Tenkar's Tavern: State of The Tavern Keeper - I've got Chills, They're Multiplying...

Sunday, November 19, 2017

State of The Tavern Keeper - I've got Chills, They're Multiplying...

This afternoon I got hit with a nice chill. Now, I'm the type of guy that wears short sleeves 12 months a year and wears shorts in the house year round. My usual normal temp is 98.2 not 98.6.

I'm running 97.0 today.

Fuck me. If I was running a Kickstarter I'd demand a 5 year reprieve. I haven't been myself for the last 2 weeks.

Ah well, my miserable fuckery will continue I guess...

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UnknownNovember 19, 2017 at 7:45 PM
Poor Erik. Get well soon!
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JeffNovember 19, 2017 at 8:27 PM
I'm sick, and it's my own fault. I should have taken my allergy pills. I picked up Deadball the other day, when it was on sale. So, naturally, I ended up routing around in my old, dusty, baseball cards.

Next time, I'll take the pill an hour before hand, and ware a mask.

Good news is, I have a way to mix Deadball and Tunnels and Trolls half cooked up.
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Venger SatanisNovember 19, 2017 at 9:05 PM
Don't die on us, hoss! You've got deadbeats to burn and Dwarven ale to pour.
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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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Sunday, November 19, 2017

State of The Tavern Keeper - I've got Chills, They're Multiplying...

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