Tenkar's Tavern: Denis McCarthy has Completed the Art for The Tavern's October Adventure!

Thursday, October 5, 2017

Denis McCarthy has Completed the Art for The Tavern's October Adventure!

Holy shit!

+Denis McCarthy does awesome work! Hire the man! ;)

He even used Swords & Wizardry Continual Light for reference.

Remember, this was funded by The Tavern's Community. Y'all are the best!

6 comments:

MelanOctober 5, 2017 at 3:54 PM
Really cool piece of art.
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GwythaintOctober 5, 2017 at 4:19 PM
Took RPGNOW credit and bought two separate Puerto Rico Relief bundles... the hydra cooperative one contains Zwiehander!
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Caleb CollinsOctober 5, 2017 at 4:41 PM
That's a gorgeous cover. And with a 10' pole, no less!
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GwythaintOctober 5, 2017 at 6:08 PM
Pole, rope, and a hammer for spikes!

Thank you!
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T.G. MooreOctober 5, 2017 at 6:26 PM
The Elven Bard was unarmed, save for his lute.
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Jonathan LinnemanOctober 5, 2017 at 6:56 PM
Outstanding work!
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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, October 5, 2017

Denis McCarthy has Completed the Art for The Tavern's October Adventure!

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