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Saturday, April 18, 2020

James Mishler Games 50% Off

I was introduced to James' work when he published a licensed, alternate version of the classic Judges Guild Wildlands that was better than the source material. To get James' current work at 50% off simply should not be missed.

James Misher Games

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Friday, January 16, 2015

The Receivers of Day 9 of OSR Christmas Gifting Are... (12 Bundles of Mishler Madness!)

12 Bundles of +James Mishler Gaming Madness! Or, if not madness, goodness, but it doesn't have the same OOMPH!

Each bundle contains the following:

Barbarian Class (Labyrinth Lord)
Castle Adlerstein and Environs Map Pack
Chronicles of Mhoriedh Map Pack
Chaos Queen of Ants
Hercynian Grimoire #1
Ogres of the Olden Lands
Realms of Murikah Midzee Map Pack
Vampires of the Olden Lands

You can look at them all at James Mishler Games over at RPGNow.

And now for our 12 Gift Receivers:

1 - +Brett Slocum

2 - +Matt Maranda

3 - bogeymantone

4 - +Joel Priddy

5 - +Kevin Searle

6 - mike monaco

7 - 賈尼 - don't ask me to pronounce it ;)

8 - +Peter V. Dell'Orto

9 - +Adam Muszkiewicz

10 - +Mighty Eroc

11 - +Steve Balog

12 - jacob decourcey

Folks, try to email me at tenkarsDOTtavern at that gmail thing my monday, as I'd like to get as many of u sent on to +James Mishler in one shot that I can.

edit: please put "OSR Christmas Day 9" in the email subject

Day 10 will be up tomorrow...

Monday, January 12, 2015

OSR Christmas 2014 Returns in 2015 - Day 9 - 12 PDF Bundles of Mishler Madness! (International)

Work and life keeps throwing curve balls. It seems like I keep rolling Natty Ones at work too ;)

Here's the deal. Day 9 of OSR Christmas. 12 Bundles of +James Mishler Gaming Madness! Or, if not madness, goodness, but it doesn't have the same OOMPH!

Each bundle contains the following:

Barbarian Class (Labyrinth Lord)
Castle Adlerstein and Environs Map Pack
Chronicles of Mhoriedh Map Pack
Chaos Queen of Ants
Hercynian Grimoire #1
Ogres of the Olden Lands
Realms of Murikah Midzee Map Pack
Vampires of the Olden Lands

You can look at them all at James Mishler Games over at RPGNow.

How do you possibly get a bundle? Add a comment to this post before 8PM Eastern on Wednesday, January 14, 2015. We'll pick the gift receivers and post the names on a follow up post.

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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