Tenkar's Tavern: Now Available in Print - Eilean Dubh: The Black Isle Gazetteer (At Cost Crowdsourced Setting)

Saturday, February 2, 2019

Now Available in Print - Eilean Dubh: The Black Isle Gazetteer (At Cost Crowdsourced Setting)

I'm very excited to announce that Eilean Dubh: The Black Isle Gazetteer is now available in print at cost, which comes out to $25.66 for 442 pages of setting goodness. This crowdsourced setting was assembled by members of the Tenkar's Landing community on G plus. It is a work of love and generosity by all of those involved.

Seriously, it's damn good stuff.

You can grab the PDF of Eilean Dubh: The Black Isle Gazetteer for free. You'll also find a full-color setting map in the folder, which is shown below. Ay update to The Black Isle will be reflected in the folder, so bookmark it :)

tenkars-tavern.games/TheBlackIsle

Coupon Code LKAB317CD currently gets you 15% off at Lulu. Codes change all of the time. Always Google for a new code. Why pay full price?

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Christopher StogdillFebruary 2, 2019 at 8:08 PM
Just ordered mine!
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JamesFebruary 2, 2019 at 9:59 PM
I reported the print copy a few weeks ago, but I didn't have a PDF link. It'll go back up on the next News post! :)
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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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Saturday, February 2, 2019

Now Available in Print - Eilean Dubh: The Black Isle Gazetteer (At Cost Crowdsourced Setting)

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