Tenkar's Tavern: Kickstarter - The Folio #5 & #6, in 1E & 5E Format

Monday, October 19, 2015

Kickstarter - The Folio #5 & #6, in 1E & 5E Format

I've posted about previous releases in The Folio before. Here's the quick summary:

- On time or early

- Detachable covers

- Quality adventures

If you like Old School feel with modern production values, The Folio is the way to go. You can get The Folio 5 & 6 for a mere 10 bucks in PDF.

I'll be running this series of adventures come March / April when I enjoy some downtime ;)

P.S/ Did I mention I love the cover art to #5?

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DarvaOctober 19, 2015 at 4:48 PM
I've seen the Folio adventures mentioned here and there, I just have one quick question. Does the ROS5 product number mean that it's the 5th chapter of an "adventure path" type serial? Or just that it's the fifth such adventure module from the publisher?
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TenkarOctober 19, 2015 at 6:02 PM
It's all part of a single campaign. I hesitate to say "adventure path" ;)
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CorathonOctober 20, 2015 at 12:10 PM
Is it possible just to buy hardcopies of the older ones (that have already been funded/created) somehow? I didn't see them on Lulu, and only saw PDFs one Onebookshelf.
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Jesse RodriguezOctober 21, 2015 at 1:59 AM
I don't believe the older ones are available to buy individually; at least not the first two. There is a backer reward level on the kickstarter that allows you to get all of them in print, but it's not cheap and it's limited.. Also, I don't think these are available in hardcover. They are designed like the older TSR modules, with fold out covers and separate booklets. The pdf's are inexpensive though. All 6 are going for $35 US.
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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, October 19, 2015

Kickstarter - The Folio #5 & #6, in 1E & 5E Format

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