Crowdfunding: Castle Zagyg Galleries of the Arch Mage
Troll Lord Games just launched a crowdfunding campaign for the legendary megadungeon by Gary Gygax:
This is the first of two crowdfunding campaigns. With your help, we hope to return to shelves worldwide Gary Gygax's Castle Zagyg. It is a monstrous project; one with with an incredible legacy! We hope to see all the material in Castle Zagyg released in 5 full color, hardcover volumes, each in its own box with relevant game maps.
There will be five box sets, and this campaign is for the first three:
- Castle Zagyg Vol. 1 The Citadel (the town of Yggsburgh)
- Castle Zagyg Vol. 2 The Ruins (the castle, East Mark, Mouths of Madness, and dungeon level 1)
- Castle Zagyg Vol. 3 The Cellars (dungeon levels 2, 3, 3a, 4, 4a, 5 and 5a)
- Castle Zagyg Vol. 4 The Dungeons (dungeon levels 6-9 and sub-levels)
- Castle Zagyg Vol. 5 The Caverns (dungeon levels 10-17 and sub-levels)
Castle Zagyg Vol. 1 The Citadel box set will contain:
- A full setting guide for Yggsburgh and the Outs neighborhood
- A Map of the Town of Yggsburgh
- Nine Interior Maps of Points of Interest
- 600+ Non-Player Characters
- 30+ Random Encounter and Event Tables
- 50+ Random Encounters, offering hundreds of potential adventure venues
- Orders of Battle for everything from Goblins to Knights
- Crime and Punishment in Yggsburgh
Castle Zagyg Vol. 2 The Ruins box set will contain:
- A detailed setting guide for East Mark, including 60 geographic locales and the town of Garham
- A complete setting guide for the ruins of Castle Zagyg, including the Upper Works, Castle Fortress, Tower Walls, Manse, and Mouths of Madness
- A Map of the East Mark region and its surrounding Environs; over 1,500 square miles of adventuring terrain!
- A Map of the Castle Zagyg and its structures
- A Map of the Mouths of Madness and dungeon level 1: The Storerooms
- 100+ Encounter Areas in the Castle
- 120+ Encounter Areas in Caverns and Storerooms
Castle Zagyg Vol. 3 The Cellars box set will contain:
- 7 Maps: one for each dungeon level
- The Deep Cellars
- The Dungeons
- Arena of Death
- Arcane Workshops
- Black Reservoir
- Eternity Galleries
- The Catacombs
- 300+ Encounter Areas and Rooms
Most of the content is based on Gary's notes:
Who is Writing It? Volume 1, The Citadel is written by Gary Gygax. This is the content some of you have in Yggsburgh, previously published by Troll Lord Games in 2004; it will contain updated art on the cover and interior, plus new maps.
Volume 2, The Castle is written by Jeffrey Talanian. This originally appeared in Upper Works, published by Troll Lord Games in 2008. It will also feature an updated cover and new interior art, as well as new maps for more seamless play.
Volume 3, The Cellars includes one level written by Jeffrey Talanian (the 1st). The rest is being written by Michael Stewart. Mike has written and published a number of adventures through Troll Lord Games, and his writing style fits Castle Zagyg perfectly. Couple that with his work on Yggsburgh alongside Gary Gygax, and he is the perfect candidate for the task. He is back on board to pore over Gary's original notes and maps and to create the dungeon that many of us have longed for, and many more never knew they wanted.
Castle Zagyg will be published for the TLG's Castles & Crusades system, meaning it is broadly compatible with TSR's D&D editions and other popular retroclones.
Read more about the campaign at Backerkit.
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