Seek the Wolf in Thyself!
One of the things that Cyrus is struggling with in this new turn in life is loyalty to his friends. The Charioteers have always been friends with the Muster. But the Code says “loyalty to the contract” is first. This new contract with Justinius Hawkwood has brought up too many feelings Cyrus thought he left…
Dates: 8/13/2013 to 8/20/2013 Where: Grail/Leaguehiem The search for a Night Road from Leaguehiem to Grail leads the party to the den of the Guilds, searching for the crew of an old forgotten ship.
Recently I have found a new fascination in abandoned locations around the world. Of course the most famous is Chernobyl in the Ukraine. It is fascinating to me to imagine a city that was abandoned in 2 days. What is still there? Have others looted it by now or is everything undisturbed? From what I hear, the new Diehard movie goes there (I have not seen it yet).
Castles & Crusades: A Pot of Broken Bones (& Halfing Broth) is a new Free RPG Day Adventure from Troll Lord Games. One of the more surprising things about this year’s Free RPG Day was the amount of free full size books it contained. One of those books was the Castles & Crusades Player’s Handbook. Although this is not a review of that, I wanted to say that unlike other Free RPG Day products, A Pot of Broken Bones (& Halfing Broth) does not contain the rules to play the game. This is a full adventure. I assume the intent was that the store owner would give whatever GM ran this adventure in his store the Player’s Handbook to get familiar with the game system.
Since the inception of the d20 OGL, there have been a plethora of d20 games, supplements, variances and retooled rule-sets. Few have survived since 4th edition D&D arrived on the scene and d20 evolved into the Pathfinder flavor. Castle & Crusades has been one of the few with staying power.
Deluxe Tunnels & Trolls Preview Pack is a new Free RPG Day Preview Pack from Flying Buffalo Inc. I have to admit that I have heard of Tunnels & Trolls in passing but never really been exposed to it. I have not heard good or bad about it. I am going into this completely unfettered and new to this game. I think that is what is intended for any of these Free RPG Day adventures, isn’t it? Also, in the Free RPG Day bundle, there are three games represented that I would say were vying for the 3rd or 4th place in the fantasy RPG industry – and maybe even second place since D&D has seen such a great decline – Tunnels & Trolls, Dungeon Crawl Classics, and Castles & Crusades. Having little to no experience with any of these, I truly wanted to see which one(s) stood out to me.
Cascadia Adventures 1: Save Our Ship is a new RPG Adventure from Gypsy Knights Games. After reviewing the setting book for the Clement Sector, I was very interested in running some games in the setting. Being familiar enough with the Mongoose Traveller rules, I felt I could run a few adventures in the setting rather competently. The first set of adventures is set in the Cascadia Sector, a subsector book I also reviewed.
July 12-14, 2013 marks the first weekend of a new con in the Carolinas – StormCon. It took place in Summerville, SC and was formed by a group of veteran gamers with a common desire to put on a good gaming con. I attended the full weekend and have to say that it was definitely a great experience.
In 2013, JustUs Productions (the guys behind this web site and gaming cons like MACE in Charlotte, NC) was asked to run gaming at a con in Columbia, SC called RoundCon (RC). RC has been around for 20+ years, first started by a gaming club out of the University of South Carolina. Sean Martinez has been the guy behind RoundCon for several years now. Some time ago, Sean took over the con from the ailing gaming club and turned into his own business.
So I really don’t play very many RPGs anymore, but with the “old school renaissance” happening I’ve found myself checking RPGs out more and more. After much “huzzahs” and “hey nonny nonnies” from my friend about Dungeon Crawl Classics or DCC, I decided to check it out for myself. When you first see the book, don’t let its size intimidate you, although I still wouldn’t recommend dropping it on your foot. The book is basically everything you need to play. It’s player’s manual, bestiary and magic tome rolled all into one. DCC definitely takes its cue from the original D&D and AD&D, but without THACO.