Tenkar's Tavern: art of the tavern

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Thursday, October 5, 2017

Denis McCarthy has Completed the Art for The Tavern's October Adventure!

Holy shit!

+Denis McCarthy does awesome work! Hire the man! ;)

He even used Swords & Wizardry Continual Light for reference.

Remember, this was funded by The Tavern's Community. Y'all are the best!

Friday, August 26, 2016

Amazing Tavern Art by Craig Brasco

+Craig Brasco did the scene you see above as an inside snapshot of The Tavern. I think he caught The Tavern Community's personality perfectly (including the annoyed person looking in from behind - sorry if we can't please all the people all the time ;)

Current plan is to use this excellent piece of work in regards to an announcement coming up this weekend. What announcement? Patience...

I'm so glad to consider Craig a good friend and a longtime member of my gaming group. I am blessed being surrounded by creatives much more talented than myself.

As an aside, I've identified each of the characters sitting at the table with my close circle of friends and it fits perfectly. Needless to say, I'm the dwarf :)

Monday, April 25, 2016

New Banner by Del Teigeler To Join The Tavern's Rotation!

I've always been impressed by +Del Teigeler 's work, but I was blown away by the samples of Del's work that I saw on +Jeff Talanian 's recent AS&SH Adventure Kickstarter, The Mystery at Port Greely. It was simply DAMN GOOD.

I knew I had to make it mine. The art that is. I backed the Kickstarter the moment I hit the page. And make it mine I did. Del did an awesome job.

I love the different interpretations of Tenkar's Tavern by the various artists. They are all very different but it's all the same place. Maybe it should be a chain of taverns ;)

As an aside, Del's prices are extremely fair. If you have a project where his style might be a good fit, reach out to him. You'll kick yourself if you don't.

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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