Tenkar's Tavern: NTRPG Con - Day Two

Saturday, June 6, 2015

NTRPG Con - Day Two - We Were Victorious!

Rach and I played in Mike Stewart's Victorious game session (Steampunked C&C) this afternoon. God bless any man who can ham it up in costume AND run an amazing game session at the same time.

And look, my PC even arrived in costume ;)

We followed that up with +James Aulds excellent Stars Without Number session (no photos cause I forgot) which Rach and I were a few minutes late to due to the restaurant being over run my famished gamers. Which was okay, as we got to spend some quality time with +Vincent Florio and his wife Randy over dinner. I really think we need to plan for an OSR couples dinner at NTRPG Con 2016.

Everyone I've spoken too can't speak highly enough about Bad Mike and Doug for the running of the con and even the hotel staff. Such an awesome time, we don't want it to end.

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The Dungeon MasterJune 6, 2015 at 7:53 AM
Thanks! Had a great time with dinner and waiting for what felt like 2 hours for dinner, but was really like over an hour! My wife Randi had a great time and agrees will have to do it again. Now, need to draw her in gaming a little bit more...
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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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Saturday, June 6, 2015

NTRPG Con - Day Two - We Were Victorious!

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