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Tuesday, November 22, 2016

New Batch of TSR Era Print on Demand Releases goes Live on RPGNow

Yep, the list of TSR Print on Demand titles just expanded.

The first batch was released last Tuesday and the second batch, this batch, is also on a Tuesday. So, check out The Tavern on Tuesday morning to get the latest TSR Era POD releases :)

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Timothy S. BrannanNovember 22, 2016 at 10:02 AM
I got my first purchase in the mail yesterday.
http://theotherside.timsbrannan.com/2016/11/wizards-of-coast-print-on-demand-results.html
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TimothyNovember 22, 2016 at 10:33 AM
I see they are offering WG5, nice!
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Charles SaegerNovember 22, 2016 at 1:14 PM
I'd love to see a side-by-side of the POD copies versus good-quality originals.
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dicerollerNovember 22, 2016 at 2:04 PM
Still waiting for T1-4.
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Havard:November 23, 2016 at 4:21 PM
Oooh! Thunder Rift is back!
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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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New Batch of TSR Era Print on Demand Releases goes Live on RPGNow

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