Swords and Wizardry Box Set
Posted: November 9th, 2019, 2:26 pm
Ran across a post from Tenkar's Tavern, in which Eric talks about the upcoming plans for a Swords and Wizardry Box Set. S&W is one of the few OSR games, I like. The S&W Complete rule set is a pretty good book if you want an updated system that holds the spirit of TSR's (A)D&D. I like the idea of having a box set and will probably get it when available.
From the Tenkar's Tavern site:
There is also some podcast discussion if anyone cares to listen:
From the Tenkar's Tavern site:
It's no secret that Swords & Wizardry is getting a new shiny coat in 2020. The plans that have already been discussed in public include:
- One ruleset to rule them all. White Box and Core will no longer be supported. Swords & Wizardry Complete will be rebranded Swords & Wizardry (yes, Swords & Wizardry Light will still be supported, but its an intro to the fuller Swords & Wizardry game).
- Boxed set. This has been asked for for years and I am eagerly awaiting it
- Digest sized and multiple books, much like the Orignal White Box. With room in the box for further digest-sized books.
Needless to say, Gamehole Con got my creative juices flowing. I have a list of projects I'd like to work on, with the intent of having some of these ready to go with the launch of the Swords & Wizardry Kickstarter. The list is fairly long, but the idea is with months before launch, if I work daily on whichever pieces inspire me that day, I'll have some of this ready in time for launch.
Here's the current list (I started working on a new Bard class last night). Much of this will get seen first here on the blogside of things. When released all would be in digest-sized. 4-page releases would be PDF only but easily printed at home double-sided and digest-sized. Note, it is very much an outline/todo list at this point.
New Spells for all levels (with Bad Mike) - I've been enjoying the process of rewriting 1e spells and creating new ones
Magic-user 1-9 (level 1 is done)
Cleric 1-7
Druid. 1-7
New Magic Items - I've been doing this for years and sharing here, but I've also been adding new items at convention sessions I've run
Unique magic
From Blog
From Cons
New
Relics? / Artifacts?
New Classes - started the bard (and wrote a prior version of the class way back in Knockspell 6)
Bard
Elementalist - from blog
Flesh out for S&W (written for SWCL)
Demi-Options (race-based classes)
New Creatures & Adversaries (I already have the art and a handful of creatures already written for the undead book)
Undead - (with Glen) release as a themed book
Others - From the blog
Convert to S&W from SWCL
Also, write new ones
Good, Bad & Ugly?
Zine (heavily leaning towards monthly)
Torchlight?
4-page digest monthly?
or
16 page quarterly?
Community (its been asked for - details still need to be worked out)
Tenkar’s Community graphic for releases from Discord Community publishers
Adventures (looking at 4 digest-sized pages)
Pocket Settings (thinking more genre than setting with the idea of showing the versatility of the S&W rules)
16 page setting / genre books
Explore horror / swords & planet / sci-fi / sci-fantasy, etc
Could be 16 page setting / 16 page rules / classes / spells / etc
Reboot Swords & Wizardry Appreciation Day (this will be community-driven and probably timed to coincide with the launch of the Kickstarter) Launch zine on said day
There is also some podcast discussion if anyone cares to listen: