DriveThruRPG is running 40% sale off many titles in celebration of GM's day.

As usual, this is a good time to grab the classics from the TSR catalogue: OD&D, D&D, and AD&D 1e.

Since this is all about Judges, here are some books I find useful for preparing sandbox games:

• The Nomicon
• Tome of Worldbuilding
• Tome Of Adventure Design
• Cities
• Book of Lost Tables
• Goods and Gear: The Ultimate Adventurer's Guide
• HârnManor
• Medieval Manager
• A Magical Medieval Society

All issues of the legendary Fight On! zine are on sale too. Can't go wrong with those as they are chock-full of gameable material, including some contributions by yours truly.

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Cubicle 7 Entertainment is celebrating 40 years of Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay with 40% discount on all their titles. They are currently offering the following First Edition materials:

• WHFE01 Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 1E
• WHFE02 The Enemy Within Part 1: Shadows Over Bögenhafen
• WHFE03 The Enemy Within Part 2: Death on the Reik
• WHFE04 The Enemy Within Part 3: Power Behind the Throne
• WHFE05 The Enemy Within Part 4: Something Rotten in Kislev
• WHFE06 The Enemy Within Part 5: Empire in Flames
• WHFE07 Marienburg: Sold Down the River
• WHFE08 Middenheim: City of Chaos
• WHFE09 Apocrypha Now
• WHFE10 Doomstones Part 1: Fire in the Mountains
• WHFE11 Realms of Sorcery
• WHFE12 Warhammer Companion
• WHFE17 Doomstones Part 2: Blood in Darkness
• WHFE18 Doomstones Part 3: Death Rock
• WHFE19 Doomstones Part 4: Dwarf Wars
• WHFE20 Castle Drachenfels

WHFE01 Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay is worth picking up to plunder for rules (e.g. alignment, critical hits, magic, magic items, religion), while WHFE08 Middenheim: City of Chaos makes for a nice corrupt regional capital.

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DriveThruRPG is running a New Year, New Game Titles sale, with up to 75% off on select titles. The sale runs until January 16th.

Here are six old-school systems worth getting:

1. Dungeons & Dragons Original Edition. The game that kicked it all off. Still very playable, still very inspirational.
2. Dungeons & Dragons Rules Cyclopedia. The best edition of Classic D&D, combining content of Basic, Expert, Companion, and Master into one tome.
3. Arduin Trilogy. Contains first three Arduin Grimoires, which were supplements for OD&D.
4. Arduin II. Combines and restates Arduin Grimoires into a self-contained game.
5. The Palladium Fantasy Role-Playing Game Revised Edition. Reads like a heartbreaker based on Advanced Dungeons & Dragons. It has a ton of interesting concepts and ideas, knows nothing of “balance,” and features a lot of nice art.
6. Basic Roleplaying: Universal Game Engine. An original d100 engine that powers RuneQuest, Call of Cthulhu, and many other games, all in one tome.

And here are six OSR systems worth checking out:

• BLUEHOLME Journeymanne Rules. A retro-clone which extends Holmes Basic to level 20. Very well written, with guidance and explanations, making it ideal for beginners.
• Labyrinth Lord: Revised & Expanded. One of the best retro-clones of B/X edition of D&D.
• Adventures Dark and Deep Core Rulebook. A take on what second edition Advanced D&D could have looked like if Gary remained in charge.
• Against the Darkmaster Core Rules. A well done retro-clone of Middle-earth Role Playing game.
• Without Number games by Kevin Crawford: Ashes Without Number, Cities Without Number, and Worlds Without Number.
• Bandits and Battlecruisers. Class-less OD&D in space with a good deal of random tables.

There are more than 4000 titles that are discounted—do let me know your favourites. And as always, spend responsibly!

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Frog God Games is also running a 50% off sale. From what I can see some of the products are 75% off. Good sale to pick up some of the more expensive tomes and bundles like Razor Coast, Northlands, and Necromancer Games supplements.

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DriveThruRPG is running a massive site-wide sale for Black Friday. I spent three days making a list of adventures, bestiaries, and supplements that I am happy to recommend and that are going for a good discount. I tried to stay away from super-popular recommendations, and focus instead on forgotten and overlooked publications I found useful.

Adventures are broken into three brackets: levels 1–4, levels 4–9, and levels 9 and higher. Bestiaries and supplements are a separate list. For the latter I focused on sandbox and world-building material. For little fun, each list has an assigned die that you can roll to determine what to look into first. :)

As always, spend responsibly!

Low-level adventures (levels 1–4) — 1d12

1. Gatehouse on Cormac’s Crag (4–6 adventurers of levels 1–3)
2. Advanced Adventures #22: Stonepick Crossing (6–10 adventurers of levels 1–3)
3. The Oneiric Hinterlands (4–6 adventurers of levels 1–6)
4. Advanced Adventures #1: The Pod-Caverns of the Sinister Shroom (6–8 adventurers of levels 2–4)
5. Advanced Adventures #27: Bitteroot Briar (4–8 adventurers of levels 2–4)
6. Bonepicker's Tower (4–8 adventurers of levels 2–4)
7. The Lost City of Barakus (4–8 adventurers of levels 2–6)
8. Bottomless Pit of Zorth (4–8 adventurers of levels 3–5)
9. Advanced Adventures #17: The Frozen Wave Satsuma (6–8 adventurers of levels 3–5)
10. Peril in Olden Wood (4–6 adventurers of levels 3–5)
11. Original Adventures Reincarnated #9: Caverns of Thracia (includes reprint of the original; 6–10 adventurers of levels 2–6)
12. The Halls of Arden Vul Complete (4–8 adventurers of levels 1–12)

Mid-level adventures (levels 4–9) — 1d12

1. The Tomb of Abysthor (6–10 adventurers of levels 2–8)
2. Advanced Adventures #31: The Lost Lair of Drecallis (4–8 adventurers levels 4–7)
3. Advanced Adventures #21: The Obsidian Sands of Syncrates (6–10 adventurers of levels 4–7)
4. Advanced Adventures #12: The Barrow Mound of Gravemoor (4–6 adventurers of levels 5–7)
5. A Shadow Over the Greatwood (4–8 adventurers of levels 5–7)
6. Advanced Adventures #46: The Dismal Glade of the Spider Goddess (6–10 adventurers of levels 5–7)
7. Advanced Adventures #41: The Forgotten Grottoes of the Sea Lords (6–10 adventurers of levels 6–8)
8. S4 The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth (6–8 adventurers of levels 6–8)
9. The Black Monastery (5–7 adventurers of levels 7–10)
10. Original Adventures Reincarnated #7: Dark Tower (3 books, first reprints the original; 6–10 adventurers of levels 7–11)
11. WG4 The Forgotten Temple of Tharizdun (4–8 adventurers of levels 8–10)
12. Dawn of the Overmind (4–6 adventurers of levels 8–10)

High-level adventures (levels 9 and above) — 1d10

1. Tomb of the Twice-Crowned King (6–10 adventurers of levels 8–10)
2. EX2 The Land Beyond the Magic Mirror (5–8 adventurers of levels 9–12)
3. G1 Steading of the Hill Giant Chief (9 adventurers of level 9 or higher)
4. G2 Glacial Rift of the Frost Giant Jarl (9 adventurers of level 9 or higher)
5. G3 Hall of the Fire Giant King (9 adventurers of level 9 or higher)
6. D1 Descent into the Depths of the Earth (7–9 adventurers of level 10 or higher)
7. D2 Shrine of the Kuo-Toa (at least 6 adventurers of level 9 or higher)
8. D3 Vault of the Drow (6–9 adventurers of of level 10 or higher)
9. Cyclopean Deeps Volume and Volume II (4–8 adventurers of levels 10–12)
10. S1 Tomb of Horrors (6–8 adventurers of levels 10–14)

Bestiaries — 1d8

1. All the Worlds' Monsters Vol. 1, Vol. 2 and Vol. 3. One of the earliest published bestiaries. Has that true vintage typewriter look and nonsensical monsters.
2. Book of Lost Beasts. A collection of AD&D 1e monsters to supplement the Monster Manual, Fiend Folio, and Monster Manual II.
3. Dwellers in Dark Places. Awesome collection of more than 300 original OSRIC monsters.
4. Malevolent & Benign and Malevolent & Benign II. Collects all monsters published in the Expeditions Retreat Press OSRIC modules. Each book contains 150 monsters, so 300 new monsters in total.
5. Monstrosities. Nearly 500 monsters. Each monster comes with an example encounter/nano-adventure. Includes tables with monsters by challenge level, guidance on creating new monsters, tables of monsters by terrain, and tables of random encounters (3d6, so normal distribution curve).
6. Tome of Horrors Complete. More than 700 monsters (no duplicates from Monstrosities). Again, each comes with a small encounter. Includes mundane animals as well. See Swords & Wizardry bestiary analysis here.
7. Hacklopedia of Beasts. Detailed bestiary with a lot of reusable details like size comparison charts, combat tactics, habitat & society, ecology, and yield.
8. The Monster Overhaul. Inteded to be a generic monster manual for a generic OSR system. Includes a little bit over 200 monsters, many with associated random tables.

Supplements — 1d6

1. How to Make a Fantasy Sandbox. Practical step-by step guide on how to create your own sandbox. Written by Robert Conley, a Wilderlands legend. (Watch out for his Majestic Fantasy Realms as well, forthcoming.)
2. Tomes by Mythmere Games Tome of Adventure Design, Tome of Worldbuilding, and The Nomicon. A great set of books to create infinite worlds and adventures.
3. Book of Lost Tables. Includes 348 random tables for generating random wilderness terrain, random wilderness encounters, random dungeon terrain, random dungeon encounters, random urban terrain, random urban encounters, character parties, and more. Very much in the styled of AD&D 1e tables.
4. Seven Years Of Fantasy Weather Volume 1: Medieval England, Volume 2: The Iceland of the Sagas, and Volume 3: Indea. Awesome series of weather supplements covering, as it says on the tin, seven years.
5. Realms of Crawling Chaos and Swords of Cthulhu. Two great source-books to add Cthulhu mythos to your D&D game.
6. HârnManor and Medieval Manager. Detailed procedures and guidance on creating and managing a manor, including simulating economy. The latter includes conversion to gp for ease of use.

Even more recommendations

Here are previous sales recommendations: 2024, 2023, 2022. Don't hesitate to reach out should you have a great recommendation yourself.

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Here are some of my past recommendations:

• Black Friday 2023: Troll Lord Games
• Sale: Troll Lord Games 60% off until end of 11.09.2023
• Sale: Troll Lord Games 40% off until end of 2022
• Black Friday 2022: Troll Lord Games

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Two weeks ago I shared twelve recommendations for the DriveThruRPG July sale. “SebaTauGonzalez” on reddit asked for rules-specific recommendations:

The Sale guide is great, thanks! Do you know of something similar but for core rules? Current or past.

I'm repeating my answer to him below. I assumed they are already familiar with all the major retroclones and original games, therefore I focused on a bit more “exotic” recommendations:

• The Majestic Fantasy RPG. An OD&D game based on Swords & Wizardry Core. Interesting mix of many different things based on several decades of play.
• Tekumel: Empire of the Petal Throne. The original was built on OD&D chasis. I don't run it as-is, but rather use it for inspiration (e.g., early skill system, interesting take on fighters, etc).
• Seven Voyages of Zylarthen. Basically a heavily house ruled OD&D with few interesting twists.
• Adventures Dark and Deep Core Rulebook & Bestiary. An alternative imagining of what AD&D 2E might have been if Gary remained in control. A lot of classic, but good stuff.
• Against the Darkmaster Core Rules. Retroclone of Middle-Earth Role Playing game. Good if you are looking for a crunchier game.

The sale ends in a day and a half (end of July).

As always, spend responsibly.

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DriveThruRPG is running a big sale until end of July. There are few special items that are 75% off, but most are around 30% off.

Here are twelve big-ticket items where discounts make the most difference:

1. Original Adventures Reincarnated #7: Dark Tower (5E or DCC version). A three-book set reviving an old classic by Jaquays. Worth getting it just for the original.
2. The Halls of Arden Vul Complete. The best megadungeon to date. Massive, enduring, and evocative.
3. The Northlands Saga Complete. a compilation of ten adventures set in stereotypical cold north. Probably enough for several years of gaming. Tenfootpole has reviewed first four adventures back in the day (NS1, NS2, NS3, NS4).
4. Dungeon Crawl Classics Lankhmar Boxed Set. This is the classic done right.
5. Bard's Gate. A massive city packed with urban encounters and adventures (8 included, from levels 1 to 10+). Very dense book.
6. The Blight. A rotten, overpopulated, sick mega-city. Whole campaigns can be played in it. Heavy horror vibes.
7. Arduin Trilogy. Compiles Arduin Grimoire Vol 1, 2, and 3. A ton of wild stuff to extend your OD&D game.
8. Tomes by Matt Finch Tome of Adventure Design, Tome of Worldbuilding, and The Nomicon. A great set of books to create infinite worlds and adventures.
9. Classic Gaming Negative Space print bundle. Includes On Downtime and Demesnes, Artifices, Deceptions, & Dilemmas, and Bestial Ecosystems Created by Monstrous Inhabitation trilogy covering downtime, environs, and monstrous ecosystems.
10. Hacklopedia of Beasts. One of the best bestiaries in the market.
11. HarnManor. Detailed procedures and guidance on creating and managing a manor.
12. The Guide to Glorantha. If you are interested in Glorantha, then this two-book set is the best starting point to get overwhelmed and give up.

Unsure which to go for? Roll a 1d12! Want to pick an adventure module? Then roll 1d6! You prefer a supplement instead? Then roll 1d6+6!

Looking for cheaper OSR recommendations? Then I suggest the following lists: select Advanced Adventures, Black Friday selections, and GM's Day selections.

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• Hollowfaust: City of Necromancers
• Burok Torn: City Under Siege
• Mithril: City of the Golem
• Shelzar: City of Sins
• Scarred Lands Campaign Setting: Ghelspad
• Hornsaw: Forest of Blood
• The Faithful and the Forsaken
• The Divine and the Defeated
• Secrets & Societies
• Creature Collection Revised
• Creature Collection II: Dark Menagerie
• Creature Collection III: Savage Bestiary

All of the above are 3E/3.5E products, but I am primarily interested in ideas, concepts, and maps that I can cannibalise and repurpose. I also got beastiaries because I was advised that many monsters in Slumbering Tsar were from Creature Collection books. Perhaps they will be of use one day, when I get to converting the 800 page tome. Who knows.

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