Tenkar's Tavern: Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukah and a general Happy Holidays to All!

Wednesday, December 25, 2019

Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukah and a general Happy Holidays to All!

Its been a busy two days at the Tenkar Family enclave ;) I'm ready to pass out quietly in a corner. I'm tired, but its a good tired :)

I really do appreciate all of the Christmas wishes via social media, email, Discord and the Tavern Chat voicemail.

Best wishes to all of the readers of The Tavern. I really do appreciate all of you. Catch up from these two days of running around starts tomorrow with the return of OSR Christmas.

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Dan DelgadoDecember 25, 2019 at 9:50 PM
Merry Christmas to you Erik!

And to all in the Community as well :)
Ho Ho Ho to all and to all a good night!
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Zudrak (Michael G.)December 25, 2019 at 10:25 PM
Merry Christmas, barkeep! May you rest well tonight, friend. Happy gaming!
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DonDecember 25, 2019 at 10:28 PM
Merry Christmas! Hlad it's a good tired!
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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, December 25, 2019

Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukah and a general Happy Holidays to All!

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