Tenkar's Tavern: Christmas in July - The OSR Picks

Friday, July 24, 2015

Christmas in July - The OSR Picks - Part 2

More Christmas in July OSR Picks have been brought to my attention.

Woot!

Goodman Games - DCC RPG releases, including the Chained Coffin, Peril on the Purple Planet and DCC Lankhmar: Through Ningauble's Cave in PDF, are 25% off

Grognardia Games - James Ma's Thousand Suns

Troll Lord Games - Castles & Crusades anyone?

North Wind Adventures - Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerers of Hyperborea - 'nuff said

Monte Cook Games - Numenera - Alright, not OSR, but folks still like it apparently

Thick Skull Adventures - More DCC goodness

Serpent King Games - Dragon Warriors - the best game I never owned as a teen gamer

Mythic Bull Games - yet more DCC goodness

I'm sure there'll be even more picks brought to my attention as the day goes on. I'll add another post in the evening. In the meantime, all the Christmas in July posts can be found here.

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Purple Duck MarkJuly 24, 2015 at 11:59 AM
And Purple Duck Games!
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lowdownfoolJuly 24, 2015 at 12:27 PM
Don't forget Goblinoid Games.
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TheShadowKnowsJuly 24, 2015 at 12:47 PM
$7.50 for AS&SH is a crime - seriously, you're practically rolling Jeff T. and emptying his pockets at that price. Any OSR gamer who doesn't already have it would be CRAZY not to pick it up.
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NoobirusJuly 24, 2015 at 2:55 PM
Three Sages Games?
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DesaJuly 24, 2015 at 5:45 PM
My stuff never goes through :(

Eric, if you can please add Genius Loci to the next outing.
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Doc SavageJuly 24, 2015 at 8:23 PM
Grognardia...haven't seen that name in a while.
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Stephen NewtonJuly 24, 2015 at 9:04 PM
Woot! Thanks for the shout out!
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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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Friday, July 24, 2015

Christmas in July - The OSR Picks - Part 2

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