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Tuesday, March 3, 2015

James Spahn Captures Top Four Spots in the RPGNow GM's Day Sale Rankings

Notice how +James Spahn (Mr GM's Sale apparently) has found a way to capture the Top Four spots on RPGNow yet again (at least for the sale)? Now we need to bring up the Swords & Wizardry Companion in the rankings.

So, some quick links:

Swords & Wizardry related specials

OSRIC related specials

Far Away Land related specials

DCC RPG related specials

The One Ring related specials

Adventurers! related specials (I may run this at NTRPG Con)

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Dyson LogosMarch 3, 2015 at 10:26 PM
:( No LL related specials?
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jrodmanMarch 4, 2015 at 2:32 AM
The labyrinth lord specials are here: http://www.rpgnow.com/rpg_gmsday.php?filters=0_0_31807_0_0_31817 But they are not particularly exciting.

I mean surely folks already HAVE Magical Theorems and Dark Pacts because not having it would be truly ridiculous. And Dysons Delves 1&2 make extremely handy books to have around, especially when the characters make an unexpected turn far away from the prepped evening.

Surely everyone has the Dungeon Alphabet, and I've already placed the Frozen Fortress of the Winter Warlord on my campaign map, though my players don't realize it yet. ANd I have a bunch of the character classes already (the ones I plan to make available)...

Okay mabye it's just not exciting for me.
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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 (thank you Kickstarter) (edit) BOTH editions of LotFP's Weird Fantasy and will soon have some dead tree copies of the Greyhawk Grognards Adventures Dark & Deep ~~shipping shortly~~ in my grubby hands awaiting a review..

I am so deep in the OSR when I come up for breath it's for the OSR's cousin, Tunnels & Trolls (and still waiting on dT&T to ship).

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 48, simplicity and flexibility while remaining true to the feel of the original is an OSR hat trick for me ;)

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Tuesday, March 3, 2015

James Spahn Captures Top Four Spots in the RPGNow GM's Day Sale Rankings

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