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Return to Perinthos is now available in both PDF and print. It contains over 80 “one-spread” dungeons that can be used together or standalone, unpublished Q&A with Jaquays, and a mini-setting by Luke Gearing:

Return to Perinthos is a megadungeon a la Caverns of Thracia. It is a U.S. letter-sized approximately 200-page wirebound book. You will be able to plop almost 80 dungeon tiles and keys right onto your gaming table.

The content for the book was created by the Jennell Jaquays Memorial Game Jam. As part of this community effort, Luke Gearing graciously agreed to write a setting that ties all of the disparate dungeon tiles together. The book also features an unpublished Q&A with Jennell Jaquays that was donated by Tavis Allison with permission from Goodman Games.

All proceeds from digital sales will be donated to Trans Lifeline.

One of the included dungeons is my Halls of Viridian Mist, a dungeon level for 4 to 6 Swords & Wizardry Complete characters levels 3 to 5. This challenging adventure features many tricks Jaquays used in her dungeons like non-linear loops, multiple elevations, interactive factions, and secret doors hidden behind other secret doors.

Digital copies are available at DriveThruRPG, while wirebound print copies are available from the publisher.

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Into the Majestic Fantasy Realms: The Northern Marches by Robert Conley, the spiritual successor to the Wilderlands of High Fantasy, is now available from DriveThruRPG.

It is a sandbox fantasy setting perfect for hexcrawl games, with numerous settlements, factions, bespoke encounter tables, and plenty of space to insert own adventures, locales, and flair.

Rob went to great lengths to support busy Judges:

  • guidebook to the Northern Marches (not just PDF, but also in markdown format for those who want to adapt the setting for their specific world)
  • reference PDFs for encounters, travelling, merchant adventures, and rumours
  • 4 campaign maps for the Judges
  • 4 campaign maps for the Players
  • combined campaign maps for the Judges
  • combined campaign maps for the Players
  • maps available as layered PDF and SVG for those who wish to tweak and customise them
  • 5 town maps for Judges
  • 5 town maps for Players
  • custom heraldry (for 41 factions!)

And all of that released under Creative Commons.

See below to get a feeling for the material:
Northern Marches Player map
Guidebook table of contents
Realms and heraldry
Castle Westguard Judge map
Hex entries in the Wild North
Random encounters in the Northern Marches

Important notice: while both book and associated maps are available as POD from DriveThruRPG, the latter are usually too expensive for non-USA customers. That is because DTRPG prints maps in the USA, which results with high shipping and taxes, for a high final price despite low per-unit cost. Rob has made the print-ready map files available so everyone can take them to their local print shop and get the maps done in any size they want for a low price.

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Adventures Dark and Deep by Joe Bloch of BRW games is an alternative AD&D second edition, imagining how might AD&D evolve if Gary Gygax remained at the helm of TSR.

Joe is a great scholar of AD&D and it shows. Adventures Dark and Deep consists of two thick core books (rulebook and bestiary), but now there is also Adventures Dark and Deep Lite which is a single tome to get people started with the system. PDF is available as PWYW, while PODs are at cost.

System aside, I am a great fan of Joe's supplemental books, which are easy to use with OD&D and AD&D:

Book of Lost Tables sees a lot of use with its 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.

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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:

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.

Spend responsibly.

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OSRIC 3.0 PDFs are now available on DriveThruRPG:

Offset print version will be available from Mythmere Games later this year.

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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:

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

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OSRIC 3.0 Player Guide PDF has just been released for free on DriveThruRPG. Offset print and print-on-demand will be available next year, as well as GM Guide, adventures, and a host of other material.

OSRIC, Old School Reference and Index Compilation, was the first retroclone of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons. Released almost 20 years ago, it led the charge during early days of OSR, providing means to legally publish content compatible with AD&D.

OSRIC 3.0 brings a host of improvements, focusing on providing more explanations and examples of play, replacing dense blocks of text with more accessible layout, discards OGL, and brings the rules even closer to AD&D, just to name a few.

Learn more about OSRIC 3.0 on BackerKit.

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Pilots' Almanac: Maritime & Piloting Rules is currently DriveThruRPG deal of the day for 50% off. Although for Hârn, I found it to be a great resource in my OD&D game, especially the sections on crews, ships, and maritime trade. An expensive book that rarely goes on sale.

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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Last year I rolled 70 magical weapons as part of the RPG Blog Carnival: Wondrous Weapons and Damning Dweomers. Since then several people asked me for a print-friendly PDF versions.

Here they are:

Enjoy!

Illustration by Grey Gnome Games.

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Fight On! issue 17 now available on DTRPG and Lulu (POD and PDF)!

Massive issue counting 164 pages (!)—twelve pages more than the titanic third issue—featuring adventures, monsters, classes, artwork, and essays from over thirty contributors. Scroll down for full table of contents.

I contributed 7 Contrarian Practices for Running Online Games essay, outlining practices from our long-running sandbox game. This is a continuation of the 21 Lessons Learned After Running 100 Sessions essay published in the previous issue, which resonated with many readers. Several wrote to me and asked if I could write more about how we play online.

Bigger than a bull baluchitherium barreling through Bucklebury, Fight On! is BACK! Writers and artists old and new proudly present a whopping 166 PAGES of men, magic, monsters, treasures, underworlds, and wilderness adventures for your dreamworld delectation! It’s never been a better day to Fight On!

Discerning dungeoneers and daring dilettantes alike will be DAZZLED with articles, adventures, and art by Toren Atkinson, Attronarch, Zhu Baijee, Rick Base, J. Blasso-Gieseke, Calithena, Paul Carrick, Dr. John Cichowski, Jasmine Collins, Geoffrey O. Dale, Patrick Farley, Graphite Prime, Idle Doodler, Kelvin Green, Allan Grohe, Philipp H., Dave Hargrave, Cameron Hawkey, Kesher, Gabor Lux, Ripley Matthews, James Maliszewski, James Mishler, Michael Mornard, Peter Mullen, Prince of Nothing, Steve Queen, Glenn Robinson, DeWayne Rogers, Frank Scacalossi, Daniel Scherrey, Robert Scudder, Settembrini, Dan Sousa, Oakes Spalding, Anthony Stiller, Paul Swanlund, Del Teigeler, Andrew Walter, Bill Webb, Jennifer Weigel, Alex Zisch, and many more! Don’t delay – score your copy today!

Here is the table of contents:

Article Author(s) Page
Reptiles and Samurai Calithena 5
Martial Stances Jeff Hollifield 12
Grognard’s Grimoire: Codex of Droon Matt the Bastard DM 14
Knights & Knaves: Stumble Paul Swanlund 18
New Kindred for Tunnels & Trolls! Kesher 20
Return of the Ancients Prince of Nothing 22
Creepies & Crawlies: The Thoul Allan Grohe 42
Spiders, Spiders, Spiders! James Mishler 50
Lobogolem “Laster” Del L. Beaudry 61
Gems of Zylarthen, Part II Oakes Spalding 62
Black Powder Firearms Jack Griffis 68
Artifacts, Adjuncts, & Oddments Various 72
The Eshkom District James Maliszewski 75
Under Samora: Al’Murtok’s Refuge Philipp H. 85
Contrarian Practices Online Attronarch 101
Running for Large Groups Bill Web 103
Portal Fantasy Protagonists Will Mistretta 105
Saint Cuthbert of Lindisfarne H. Kazantzakis 108
The Charioteer’s Shrine Gabor Lux 111
Tables for Fables Reilly, Koed & Blasso-Gieseke 116
Lady Omen’s Island Glenn Robinson 122
Memories of Dave Sutherland Michael Mornard 143
Demonweb Savanna Alex Zisch 145
Rose Bush Hedge Maze Geoffrey O. Dale 151
Chainmail / Sarissa: Fomalhaut Settembrini / Gabor Lux 155
Doxy, Urgent Care Cleric Linneman / Green 162
Humor & Art J. B-G, Cal, Queen, and Scherrey 163

Back issues are available via DTRPG and Lulu.

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