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Friday, March 20, 2015

Swords & Wizardry Complete Hard Cover - $20 - One Day Only

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Swords & Wizardry Complete Rulebook Hardcover

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5 comments:

Doc SavageMarch 20, 2015 at 1:45 PM
Man, what a deal! I want my extra $15 back! Bought this a few months back and all I can say is it's my favorite version of D&D among those I have seen. Great book, high quality stuff, well worth the full price let alone the discount price. Those guys make some fantastic product I must say.
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Jayson "Rocky" GardnerMarch 20, 2015 at 2:53 PM
FGG does find ways to get my money. I bought this and used the St Patrick's Day coupon for 50% off Bill'd Dirty Tricks.
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DirkMarch 20, 2015 at 3:23 PM
Been thinking to get this... Thinking no longer!
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Allan BMarch 20, 2015 at 6:19 PM
If my wife wouldn't kill me I'd order this now, as it is I have to wait, damn the bad luck!
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petespahnMarch 21, 2015 at 11:09 PM
dang it! Missed it!
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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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