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Saturday, June 11, 2022

Now Shipping - Midnight: Legacy of Darkness (5e)

I know I don't normally cover, or care about 5e releases, but Midnight: Legacy of Darkness is a release I've been waiting for since it was announced. I sincerely loved the 3e version of the Midnight setting (even though I never played a session of 3x or 4e, let alone 5e).

I figure I can likely convert the material to the OSR system of my choice on the fly, or simply use the current Midnight setting for inspiration and gaming reading material.

The suggested retail is 54.99, but you can snag a copy for 43.99 (plus shipping) at Atomic Empire. I didn't see it at Amazon, but a tip of the hat to ENWorld for finding a website/brick-and-mortar that has Midnight: Legacy of Darkness in stock and at a discounted price.

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Friday, May 13, 2022

The Midnight Setting Returns Later this Month as a Kickstarter for 5e

By far my favorite setting from the 3rd Edition Era was Midnight by Fantasy Flight Games. It is essentially Middle Earth (with the serial numbers scratched off) and Sauron won, and it presented the concept so perfectly that it made me want to run D&D 3e. That says a lot.

Later this month, May 27, Midnight returns as a setting for D&D 5e via Kickstarter. I am extremely excited, as taking 5e material and converting it to the OSR is fairly easy. I just hope they keep true to the original. Heck, I've been eagerly awaiting Midnight since it was announced in 2020.

You can view the trailer below:

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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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Saturday, June 11, 2022

Now Shipping - Midnight: Legacy of Darkness (5e)

Friday, May 13, 2022

The Midnight Setting Returns Later this Month as a Kickstarter for 5e

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