Available for purchase from the B/X Blackrazor blog, the B/X Companion is $27.99, which includes shipping to the USA and Canada. Contact the author for international rates."The B/X Companion: a doorway to higher level gaming!"The B/X Companion is a fantasy adventure game designed to supplement existing old school RPGs, especially those basic and expert games of Gygax and Arneson as edited by Moldvay, Cook, and Marsh. The game is not designed to stand alone, but is intended to add to existing games, providing the tools for high level adventures, including mighty spells and magic items and opponents fierce enough to challenge even the strongest warlord or wizard. 64 pages make the game a handy reference at any Old School gaming table, including extended combat and save matrices, rules for unarmed and mass combat, ideas on expanding your game universe and cosmology, as well as information on how to rule your dominion. These rules are NOT a retro-clone of any existing game, but rather a re-imagining of a supplement that never was, designed to complete earlier rule sets and provide a springboard to even greater adventure! Here there be adventure!"
Congratulations JB and Best Wishes for the success of the B/X Companion!
New Releases
The Shadowed Keep by James D. Kramer. From Usherwood Publishing. 90 pages. Available in Paperback for $9.95, in Wire-O Binding from CafePress for $10.50 and in PDF for $5.00.
"Book 3 of the Bone-Hilt Sword campaign. An intrepid band of adventurers brave the frigid wilderness of the vast Northern Territories in search of an evil artifact known as the Bone-Hilt Sword, and some only to satisfy their thirst for wealth and treasure. But will they survive the armies of undead, dragons, and creatures of the cold northern lands? Play as the third part of the Bone-Hilt Sword campaign, or as a stand-alone adventure. This all new adventure includes; * 4 complete modules * 60+ defined chambers * 9 new creatures * 10 Open Gaming Content (OGC) items * 10 detailed adventure maps * 19 pre-generated PC templates (including 8 new PC classes unique to the Usherwood Adventures setting) Designed for First Edition and OSRIC fantasy-based role-playing game systems. Suggested No. PC's: 4-7 Suggested levels: 3-5 The Shadowed Keep is an Usherwood Adventure for character levels 3-5 , designed for First Edition and OSRIC(TM) fantasy-based roleplaying game system."Usherwood Publishing also has Zor Draxtau Issue II up and available for free.
"Old School Magic is the definitive resource for adding a personal touch to the magic of your old-school fantasy games!"Old School Magic features alternate rules of magic and advice for adapting your game into a low, medium or high magic setting. It also includes 9 new classes, many of which are specifically tailored for low-magic settings, including the Alchemist, Artificer, Holy Man and Naturalist. "Other new classes include new specialist magic-users suitable for traditional old-school games, each with their own spell list, including the Conjurer, Elementalist and Seer.
"Finally Old School Magic contains over 30 new spells, created for its specialist classes but available to traditional Clerics, Druids and Magic-Users as well."
Old School Magic includes a class, which was previously released as Supplement #1: The Alchemist. The publisher has made that supplement free, to serve as a preview for this new release and it can be downloaded at the link, above.
Dungeon Crawl Classics # 36: Talons of the Horned King (1E Edition) by Mike Ferguson. Published by Goodman Games. 56 pages. Available in PDF for $8.99. I believe the Print Version was released some time ago and you can check out the Publishers Page for more info.
"Remember the good old days, when adventures were underground, NPCs were there to be killed, and the finale of every dungeon was the dragon on the 20th level? Those days are back. Dungeon Crawl Classics adventures don't waste your time with long-winded speeches, weird campaign settings, or NPCs who aren't meant to be killed. Each adventure is 100% good, solid dungeon crawl, with the monsters you know, the traps you remember, and the secret doors you know are there somewhere.
"Traveling through the frozen wastelands of the north, the heroes arrive in a town in turmoil. A nobleman has disappeared, and the town is danger of being attacked by nomadic creatures called kra-dhan. To help the town, the heroes travel through narrow, icy ravines to a druidic circle of stone known as the Talons of the Horned King, which is believed to be the source of the townís problems. There they discover a sinister tribe of kra-dhan - and the ruins of a spaceship buried beneath the Talons!
"An Adventure for Character Levels 3-5.
"This special 1E edition was originally released in limited quantities at Gen Con 2009.
"Rules Set: 1E.
"Writer: Mike Ferguson
"Cover Artist: Jeff Dee
"Cartographer: Jeremy Simmons"Osric Skill System by DMParagon and Ricc Kennin is available in PDF for $1.00. Published by the World Gorean Society. 78 pages.
"While the system was designed with the OSRIC(tm) Rules in mind, it is a free standing product. Can be used with any game system that needs a skill system! This skill system was created so that you can use it with any fantasy system and is designed to allow for continue progression for your characters! An easy to understand plug and play skill system."
Congratulations everyone, on these new releases!
Free Downloads
N. Wright of Lawful Indifferent has given us another free Labyrinth Lord product: Aremorican Addendum Volume 1: Player Options. I haven't read it yet, but from a quick skim through, this nicely formatted 24 page PDF provides new class options, spellcasting systems and more!
"These classes are designed with the idea of replacing the regular default classes from Labyrinth Lord in my next game of Labyrinth Lord. The idea is a long-percolating one, coming from the long-standing dissatisfaction of race-as-class, not for whatever reason dealing with the idea that not all elves are fighter/magic users, for example, but for the fact that it is more fun to have the dwarf class represent a dungeoneer. Why let the fun demi-human classes go to waste just because one habitually runs a humans-only game? And what about the other classes, while we're thinking about it? Something always seemed funny about the thief class, and why is there a cleric class but none for the regular robed and fragile priest, and why are all magic users the same... You get the drift."So out of the Unknowable Void comes the Aremorican Addendum Volume 1: Player Option, the only Labyrinth Lord companion piece you'll ever need, assuming that you only need one companion for your Classic Fantasy Games and their retro-clones. You'll need that game to play, to be sure, but when it comes to choosing a class, feel free to ditch it and look here. You'll find rules for mage-seeking warriors, demonologists, elemental summoners, crusading knights, and more. It's everything you need for a human-centric game that doesn't lose anything by losing out on boring, trite, and overused demihumans."The author's Servants of Plague has also been translated into German.
ze bulette of Dungeons and Digressions has some more paper mini's for us!
Snorri from A Wizard in a Bottle reposted links to The Chaotic Caves I and the Chaotic Caves II. And while you're there, snag the free color hexmap of the Borderlands. Then, head over to the OD&D Discussion forums and scroll down this thread, where Snorri posts a link to an 8 page PDF help guide for Dwarves in OD&D.
Thanks to Tenkar of Tenkar's Tavern for reminding me about Trollzine! Issue 3 of this free magazine for Tunnels & Trolls has been released! I'm going to let Tenkar do the honors, so head over and check out his post.
Zachary the First of RPG Blog II, pointed us to a new PDF release on Lythia.com. A Fortified Manor. Lythia.com is a site dedicated to Harnworld and has a lot of quality stuff, of use to any FRPG player.
Matt A. Borselli of Asshat Paladins has posted a link to his One Thousand and One Nights and One Night # 3 zine, which features some Keep on the Borderlands stuff.
Tony Dowler of Year of the Dungeon has the June Microdungeon Compilation, available.
A great big thanks to everyone, for supplying us with all this cool stuff!
Media Releases
Faster Monkey Games has the first copy of their Podcast available. Monkey Chatter.
And speaking of Faster Monkey Games, bighara has a video blog - Echoes From The Geekcave.
The Save or Die Podcast series is up to #4! Check out their site, as they're blogging here, as well.
Oddysey and Tollsmyth have put out a Podcast. Head over to How to Start a Revolution in 21 Days or Less, for the skinny.
Reviews From Around the Blogosphere
Youseph posted a review of Gamescience Dice over at Stargazer's World.
Alexander Macris of The Escapist has reviewed LotFP: Weird Fantasy Role-Playing and Robert Conley's The Majestic Wilderlands.
Geoffrey McKinney of Carcosa fame, has a review of LotFP: Weird Fantasy Role-Playing on the OD&D Discussion boards.
Events & Happenings
Fool's Jest posted a little something in honor of Matt Finch Month! Check it out. Now, if we can just get him to make one for everyone else!
Joseph Bloch of Greyhawk Grognard has created a forum, for discussion of his Adventures Dark and Deep.
In Other News
Marcelo Pashoalin is offering those who purchased a print copy of his Dark Fate supplement for Swords & Wizardry a free PDF of the book. If I'm reading his post right, the offer included future purchases as well, so head over to the Dark Fate blog for more info.
The Tome is a wiki for Shadow, Sword & Spell.
What I'm Pimping This Week
Mythmere's Adventure Design Deskbook Volume Two - Monsters by Matthew Finch. Available from Black Blade Publishing - In Print for $14.00 and in PDF for $6.00. 64 pages.
"This isn’t your grandpa’s old ‘how-to’ book on random monster creation.
"This invaluable resource on monster creation includes eighty-six tables that deal with numerous attributes, traits and characteristics of new, soon to be thought-up creatures for use in your fantasy campaigns. It is designed to tap a deeper creative wellspring than a mere monster book that only lists chapter after chapter of familiar monsters and beasts of a more mundane nature. Rather, the tables contained in this volume are akin to a skeleton key which can be used to unlock the passageways of your imagination, helping you to unveil the strange and bizarre inhabitants of your PCs’ nightmares.
"This second volume of the Mythmere’s Adventure Design Deskbook series turns your attention to one of the hobby’s most appealing aspects – the creation of new and unfamiliar monsters which may be used to challenge your players and their PCs as they pursue fortune and glory in the midst of your fantasy campaigns. This volume walks you through two entirely different alternate methods of creating a new monster using a host of detailed tables, one method focusing on the monster type, and the other focusing on the monster’s fighting characteristics."Matt Finch Month at the Underdark Gazette continues! This book is bloody awesome!
About The News
Unless otherwise noted, all links to products and files are to the individual authors sites, pertinent posts, or sales pages. I don’t link directly to files, unless that is the only link available. The OSR News is produced as a service to the community and is entirely a non-commercial endeavor on my part. I have received no remuneration for advertising, reviewing or reporting on any of the items appearing herein. Please feel free to send me information on any new releases, events, or other items of interest, which you would like to see mentioned.
As always, the What I’m Pimping This Week section of the OSR News and its accompanying blog widget, feature products which I have purchased (or items which are available for free download) and wish to support. No one has asked me to spotlight their material in this section and I have received no payment of any kind for doing so.
0 Yorumlar