Tenkar's Tavern: Reminder - Tavern Chat - 9 PM Eastern

Wednesday, September 26, 2018

Reminder - Tavern Chat - 9 PM Eastern - I Survived Shire Con ;)

I am very much looking forward to tonight's Tavern Chat. This past week has been... stressful. Shire Con was by far the highlight but it did wipe me out for the weekend.

Wednesday Night Tavern Chat is very much like hanging out at your neighborhood pub, but rubbing elbows with fellow members of the OSR and beyond instead of fellow drunks :)

You can use the following link to join the party over on The Tavern' Discord Server:

https://discord.gg/8wvXMZ

It's mostly a voice chat. You don't need a mic if you just want to listen or just wish to use the associated text chat channel.

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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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Wednesday, September 26, 2018

Reminder - Tavern Chat - 9 PM Eastern - I Survived Shire Con ;)

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