The Frog God's Post

Welcome everyone to the first annual Swords and Wizardry appreciation day! Its great to see so many gaming enthusiasts embracing the style of play that Gary Gygax invented, and Matt Finch helped restore to the gaming community. We at Frog God Games have been lucky enough to be one of the companies to help bring the old school game back to mainstream. The success of our products are only due to you, the Grognard Gamer, who has supported us in reimagining the days of yesteryear, when men and magic fought outdoor and wilderness encounters. All those little brown books that are falling apart of preciously nested on bookshelves in plastic, too valuable for everyday use, can now be retired from play (although I still frequently use my "play copies"), and new books can take their place at the table. Returned are the days of dungeon crawling, gaining experience from gold, and save or die.

We want to thank all the other OSR publishers, miniature makers and others who have embraced the roll of the dice rather than the clicking of keyboards and mice.

We were overwhelmed by the support from the hundred plus bloggers who offered to help with this, so overwhelmed in fact that we decided to offer (for a limited time only) a 25% discount off our Swords and Wizardry line. Now is a great time to pick up those missing pieces in your Frog God Games collection while supplies last (and we are running quite low on some titles). Thank you again for the outstanding support of Swords and Wizardry, and for the OSR community as a whole.

We hope to see you all in Dallas at North Texas RPG Con so we can raise a glass, roll some dice, and party like its 1975! And remember, "Go back to the tormenter, or through the arch, and the second great hall you'll discover".

Hope to see you at my table soon!

Bill Webb
14 April 2013

Call for Swords & Wizardry Bloggers

Erik Tenkar of Tenkar’sTavern has gotten together with Christopher Helton of Dorkland to set up a Swords & Wizardry Appreciation Day on April 17^th 2013 and we want YOU to participate.  If you have a blog or website, please join us on this day. All that we ask is that you post something related to Swords & Wizardry such as play reports, thoughts about the system, random table, new monster, spells, magic items, an encounter, reviews - whatever you want to write.

Erik will be awarding one random blogger that joins and posts a $10 credit to RPGNow, enough to land a PDF copy of Swords & Wizardry Complete, one of Frog God's Swords & Wizardry adventures or anything else. He is also adding another three $5 credit into the gift pool.

Frog God Games is offering the "winning" blogger the Swords & Wizardry PDF of their choice from Monstrosities, Tome of Horrors SW, Rappan Athuk SW or the upcoming Razor Coast. Erik, Chris, and Matt will decide the "winner". Plus a handful of bloggers will be selected to give away free Grimmsgate modules to their readers.

To participate please email Erik with subject "S&W Appreciation Day" and let him know your first name, your blog's name, and the blog link. Lastly, include a blog description that is "5 words or less".

Bloggers can then download any of the Swords & Wizardry Blog Badges, Images, or Logos from the bottom of the homepage of Frog God Games: http://www.talesofthefroggod.com/

Call For Contact Info From Blogs Participating in the Swords & Wizardry Appreciation Day Blogfest

If you are interested in participating in the Swords & Wizardry Appreciation Day, please contact Erik with your blog information. There will be new content, reviews, announcements, giveaways, discounts, and all around S&W fun! See below:
 
Original Post from Erik Tenkar at Tenkar's Tavern

You know how the OSR runs things: A wing, a prayer, improve and duct tape. Hey, don't knock it, it's worked well for me up to now.
That being said, a little organization may just go a long way.
If you are planning to participate in the Swords & Wizardry Appreciation Day Blogfest on April 17th, your blog should be on the below list. Awesome! If it isn't, add it to the comments.
Now, if you are on the list, Frog God Games would like a way to contact you. They are planning to run some promotions regarding the S&W Appreciation Day and would like to be able get that info to you in a timely fashion. I'll also need it to award the "gifts" to random and not so random bloggers. Oh, and we may have a graphic for your blog if you want to use it.
So, this is what I need:
An email sent to tenkarsDOTtavernATgmailDOTcom
A subject heading stating something like "S&W Appreciation Day"
your blog's name and link in the body of the email
your first name - 'cause we got it like that ;)
let me know if you don't what me to forward your info to The Frogs, in which case I'll act as a filter back and forth. The option is there for the few who might want it.

Thanks in advance to everyone, bloggers, readers, G+ers. You all seriously rock!
List of Participating Blogs:

1 - Chronicles of Ganth! - Homebrewed heartbreaker

2 - Secrets of the Shadowend

3 - They Might Be Gazebos

4 - Mad-Kyndalanth - 'to share good stories afterwards' 

5 - Dizzy Dungeon

6 - Gothridge Manor - OMG, its full of Sleestaks

7 - Lapsus Calumni

8 - 19th Level

9 - Sycarion Diversions - "One day, Spelljammer will return!"

10 - Dorkland!

11 - Worlds Galore

12 - Dreams of My Mystic Fantasy

13 - Daily OSR fix - Random tables makes me smile 

14 - BrewLab Gaming Concepts

15 - Realms of Chirak - "Eclectic Gaming Madness from Camazotz"

16 - Quickly, Quietly, Carefully - OD&D exegis, retro stupid fun

17 - Dreams in the Lich House

18 - Hereticwerks

19 - RPG Delisi

20 - The Retired Adventurer

21 - Semper Initiativus Unum

22 - Red Box Denver

23 - Bat in the Attic

24 - Reverend Dak dot Blogspot

25 - The Ongoing Campaign - Obscure Games and Famous Ones

26 - The Other Side

27 - d20 Dialectic

28 - Once More Unto the Breach - Rediscovering the joy of roleplaying!

29 - Venger's old school gaming blog

30 - Fear No Darkness - reasons...not rules

31 - Mythmere's Blog (Mr S&W Himself ;)

32 - Gamers & Grodnards

33 - Dispatches From Kickassistan

34 - Six Sarcophagi

35 - Edgar's Game Blog

36 - Spes Magna Games

37 - The Space Cockroach's Hideout - Space, Modern and fantastic Adventures

38 - inthecitiesdotcom

39 - Sorcerer Under Mountain

40 - Tenkar's Tavern - "OSR To the Core!"

41 - No School Like the Old School

42 - Blessings of the Dice Gods

43 - Porky's Expanse - a nebulous region of hobby space

44 - The Clash of Spear on Sword

45 - Roll to Carouse!

46 - Ilea jacta Est -  A 20-Sided Look at Life

47 - Blood & Battle - Swords & Wizardry resources, reviews, recaps 

48 - Starting Over With the OSR

49 - Sandbox of Doom

50 - Lord Archaon's Grimoire

51 - Battle Axes and Beasties - Sporadic Babbling about Various Stuff

52 - Apathy Blogs

53 - Applied Phantasticality

54 - Strange Stones - Strange Stones: Demons, Rogues, and Lemurian Barbarians

55 - Mystic Bull Games

56 - Le Verre Violet - Hexcrawls, Blackmoor, Carcosa and OD&Dities

57 - The Sorcerer Speaks! - Purple Sorcerer News, and stuff

58 - The Crazy GM

59 - O Druida Hierofante (The Hierophant Druid)

60 - The Rusty Battle Axe

61 - Keith Davies -- In My Campaign - Too heavy for Tenkar's reading ;)

62 - Necropraxis - OD&D, rules hacking, necromantic musings

63 - Rended Press - Free typos deal double damage!

64 - Hunter's Quarry

65 - hDan's YAGB - Traveller, D&D and related interests 

66 - Like Being Read to From Dictionaries - It's Like Reading A Dictionary

67 - Vargold - The Wolf-Time

68 - The Wizard's Chest

69 - Wampus Country

70 - Troll & Flame

71 - Epic RPG Blog - San Diego's RPG Scene 

72 - Kingdoms in Trevail - Infrequent & random old-school gaming thoughts :)

73 - Jeffro's Space Gaming Blog - Microgames, Monster Games, and RPG's 

74 - Swords & Dorkery - the name is the description

75 - Dice of Doom - Old School Cool

76 - Infinite Dragons - Adventure Unlimited

77 - Dyson's Dodecahedron - Award Winning Dungeon Design
78 - The Ultimate Josha - RPG reviews, stories, and thoughts
79 - Places to Go, People to Be - RPGs are easily accessible self-expression
80 - Tales From the Tower - Recaps, Campaign Info, Game Art
81 - Tenfootpole - Hypocrite reviews OSR adventures
82 - Ynas Midgard's OSR Blog - irregular musings and content for D&D
83 - Castelli & Chimere (Castles & Chimeras) - My musings on D&D (OSR)
84 - What Do I Know? - One Gamer Yapping; Many RPGs
85 - Dungeon of Signs - Drunken OSR glossolalia
86 - The Frothy Friar - Advancing back to basics
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87 - Edgar's Game Blog - Recaps, Philosophy, & Games Within Games
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88 - The Adventures of the Clock Caravel - Eclectic Crowdsourced Virtual Steampunk Roleplaying

89 - Requiem for a Muse
90 - Scottenkainenland

Cyclopean Deep Subscription Part 3

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April 17th S&W Appreciation Day

Erik Tenkar of Tenkar's Tavern fame has gotten together with Christopher Helton of Dorkland to set up a Swords & Wizardry Appreciation Day on April 17th (that's in 2013, for all you time-travelers needing a reference point).

The idea is for lots of bloggers to all have something related to Swords & Wizardry on that day, whether it's a new spell, monster, a play report, etc. Erik is going to be giving away a gift certificate to a random blogger, and I'm pretty sure I can scare up something from Frog God Games as well.

In any event, it's something to look forward to! As of today, 24 bloggers are already signed up, and that's only after 24 hours since the announcement. In the meantime, of course, there is a ton of activity at the Swords & Wizardry Google+ community, so if you need a quicker fix for your OD&D, come on over. 

-Matt Finch
Original Post from: http://swordsandwizardry.blogspot.com/2013/03/swords-wizardry-appreciation-day.html

Sightings of Swords & Wizardry Out And About

Now that the books and all of the other fun stuff from the Kickstarter have rolled out into the world, we are starting to see the fans of Swords & Wizardry out in the world with their stuff.

These pictures come via the Swords & Wizardry Google+ Community. Join us for some great discussion on a great game, and some wonderful prizes as well. The top picture is community member +Nicholas Trandahl showing off his books for his home Nyllmor campagin. The bottom picture is FGG's own +Skeeter Green, out having a St. Patrick's Day beverage and showing off his Swords & Wizardry tee shirt.

You want your pictures to be featured here on the blog? Join the community at the above link and share your pictures with us. 

Tsathogga Mini painted by fan

Hi Bill and to all the nice folks at FFG,

I include 3 pictures of my Tsathogga figurine. A friend of mine finally got around to paint it. He did a better job than I ever could. Also admire the Italian red marble-like base. Nothing to shabby for the frog god eh? Feel free to post on your site. 
Best regards, 
Mike

Matt's Blog

If you haven't had a chance to check out Matt Finch's blog in the past, then today is the day. Check out his new posting:  

http://swordsandwizardry.blogspot.com/2013/03/deaths-and-resurrections-names-and.html

Swords & Wizardry now available in print

The long awaited hard copy prints of the Swords & Wizardry Rulebook are now available. 

You can also purchase the Monstrosities monster book which include hundreds of Monsters.

Along with both Bill Webb's MCMLXXV Module and Matt Finch's Grimmsgate module. 

T-Shirts, Card Decks, Dice, Coloring Books, Character Sheet Pad, and other S&W items available only while supplies last.

SW Kickstarter Packing

 Papa Frog is working on packing a huge order!

 Here it is with all the final add ons. Wow, what an order!

 Grumpy Frog packing the piles

 Blonde Frog prepping the books for packing

Nuclear Frog working with Walker Frog to prep for all the boxes and books

 This is what didn't fit in the three vehicles for the first run to the post office.