Tavern Chat

Randt from Biggus Geekus calls - twice - and asks the question "What is the OSR?" Damn all of these open-ended questions... --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/support

Printing Problems, Pathfinder Savages Kickstarter, A Kraken gets suspended, Vecna gives up a hand and an eye, and more current events get discussed on the Talking Crit Livestream. Catch Bad Mike and Tenkar every Wednesday Night at 8 PM Eastern. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/support

The Pathfinder for Savage Worlds Kickstarter launched earlier today and it's already surpassed $170K. The Hand and Eye of Vecna are available for preorder. Own your own Dungeons & Dragons artifact :) https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/545820095/pathfinder-for-savage-worlds https://www.dndmini.com/products/d-d-hand-eye-of-vecna --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/support

As of March 1st, 2021, DTRPG will no longer be able to supply saddle stitch books for their publishers, and its going to cause issues for many. Also, there is a Kickstarter that has cloned an Indiegogo. All the news that's fit to podcast :) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/support

David Baity, the writer/publisher of the Dark Trails RPG that was Kickstarted back in 2019, shared today that the name has been changed to the Weird Frontiers RPG.  David went into some of the background behind the decision to change the name of Dark Trails, and I share his post and comment on such. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/support

Join Old Man Grognard (Glen Halstrom) and Tenkar as they talk old school gaming, Dungeons & Dragons, the OSR, and more. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/support

Rach & Tenkar talk about using the Nintendo Switch for carb-burning exercise, cooking with the Stuffler (stuffed waffles), criticizing oneself, mental health, Covid, and more. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/support

While browsing my Dragon Magazines in search of AD&D 1e tidbits, I came across Tim Kask's article on the incident of "an The Tunnels" incident. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/support

Skeeter joins Tenkar & Bad Mike for an entertaining hexcrawl through the world of tabletop gaming. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/support

You can infer which thief abilities were most used by the players in Gary's campaigns by the number of words Gary uses to further detail, and restrict, these abilities.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/support

Last week in one of our live streams, it was mentioned that the AD&D 1e Monster Manual had only 5 alignments - maybe 7, if you included good or evil tendencies. It's interesting to see the evolution of the system right before your eyes, and to never have noticed it in the last 40 years at that... --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/support

We have follow up voicemails on diseases in AD&D 1e and the pros and cons of social media. https://www.facebook.com/groups/tenkarstavern - over 2,600 members Tenkar's Tavern Group on MeWe - over 700 members Dungeons & Dragons Group on Mewe - over 5,100 members! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/support

Ah, what do you call a livestream that goes off the rails and into the wilds? Iron Rations, apparently ;) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/support

With this week's events, I know gamers on both sides of the political spectrum that are stepping away from social media Are we too wired in? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/support

For someone that wanted to stress game-ability over reality, Gary often mixed the two up. Disease was one of those areas... --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/support

Bad Mike & Tenkar look at Ken Whit Whitman, Conan the Barbarian, and whatever else the hex crawl brings them. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/support

My groups invariably used a variation of Method I, but in retrospect, I wish we had used Method III. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/support

Yep, Gary was pretty firm that only Official 3rd party materials should be used with AD&D. Ah, sweet, sweet licensing fees... --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/support

It's 2021, and I plan on kicking off a new campaign in the first quarter of this new year. While that new campaign will include monthly VTT sessions, I'm also interested in running a group or more through a play by post campaign in the same setting, and possibly moving characters between the two. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/support

Ah, I can't get beyond the preface of the AD&D DMG without hearing not so subliminal marketing techniques. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/support