Tenkar's Tavern: Google Spells it Out - Comments Posted as Google+ Comments Cannot be Migrated to Blogger and will No Longer Appear on Your Blog

Tuesday, February 5, 2019

Google Spells it Out - Comments Posted as Google+ Comments Cannot be Migrated to Blogger and will No Longer Appear on Your Blog

In case Google wasn't clear enough with their earlier announcement, those that log into Blogger will have this notice on the top of their page:

I am so glad my experiment with Google + comments lasted but half a day before I reverted.

My faith in Blogger as a viable platform as the continued home of The Tavern diminishes on a daily basis.

4 comments:

DesaFebruary 5, 2019 at 11:11 AM
Yeah, I've been learning WordPress so I can migrate over by years-e d.
ReplyDelete
Replies
DyversFebruary 5, 2019 at 12:27 PM
I moved over to Wordpress this year.
ReplyDelete
Replies
Eldrad WolfsbaneFebruary 5, 2019 at 3:55 PM
What about Me we? It seems to be the giant mass home of the Google+ Exodus.
ReplyDelete
Replies
GwythaintFebruary 5, 2019 at 6:57 PM
Mewe does not allow for interaction with blogs except as links
ReplyDelete
Replies

Add comment

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 ;)

Swords & Wizardry Light - Forum

Tuesday, February 5, 2019

Google Spells it Out - Comments Posted as Google+ Comments Cannot be Migrated to Blogger and will No Longer Appear on Your Blog

4 comments:

RPGNow

Blogs of Inspiration & Erudition