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Sunday, May 1, 2016

I Never Realized the Gygax Memorial Fund has a Facebook Page and it was Updated!

Really. I had no idea. Silence for over a year can do that. No matter what you think of the questions asked by +Tim Kask and myself, it seems they have spurred a virtual avalanche of info on the Gygax Memorial Fund.

Now, if only the info was actually at the Fund's website...

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Mike TangoMay 2, 2016 at 9:09 AM
Nice to see an update, but opening para on educating us about accounting rules, but not doing so....

The interesting bit is "I am waiting for the right time to approach City Council to give us land in Library..."

then further down, "Rest assured, we have land." Hmm, so which one is it?

This year they plan to have construction expenses, so all this is going to happen quickly, good news ;-)
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AnonymousMay 2, 2016 at 9:48 AM
This looks to be written by Ken Whitman...
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Doc SavageMay 2, 2016 at 10:04 AM
Doubletalk and stalling tactics. For one thing, if you need a city council to approve a location, you make that request as early as possible as governments take forever to do anything.
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BadmikeMay 2, 2016 at 10:16 PM
Problem I don't see mentioned very often, while Gail was given a spot for the statue it's not the spot she wanted, and the Council has not been receptive to the location Gail wants. Thus, the statue is nowhere close to being ready to go until this location is set.
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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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Sunday, May 1, 2016

I Never Realized the Gygax Memorial Fund has a Facebook Page and it was Updated!

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