Tenkar's Tavern: Gary Con Day One - Kinds Words From Frank and More

Thursday, March 23, 2017

Gary Con Day One - Kinds Words From Frank and More

+Frank Mentzer stopped by the Frog God booth today and gave me some amazing words of encouragement. Really appreciated and I'm very grateful. The old school is really a great community.

There is some exciting news for Swords & Wizardry Light / Continual Light that should get announced in the coming weeks. I am so psyched!

Met some great folks today. Haven't gamed yet but more importantly, I've spent time with fellow gamers and that is priceless.

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Christopher StogdillMarch 23, 2017 at 10:53 PM
Wish I could have gone myself. Have fun!
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Zudrak (Michael G.)March 23, 2017 at 11:29 PM
Always cool to see the Delaware Valley's premiere gamer having a good time with other gamers! Cheers to you & Frank, both, from a gamer across the Delaware River from Frank's hometown.
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RF VictorMarch 24, 2017 at 1:59 AM
Very cool! :)
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Timothy S. BrannanMarch 24, 2017 at 7:35 AM
Frank rocking the cool hat!
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TimothyMarch 24, 2017 at 1:47 PM
Look at you two handsome lads
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RemedyMarch 24, 2017 at 10:08 PM
What are they buying at the FGG table?
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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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Thursday, March 23, 2017

Gary Con Day One - Kinds Words From Frank and More

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