Tenkar's Tavern: Lesser Gnome Death & Taxes Collector's Set Snags Two ENNies Nominations

Monday, July 4, 2016

Lesser Gnome Death & Taxes Collector's Set Snags Two ENNies Nominations

A HUGE congrats to our very own +Zach Glazar for grabbing 2 ENNies Award Nominations for this year's awards with his / Lesser Gnomes Games Death & Taxes Collector's Set release.

Best Miniature Product and Best Production Values. When Frog God picked up Zach, they leveld up :)

+Timothy Brannan also grabbed a nomination for his The Otherside Blog. Alas, The Tavern is always a bridesmaid, never a bride ;)

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Gothridge ManorJuly 4, 2016 at 8:27 PM
Congrats to Zach and Tim!
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Timothy S. BrannanJuly 4, 2016 at 8:37 PM
Thanks Erik! I really excited by this!
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Timothy S. BrannanJuly 4, 2016 at 10:54 PM
Thanks Erik! I really excited by this!
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Zach GJuly 5, 2016 at 12:49 AM
Thank you Erik :)
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Zach GJuly 5, 2016 at 12:56 AM
Thank you Erik :)
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The Game MasterJuly 5, 2016 at 7:09 AM
Yay Zach!!!!!

Its amazing how a scripted podcast makes it into nomination rounds each year. Oh I know why, its "who you know".
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The Game MasterJuly 5, 2016 at 7:09 AM
Yay Tim!!
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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

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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, July 4, 2016

Lesser Gnome Death & Taxes Collector's Set Snags Two ENNies Nominations

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