Tenkar's Tavern: Reminder - Tavern Chat Tonight - Discussion Topics? Tavern Livestream and Black Friday Gaming Sales

Wednesday, November 23, 2016

Reminder - Tavern Chat Tonight - Discussion Topics? Tavern Livestream and Black Friday Gaming Sales - 9 PM Eastern

Yep. Today is Wednesday. Already. End of the work week for some that are lucky enough to have off for Thanksgiving and Black Friday.

I'll be discussing the upcoming twice a month Tavern Livestream Events (first guest will be +Zach Glazar ) as well as Black Friday / Cyber Monday Sales for the gamer in you. Oh, and whatever other tangents we fall into.

9 PM Tonight. Here at The Tavern. In that chat bar to the right. Log in wth the social media of your choice.

See you then!

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Michael GrossNovember 23, 2016 at 1:15 PM
I hope to join in but might be busy packing for our day trip to the Poconos tomorrow. I'll wave (five fingers!) in your direction when we reach Jim Thorpe, Erik. We expect to gain xp by defeating the Standing Traffic of the Northeast Extension and the Glacial Rift of the Frosted Poconos.
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VinceNovember 23, 2016 at 10:27 PM
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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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Wednesday, November 23, 2016

Reminder - Tavern Chat Tonight - Discussion Topics? Tavern Livestream and Black Friday Gaming Sales - 9 PM Eastern

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