Wilderlands of High Fantasy & Majestic Wilderlands soon gone from DriveThruRPG
Wilderlands of High Fantasy is a campaign setting published by Judges Guild in the 70's. It's by far the best fantasy setting ever published (yes, I am biased) for a busy Judge who doesn't have infinite prep time.
The setting is just populated enough that one can drop in whatever they wish, without breaking anything. At the same time, there are plenty of cool things to interact with even without adding anything.
Legendary adventures in the Wilderlands include City State of The Invincible Overlord, Wraith Overlord, Tegel Manor, Caverns of Thracia, The Thieves of Fortress Badabaskor, and many, many other, less known ones.
The setting was originally published in four booklets:
- Wilderlands of High Fantasy (City State of Invincible Overlord, Barbarian Altantis, Glow Worm Steppes, Tarantis, and Valon)
- Fantastic Wilderlands Beyonde (Desert Lands, Sea of Five Winds, Elphand Lands, and Lenap)
- Wilderlands of the Magic Realm (Ghinor, the Isles of the Blest, the Ebony Coast, and Ament Tundra)
- Wilderlands of the Fantastic Reaches (Isle of Dawn, the Southern Reaches, the Silver Skein Isles, and the Ghinor Highlands)
Besides the setting, they came with a plethora of additional rules and procedures for generating everything from ruins to caves to dungeons.
The setting was compiled and expanded into a box-set by Necromancer Games in 2005. Unfortunately, it's been long sold-out, just like the originals, so it is quite expensive to get it today.
Robert Conley, a long-time Wilderlands contributor and Judge (his Wilderlands campaign has been going on for 40 years!), revised the four original booklets and their maps under the license from Judges Guild:
- Wilderlands of High Fantasy bundle (includes all four guides and eighteen maps)
- City State of the Invincible Overlord colour map (revised map of the City State)
His own works in the Wilderlands are amazing as well:
- The Majestic Wilderlands (a 140 page rules supplement compatible with the Swords & Wizardry rules and a guide to the Majestic Wilderlands)
- Scourge of the Demon Wolf (a 72 page adventure compatible with the Swords & Wizardry rules and a setting supplement to the Majestic Wilderlands detailing a small barony, a complete fantasy village, a conclave of mages, a crossroads hamlet, and a camp of wandering beggars)
Above two are available as print bundle as well.
His licence will lapse (all reasons explained here) and all of the above will be removed from his store page by Monday, August 21st, 2022.
Given that Judges Guild of today is nothing but a mismanaged mess, make sure to get these amazing supplements while you still can.
And even more importantly, to support Robert Conley, a person who has kept the true spirit of Wilderlands alive long after Bob Bledsaw had passed away.
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