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The investigative heart of the Old School Renaissance. Hosted by Tenkar — a retired NYPD Internal Affairs sergeant and gamer since 1980 — this channel is dedicated to the truth behind the hobby.No corporate gloss. No borrowed opinions. Just straight, unfiltered investigations into the mechanics, history, and industry news that actually impacts your table. From B/X and AD&D to modern hits like Shadowdark and Old-School Essentials, we focus on the games that prioritize player agency.
WHAT TO EXPECT AT THE TAVERN
Videos: 5 scripted deep dives a week
Lives: Wednesday & Saturday nights — Talking Crit and community nights
The Open Table: A persistent world game where you get to roll the dice
JOIN THE MINIONS
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We're here for B/X and OSR gaming. I use AI as a tool to help organize and format my notes, but every ruling and opinion is 100% Tenkar. Keep it civil, keep it old-school, or the bouncer will show you the door.COMMUNITY
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Master Minion: terrytaylor113, blahlbinoa, DeanSals1, dmakron, agilemonk6305, matthewsherman1183, DanTesch, douglaspearson9552, HalflingTorchbearer, murseoftheyear , tireddaddyof4267, yardofguiness
Super Minion: Indigo Ro, DM Raptor, SinnerElla, Ryan Nilsson, Erik Wahlberg, Donalds Angry, COS Crafts, maxnomicon, Midnight Green, Rich3rd, Gladstone Pinheiro, Cecilia Souza, Joe Stone, boss bully boy, Marcelo Correia, Richard Hooper, ᄃΉΣMIᄃΛᄂᄃӨᄃӨПЦƬ, T Flo_Ijimisan, LawDawg, Unscripted ＆ Unchained, JimothyTimothy, Eupolemos, Jay, Martin Penny, im cafferty, Chris Burkhart, Douglas Pearson, Curt Gould, Matthew Sherman
The investigative heart of the Old School Renaissance. Hosted by Tenkar — a retired NYPD Internal Affairs sergeant and gamer since 1980 — this channel is dedicated to the truth behind the hobby.No corporate gloss. No borrowed opinions. Just straight, unfiltered investigations into the mechanics, history, and industry news that actually impacts your table. From B/X and AD&D to modern hits like Shadowdark and Old-School Essentials, we focus on the games that prioritize player agency.
WHAT TO EXPECT AT THE TAVERN
Videos: 5 scripted deep dives a week
Lives: Wednesday & Saturday nights — Talking Crit and community nights
The Open Table: A persistent world game where you get to roll the dice
JOIN THE MINIONS
Proudly free of corporate sponsorships. If you value independent OSR coverage, join the Tavern.
youtube.com/@TenkarsTavern/joinTAVERN RULES
We're here for B/X and OSR gaming. I use AI as a tool to help organize and format my notes, but every ruling and opinion is 100% Tenkar. Keep it civil, keep it old-school, or the bouncer will show you the door.COMMUNITY
Discord: discord.gg/fReGmuDSUPPORT THE TAVERN
ko-fi.com/tenkar
AFFILIATE LINKS
Humble Bundle: humblebundleinc.sjv.io/da4WJ2
Amazon Storefront: amzn.to/41Jm0oG
DriveThruRPG: drivethrurpg.com/en/?affiliate_id=1446
Fantasy Grounds VTT: affiliates.fantasygrounds.com/388855/15958
Restream: restream.io/join/g5Qpgr
VidIQ: vidiq.com/TenkarsTavern
Master Minion: terrytaylor113, blahlbinoa, DeanSals1, dmakron, agilemonk6305, matthewsherman1183, DanTesch, douglaspearson9552, HalflingTorchbearer, murseoftheyear , tireddaddyof4267, yardofguiness
Super Minion: Indigo Ro, DM Raptor, SinnerElla, Ryan Nilsson, Erik Wahlberg, Donalds Angry, COS Crafts, maxnomicon, Midnight Green, Rich3rd, Gladstone Pinheiro, Cecilia Souza, Joe Stone, boss bully boy, Marcelo Correia, Richard Hooper, ᄃΉΣMIᄃΛᄂᄃӨᄃӨПЦƬ, T Flo_Ijimisan, LawDawg, Unscripted ＆ Unchained, JimothyTimothy, Eupolemos, Jay, Martin Penny, im cafferty, Chris Burkhart, Douglas Pearson, Curt Gould, Matthew Sherman
