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 Issue 009 (28 pages) features:
Tales from the Loop, review and short story.
Fiasco, the review!
A Dee Sanction adventure: Franciscus Draco
The second part our history of D&D; this issue Holmes Basic
Plus, What Would Vecna do?
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NMtDRzine |
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Weird Stone & Sorcery Adventure Game by Diogo Nogueira
Primal Quest - Essentials is a streamlined set of rules for weird stone & sorcery adventures in a mythical world where humanity survives side by side with dinosaurs, aliens, and creatures more ancient than the world itself.
Written by: Diogo Nogueira
Edited by: Wayne... [click here for more] |
Old Skull Publishing |
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A complete guide to running sandbox wilderness hex crawls for use with old-school table-top fantasy role-playing games! Made for OSR games, but easily adaptable to any old-school system.
What makes this title different from other hex crawl guides? This one is meant to be concise and easy to use/print for both prep and in-game. It's not so granular, with multiple sub-tables that span several pages.... [click here for more] |
BroadSwordBard |
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A Sorcerer class for Old-School Essentials. No art, printer friendly. Avenir font for easy reading. The class takes up 3 pages. A5 format. Spell casters whose blood runs with the magic of some powerful ancestor are a common archetype in fantasy stories and historic myths. Devils, gods, dragons, serpent kings, fairy lords, and more have meddled with mortals and left their mark on their descendants.... [click here for more] |
Wyrd Valley Press |
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A Warlock class for Old-School Essentials. No art, printer friendly. Avenir font for easy reading. The class takes up 3 pages, 2 for the traditional OSE-style class spread and 1 for the four patrons to choose from. Warlocks have haunted our stories for centuries and have become a staple of fantasy roleplaying games over the last decade or so. Spellcasters who gain magical power by forging bonds with... [click here for more] |
Wyrd Valley Press |
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 With a total of 25 rooms across 4 levels, explore the Raven's Claw Sanatorium while attempting to survive the numerous paranormal events. First, Do No Harm introduces a brand new SANITY mechanic that is sure to keep your PCs on their toes - as if Mork Borg wasn't deadly enough!
The hook: "You've been dispatched to fetch Erling from the Raven’s Claw... [click here for more] |
The Dungeon's Key |
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A new take on the greatest D&D adventure ever written.
Tom Moldvay’s “The Lost City” is without a doubt my favourite of the early D&D modules. There’s so much fun to be had with the weird Cynidiceans, the faction play, and the mystery of what’s happening in the pyramid. I’ve run this adventure top-to-bottom probably three or four times, over dozens of sessions. I’ve gathered... [click here for more] |
Simon Carryer Games |
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Heroes are at the heart of any quest. They vanquish mighty dragons, rid vile tombs of sinister revenants and make oaths to protect kith and kin from the dark forces of the Otherworld. Heroes are the chosen few who ride out against all odds with hope in their hearts for a better tomorrow, inspiring those who live on the precipice of doom. Every hero has a calling - a special spark within them that... [click here for more] |
Trollish Delver Games |
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A class for CY_BORG brought to you by VX2. Engineered to be better, stronger, faster; implanted with memories that are not your own; and genetically encoded to degrade at an accelerated rate. Live fast, die young embodied. And your time is almost up.
Options include:
Basic Companion Model
Covert Ops Model
Law Enforcement Model
Public Works Model
Zero-G Combat Model
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Layout, content, and design... [click here for more] |
VX2 |
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A sculpted tower's blank eyes stare down from the lonely in dry hills beyond the last withered turnip fields, the doorway in its eternally screaming mouth beckoning daredevils and foolish fortune hunters. Haunted, shunned and anathema -- spending a night in The Prison of the Hated Pretender will certainly give you bragging rights in the coast's dusty hamlets, and if the rumors of ancient gold... [click here for more] |
Hydra Cooperative |
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 The Clockwork Door is a system neutral 2-page dungeon. It can be used as a portal to get from the mortal world to Fairy/Feywild/Elfland and is intended to be completed in a single session.
The Viscount Tanlin Copperstar, a half-gnome half-fairy, built The Clockwork Door so that he could take his wife and daughter to visit their extended family in Fairy. In there absence, looters have moved in, pets... [click here for more] |
From Otter Space |
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We Die Young - Supernatural Roleplaying in the 1990s
A spiritual sequel to Bloat Game’s 1980s-based RPG, DARK PLACES & DEMOGORGONS, WE DIE YOUNG is set in Seattle in the 1990s during the grunge and alternative music counter-culture movements. Seattle became the epicenter of popular culture and began attracting musicians, artists, and supernatural creatures from all over. This game is heavily... [click here for more] |
Bloat Games |
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Wondrous Weavings Warped & Weird is an alternate arcane magic system for Old-School Essentials and is compatible with similar clones of the Original, B/X or BECMI editions of the classic fantasy role-playing game.
The system is heavily inspired by how magic works in the stories by Jack Vance and Fritz Leiber. More than a little inspiration comes from fairy tales and folklore... [click here for more] |
Axian Spice |
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What is RedHack?
RedHack is a concise, complete package that contains Player Rules, a GM Guide, a Bestiary of 24 classic foes, and a sample adventure. It is a d20 system that blends modern character customization options and OSR gameplay philosophies. RedHack is...
Classless: As your character gains more experience through their adventures, they will... [click here for more] |
TheNatOne |
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Guimond's Light
Beware the woolly menace!
Just what manner o' beast is "Old Gumption," and where are the crows? These secrets and more may be left hanging after you have visited "Guimond's Light.
OSE Level 1 or 2
Written for the Tenfootpole Wavestone Keep competition.
My first attempt at putting an adventure setting down on paper was a heap of fun to write, and... [click here for more] |
Glenn Robinson |
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Hex Flower Cookbook | Hex Flower Game Engines - an overview and some thoughts.
In this document I hope to share some of the things I’ve learnt about Hex Flower Game Engines and their design.
This document is not intended to be prescriptive, but it might be a good jumping off point if you are interested in the topic and/or want to make your own Hex Flowers. ... [click here for more] |
Goblin's Henchman |
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In the Heart of the Eternal Forest – Procedural point crawl adventure engine for exploring clearings in a Forest
Basically, in 'In the Heart of the Eternal Forest' there are two 'game engines' in the form of Hex Flowers. One engine drives locations in the forest and the other determines what is in them, e.g. encounters.
Each time you move to a new location, you procedurally... [click here for more] |
Goblin's Henchman |
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In the Heart of the Unknown – contains procedural Encounter, Terrain and Weather Engines for Wilderness Hex Crawling.
It is in a similar vein as ‘In the Heart of the Sea’, which is a procedural High Seas ‘Hex Crawl’.
Basically, in In the Heart of the Unknown there are three 'game engines' in the form of Hex Flowers. One engine drives navigation and encounters.... [click here for more] |
Goblin's Henchman |
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Remember those flashes of inspiration that electrified your brain when you first picked up that hardback volume of monsters all those years ago?
The countless nights you sat up thinking of how to use those monsters, where to put them, and when your players would meet them? Those unceasing waves of joy that swam over you and your players as you unleashed those creatures, critters,... [click here for more] |
New Big Dragon Games Unlimited |
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The very oceans and seas tremble in fear of the floating rock that parts its waves, traveling to destinations only the gods know. The pock marked monstrosity defies sinking as it roams the sea, it’s cargo a mystery. What deadly mysteries reside within this strange floating rock?
An OSE adventure for levels 7-9.
This short adventure was part of a contest at Bryce Lynch's 10 Foot Pole blog/review... [click here for more] |
The Merciless Merchants |
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Travelling together purely for their own profit and unreasonable gains, they are heartless, callous, and a fearless bunch of reprobates. They protect, honour and obey purely for their own good. Taking on jobs, slitting throats and hunting orcs just to satisfy their lust for blood. More pregenerated characters for The Seven Bastards, a couple of new locations and random tables by Joe Coombs.... [click here for more] |
The Red Room |
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Return to the Classic Game of Fantasy Adventure!
Against the Darkmaster is a Epic Fantasy role-playing game of high adventures, eldritch magic and heavy metal combat.
Inspired by the classic fantasy sagas and 80s fantasy movies, Against the Darkmaster is built for heroic action and intense, character driven campaigns.
The Against the Darkmaster Deluxe Quickstart Rules include everything you need... [click here for more] |
Open Ended Games, Inc. |
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In the Heart of the Delve & Dangerous – Procedural point crawl adventure engine for exploring a network of interconnected spaces - e.g. dungeons, space stations or eldritch structures
It is in a similar vein as ‘In the Heart of the Sea’, which is a procedural High Seas ‘Hex Crawl’ and ‘In the Heart of the Unknown' a procedural wilderness Hex Crawling Engine.
Basically,... [click here for more] |
Goblin's Henchman |
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The Book of Worlds is a comprehensive guide to building fantasy worlds.
Starting from scratch, this book will show you how to map continents, design cities, build adventuring regions, and more. You may also generate characters, civilizations, religions, magical systems, dungeons, creatures, natural wonders, dynamic plots, and other elements to create your own lore and adventure-filled world.... [click here for more] |
Sam Smith |
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Notable Novices and Notorious Newcomers is as set of optional tables for Old-School Essentials and is compatible with similar clones of the Original, B/X or BECMI editions of the classic fantasy role-playing game.
This e-zine offers three tables:
Who Are You?, which gives a reason why the party quickly welcomes a new party member, such as when a replacement character is rolled... [click here for more] |
Axian Spice |
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Weather Hex Flower
This Hex Flower enables you to generate weather in a random yet reasonably consistent way.
Hex Flowers are a bit like a random table, but with a 'memory'.
Hex Flower Procedural Products you might be interested in :: In the Heart of Oz - procedural sandbox in the Land of Oz :: In the Heart of the Unknown - procedural wilderness (Hex) exploration... [click here for more] |
Goblin's Henchman |
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Atop a ruined watchtower, a wyvern guards her clutch of valuable eggs.
Winner of a coveted "No Regerts" [sic] award in Bryce Lynch's "Wavestone Keep" contest.
https://tenfootpole.org/ironspike/?p=7911
A few excerpts from the review:
"A delightful romp in a simple lighthouse, its got some decent imagery and nice interactivity. A B/X adventure, in the most laudable sense of the phrase."
"What’s... [click here for more] |
Town & Down Games |
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 Phonoi 1 was made uninhabitable 25 years ago. The evacuation was a rushed and painful operation. No signals have been sent from the planet in 23 years until now. A distress signal has been sent. No language just a solid tone.
The Arnell Corporation has thrown together an extraction team to locate the source of the distress signal and escort the survivors back to the drop ship.
A cosmic horror hex... [click here for more] |
Slash & Byte Minis |
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Attack on the Death Moon - Hex Flower – A mini-game for procedurally attacking a Death Moon.
The idea is that you are in a ship trying to attack a Death Moon. You use the Hex Flower (HF) to procedurally map your progress toward the Death Moon’s Exhaust Port, so that you can attack it and destroy the Death Moon. On the journey to the Exhaust Port, you will encounter events/outcomes... [click here for more] |
Goblin's Henchman |
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Mysteriously Missing & Merrily Met is as set of optional tables for Old-School Essentials and is compatible with similar clones of the Original, B/X or BECMI editions of the classic fantasy role-playing game.
These tables answer the question: "Where have you been?", for when a player misses a session, explaining where their character has been and what they've been... [click here for more] |
Axian Spice |
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In the Heart of the Sea is a procedural High Seas ‘Hex Crawl’.
I made this thing for the 2019 One Page Dungeon Contest, because I figured there is a ‘need’ out there in RPG-land for a procedurally generated sea-going adventure. This is my take on it.
Basically, there are three 'game engines' in the form of a Hex Flower. One engine drives navigation and encounters. The other two are related... [click here for more] |
Goblin's Henchman |
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CRAWL! No.1, updated and refreshed! And now PWYW!
The debut issue of Crawl! a fanzine dedicated to Dungeon Crawl Classics Role Playing Game features:
The first ever new 3rd party Patron!
Simple tips & tricks for running Sword & Sorcery campaigns!
Converting Old-School Spells!
New skill systems!
And a few other new rules to mix things up!
Bonus!... [click here for more] |
STRAYCOUCHES PRESS |
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VENTURE INTO THE DARK PLACES OF THE WORLD!
Dark Fantasy Places is a collection of tables and short essays to inspire the creation of fantastic places: villages, ruins, forests, etc . You can also use this book to generate dark fantasy places for stories, comic books, etc.
The focus is on dark fantasy tropes: flawed heroes, terrible villains, corrupting magic, ominous... [click here for more] |
Chaos Factory Books |
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You steel your nerves and step forward, ignoring the pungeant stench of mildew that emanates from the wet dungeon walls. Just then, ahead and to your right, it comes horchling and shlerking forward, plopping with inhuman hunger...
In this issue of Black Pudding you shall be thrilled to witness 24 more pages (well, 28 counting covers) of old school RPG goodness, this time in the... [click here for more] |
Random Order Creations |
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A collection of hacks, adventures and sundry other oddities for Into the Odd. Inside the covers you'll find:
In Search of Samson Aubrey, an adventure by Kamil Wegrzynowicz.
Four Arcana Ideas, arcana by Brian Wille.
Odd Dungeons, a hack to make Into the Odd feel more like D&D and similar fantasy games, by Eric Nieudan.
The Nightlight... [click here for more] |
Lost Pages |
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Ringmail is a framework that tries to reintroduce the style of play of the Wargame that preceded "the most famous RPG ever". This rules are free (released under a CC BY 4.0) and compatible with all the B/X Retroclones. ... [click here for more] |
Ringmail |
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A fearsome tower of stone prowls the salt-drenched coast! It appears at dusk to disgorge hundreds of rapacious lizardmen who carry off treasure and captives never to be seen again. By dawn, the tower is gone. Deliver the coastline from the terror of the tower! Earn a barony through your bravery or see the coast descend into poverty and piracy because of your failure!
This adventure was written for... [click here for more] |
Olle Skogren |
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Glorping and shlorping along, the Black Pudding zlorts upon your party! What do you do? Read it, of course. This is an OSR-style zine of RPG goodies rendered in a highly visual style. Within these 24 ooze-soaked pages you'll find magic swords that make cuts no one can heal, monsters that shoot gold pieces, black knights, catgirls, chainmail chicks, and evil temples!... [click here for more] |
Random Order Creations |
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Enjoy this presentation of suggested rules changes to 5e to help it better create and OSR play experience and a 0-level character funnel designed to replace traditional character creation, Blood of the Baneful Banemir. The module is set in the mythical, female dominated world of Alluvia, featured in the companion comic book, Palace of the Golden Princess, available at drivethrucomic.com https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/390501/Palace-of-the-Golden-Princess-1... [click here for more] |
Pocket Jacks Comics |
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'Mount Saint-Mikkel' is a beautifully designed 26 full-colour pages adventure with 5 beautiful maps included !
This adventure includes VTT support:
2D maps and NPCs portraits for your favorite classic VTT
3D board for Talespire, a wonderful and easy to use 3D VTT
In a secluded corner of the countryside, on top of a hill stands Mount Saint-Mikkel. An ancient power awakened there... [click here for more] |
Dendrobat Prod. |
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Suffering Extended is a 20-page-long supplement for MÖRK BORG, allowing you to sumberge yourself even deeper in the dying world and explore it through new optional items, companions, background elements, and alternative rules.
The aim of this addon is not to overcomplicate, overshadow or overwrite anything from the main rulebook but to add flavor, create more variety,... [click here for more] |
NeonoN |
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Take up the sword and don the whiskers of a brave mouse adventurer in Mausritter, a rules-light fantasy adventure roleplaying game.
Brutally fast, equally flavourful character creation gets you playing your mouse adventurer as quickly as possible.
Physical card-based inventory system minimises bookkeeping and maximises hard choices.
Dangerous... [click here for more] |
Losing Games |
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Remember the good old days, when roleplaying games were in person, dice rolls were physical, and the finale of every dungeon wasn't a teleconference bug? Those days aren't back, but Quaranzine is here to help. This volume is meant for those judges, scattered across the planes, whose noble spirits have been tested by their social distancing, and are ready to game for a great cause:... [click here for more] |
The Social Distance Collective |
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Eat Prey Kill - Bestiary and hunting rules for MÖRK BORG
When stomachs growl and there’s no inn in sight, roll for Presence and succeed to see what potential feasts you find.
Featuring simple rules for hunting, along with beast tables for 9 different regions. A total of 54 (probably) dangerous and (possibly) delicious feasts!
Art by the eminent Johan Nohr.
MÖRK BORG is... [click here for more] |
Karl Druid |
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Have you ever wanted to create your own RPG but wasn't sure where to start? Have ideas but not sure how to come up with the mechanics and the rules from scratch? Great news, you don't have to do it on your own. Hack The RPG includes all the rules and mechanics you need to create your very own rules lite game, with 100% free to use text that you simply need to "Hack" or alter as you deem necessary... [click here for more] |
Bloat Games |
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All the maps from Deep Carbon Observatory Remastered. The darkened versions both labelled and unlabelled, and Dirks original brightly-coloured originals.
Please feel free to use in your games but please do not use these for any other product.
We claim copyright etc etc.
(Also feel free to pay nothing if you want. The £1 suggestion is just there to fill the box.) ... [click here for more] |
False Machine Publishing |
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Mörk Borg loves tables and is distinctly lacking one for use when you critically succeed at activating a Power. Until now!
Blessed are the Powers granted to us by the Basilisks and Blessed are we by their use!
Whenever a creature critically succeeds at activating a Power, roll a d20 and consult the table that forms the primary contents of this PDF.
Eldritch Elevations is an independent production... [click here for more] |
Michael Mars |
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The Quick Start Edition!
Jump right into the best RPG in the Neon Wastelands! Includes the adventure "Last Outpost on the Left".
The Quick Start has all the rules and info needed for 3 classes (Brutacorm, Cosmic Barbarian, and War Wizard to run through some Neon Lords goodness!
This is what you will find in the Main Core Rulez!!!!
Here are some reviews:
https://swordsandstitchery.blogspot.com/2021/07/osr-review-commentary-on-neon-lords-of.html
Ultra-Violent,... [click here for more] |
Super Savage Systems |
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The Doom-Cave of the Crystal-Headed Children was LotFP's Free RPG Day 2013 release, and is presented here as a Pay What You Want item. If you want to pay $0.00 for it, no problem.
However, without financial pressures of keeping the page count down for the print version, the layout for this PDF edition has been redone from scratch (the print version was 36 pages + cover).
Half... [click here for more] |
Lamentations of the Flame Princess |
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This is the french translation of Mausritter, a sword-and-whiskers RPG by Losing Games.
Saisissez l'épée et revêtez les moustaches d'une courageuse souris aventurière dans Mausritter, un jeu de rôle d'aventure fantastique aux règles légères.
La création des personnages est rapide et simple, conçue pour vous faire jouer le plus vite possible. Votre... [click here for more] |
Gulix |
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