Tenkar's Tavern: OSR Christmas - Gifting Day 3 Gifts!

Thursday, December 21, 2023

OSR Christmas - Gifting Day 3 Gifts!

Welcome to OSR Christmas for 2023 Day of Gifting, Day 3. Note that Day 2 & Day 4 of OSR Christmas were on the Tavern Chat Livestream. Day 5 will be here, on the blog side, Tomorrow, Friday. Day 6 will be on the Random Party Generator Livestream, also tomorrow, at 8 PM Eastern. The following gifts are being gifted from OSR Christmas Day 3.

If you are being gifted below, email tenkarsDOTtavernAT the Gmail thing - please put OSR Christmas Day 3, in the subject.

From DiceBro:

PDF Bundle of issues1-3 of Wizard Funk, an OSR zine - RhinoDino1973
1 OSR Sticker, and 1 Barrowmaze Patch (US Only) - Ryan—Aqualith Media

From On the Tabletop:

1 Softcover copies of Holmes & Clark (OSR Ruleset - US Only) - SketchasaurRex
1 PDF copy of Holmes & Clark, along with digital goodies - Peter D

From BRW Games:

A PDF Bundle including Book of Lost Lore, Book of Lost Beasts, and Book of Lost Tables - Christopher Stogdill

From James Mishler Games:

1 Set of 12 PDFs (by my count) of James Mishler releases for Shadowdark as well as the Isle of Eldisor for Labyrinth Lord in PDF - Rob Banks!

From Tenkar's Tavern:

2 $10 DTRPG Gift Certificates Helen & Brian S.

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Ryan—Aqualith MediaDecember 21, 2023 at 10:23 PM
Woohoo! Thank you again for these.
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ILDecember 22, 2023 at 9:08 AM
Congratulations!
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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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