Tenkar's Tavern: Two Forums, One Tavern - Who Will Win the Rights to The Common Room?

Monday, January 5, 2015

Two Forums, One Tavern - Who Will Win the Rights to The Common Room?

I'm experimenting with two different forum plugins here at The Tavern.

Do we go with Exhibit A? (uses OpenID)

or Exhibit B? (requires account registration)

Let me know in the comments. It for the community to use, so help make the decision :)

10 comments:

FregJanuary 5, 2015 at 9:11 PM
Exhibit A
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ERIC!January 5, 2015 at 9:35 PM
I think "A" is best, "B" hurts...
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taicharaJanuary 5, 2015 at 9:37 PM
Exhibit A, please ~
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maasenstodtJanuary 5, 2015 at 9:46 PM
"A", please.
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Reese LaundryJanuary 5, 2015 at 10:09 PM
Another vote for A
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Kevin S.January 5, 2015 at 10:29 PM
If it's going to be embedded in the blog, definitely A. It fits in much better.
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TenkarJanuary 5, 2015 at 10:30 PM
the voting is kinda one sided ;)
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Simon J. HogwoodJanuary 5, 2015 at 11:49 PM
Well, I'll make it even more so with another "A" vote.
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(M)EFGJanuary 6, 2015 at 4:10 AM
"A" is just so much better...
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AshikaiderJanuary 6, 2015 at 4:46 AM
A is easier on the eyes
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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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Monday, January 5, 2015

Two Forums, One Tavern - Who Will Win the Rights to The Common Room?

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