Tenkar's Tavern: Tavern Chat Tonight

Thursday, February 18, 2016

Tavern Chat Tonight - 9PM Eastern

Yep, an early reminder.

Tonight is another Tavern Chat.

Possible topics:

- How the F' is Tenkar going to get up to speed on D&D 5e in 2 short weeks?

- When the F' is Far West ever going to be published?

- Will The Badger drop in and discuss the success of the one day sale for "Lus"? (sale ended mere minutes before this post is going up)

- When will Tenkar be posting more StarSlinger posts?

You never know just who will drop in, but it's always a lively chat.

See you then :)

(for those that don't know what Tavern Chat is, see the chat box on the right side of this website? That's where the chat takes place. If you belong to basically ANY social media, logging in is a breeze. Here, I'll add a screenshot for easy reference)

5 comments:

BadmikeFebruary 18, 2016 at 11:22 AM
Crap, I missed Joe Bloch last week!
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Zudrak (Michael G.)February 18, 2016 at 11:46 AM
I will make an attempt to get in on this at long last. It always sounds like fun!
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Zudrak (Michael G.)February 18, 2016 at 11:46 AM
I will make an attempt to get in on this at long last. It always sounds like fun!
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brandon karlisFebruary 18, 2016 at 12:03 PM
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UnknownFebruary 18, 2016 at 8:30 PM
Just heard you on RFI podcast :)
Ill probably check out the chat later tonite.

Keith Haddad
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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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Thursday, February 18, 2016

Tavern Chat Tonight - 9PM Eastern

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