summer" here in Brazil... if there were a lava version of this snowman, it would represent my mood ¬¬
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AnonymousJanuary 27, 2015 at 9:57 AM
So much for January Snowmageddon 2015, eh? At least, there's nothing really apocalyptic about this storm down here in South Jersey. Okay, I can hear the Jersey jokes now: "dat's becawse even da snow doesn't wanna go at Joisey, bwahahahaha!"

On an unrelated note: Hey Tenk, I'm sure you know about the Conan boardgame kickstarter going on right now:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/806316071/conan

I'm sure your fans would love to get your take on it so far.
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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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I Found a Snowman to Match My Winter Mood

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