Tenkar's Tavern: GMs'Day Sale - Up to 40% Off at DTRPG

Monday, March 4, 2024

GMs'Day Sale - Up to 40% Off at DTRPG

It's that time of the year. There are some really deep discounts at DTRPG for their GMs' Day Sale, and I'm going to highlight a few PDFs over the next few days.

Call of Cthulhu Starter Set

Normally 9.99, currently on sale for 5.99. Quite simply an amazing value, this starter set should be in everyone's collection, whether physical or digital (or both). This is the starter set for the latest edition of Call of Cthulhu.

RuneQuest Starter Set

Normally 14.99, currently on sale for 8.99. Another amazing value from Chaosium, I own this in Print and digital. It is a very approachable way to get acquainted with RuneQuest. This starter set is for the latest edition of the RuneQuest Rules.

Dragonbane Core Set | Roll20 VTT + PDF [BUNDLE]

Normally 54.98 in digital for the two, currently the bundle is on sale for 10.99. The Dragonsbane Core Set rules are usually 24.99 on their own. if you use Roll20, this could be a no-brainer. I was a backer of Dragonbane from Kickstarter, and it is an impressive box of content.

Complete FlexTale Hexcrawl [BUNDLE]

Normally 27.95 for the Complete FlexTale Hexcrawl [BUNDLE] in PDF, currently the bundle is on sale for 8.39. I own the core FlexTale Hexcrawl book in Print & PDF, so my cost for the remaining bundle is 5.39. I'm tempted to see if I can run an improvised campaign using FlexTale and the maps in the bundle.

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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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GMs'Day Sale - Up to 40% Off at DTRPG

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