Tenkar's Tavern: Far West - Done by Late May, Early June, When Cows Fly Over the Moon...

Monday, June 13, 2016

Far West - Done by Late May, Early June, When Cows Fly Over the Moon...

Remember this?

Well, it's June 13, so neither late May nor early June.

Assuming it ever ships I am very tempted to raffle off my hard copy to a Card Holding Tavern member. Seriously, the bad taste left in my mouth is matched only by the following:

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Tim SniderJune 13, 2016 at 11:05 AM
Kinda what I did with Met. Alpha Signal Fire edition. Same day I got it, I traded it off.
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BadmikeJune 13, 2016 at 11:09 AM
He might want to check for a nuclear waste drop in his neighborhood...sickness in his family seems to occur with unpleasant fequency that might signal the presence of an undetected superfund site...
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BadmikeJune 13, 2016 at 11:09 AM
He might want to check for a nuclear waste drop in his neighborhood...sickness in his family seems to occur with unpleasant fequency that might signal the presence of an undetected superfund site...
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Zudrak (Michael G.)June 13, 2016 at 11:17 AM
Superfund site? Heh. That brings to mind that maybe Constitution is a *dump* stat. /pun
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Zudrak (Michael G.)June 13, 2016 at 11:17 AM
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Blazefighter348June 13, 2016 at 12:18 PM
That pic is awesome, lol!!
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MarcJune 13, 2016 at 12:45 PM
He must live in the same neighbourhood as John of Appendix N Kickstarter fame. He phoned in sick in his latest update too. Again.
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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, June 13, 2016

Far West - Done by Late May, Early June, When Cows Fly Over the Moon...

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