S&W Review
Posted by knightvision on September 24, 2009
I took a 6-8 week self-imposed sabbatical over the summer. I wanted to reflect on my past work
and what I want to attempt to accomplish in the future. I soon kept seeing this new retro clone called
Swords and Wizardry (S&W) crop up on different forums that I visit. S&W was even nominated for a ENnie award
for the best free product. I thought to myself, a retro clone of 0e is getting major recognition from outside
the OSR (Old School Renaissance) community? So, I went to the S&W website and downloaded the core rules
and was pleasantly surprised by what I read.
Here is one item I found interesting about S&W
Using challenge levels for monsters was a master stroke. I never played 3e/3.5 however, I like the CR (challenge rating) feature and wished the old school dnd had that. Alas, now it does!
