Tenkar's Tavern: Free Mutant Crawl Classics Preview and 0-Level Adventure Available for Download

Saturday, June 25, 2016

Free Mutant Crawl Classics Preview and 0-Level Adventure Available for Download

As highlighted at the Mutant Crawl Classics Kickstarter, there are some free downloads you can use to get an early look at MCC.

There's a 29 page preview from last year's Gen Con Program Guide and this year's Free RPG Day release has the 13 page adventure Museum at the End of Time (yes, if you missed it in print, it's here in PDF)

Come to think of it, there ares some more Free DCC RPG releases. I'll link them in a follow up post.

In the meantime, enjoy :)

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Anthony EmmelJune 25, 2016 at 9:44 PM
Thanks for posting this, Tenkar!
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The Old DragoonJune 26, 2016 at 1:10 AM
Rock on! I played some DCC XCrawl today in honor of my 41st birthday. I can't wait for MCC!
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Justin IsaacJune 26, 2016 at 10:44 AM
I've thought about compiling a free DCC list myself. I just posted about The Shambling Un-Dead the other day.
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Joseph BlochJune 28, 2016 at 9:22 PM
An old-school module featuring a museum? Where have I heard that before...?

(Before anyone kvetches, I'm not insinuating anything about Goodman Games, just giving our good host a good-natured nudge in the ribs with a sly grin implied.)
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Marvin the MageJune 29, 2016 at 11:53 AM
The Time Machine by H.G. Wells? :D
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gaffneycjJuly 10, 2016 at 11:33 PM
Just dove into all of this today.over it!
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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 (thank you Kickstarter) (edit) BOTH editions of LotFP's Weird Fantasy and will soon have some dead tree copies of the Greyhawk Grognards Adventures Dark & Deep ~~shipping shortly~~ in my grubby hands awaiting a review..

I am so deep in the OSR when I come up for breath it's for the OSR's cousin, Tunnels & Trolls (and still waiting on dT&T to ship).

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 48, simplicity and flexibility while remaining true to the feel of the original is an OSR hat trick for me ;)

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Saturday, June 25, 2016

Free Mutant Crawl Classics Preview and 0-Level Adventure Available for Download

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