This product should not be free!
Ok, let me explain that. This is a full-blown setting book. While it doesn't bring the page-count of other settings, it doesn't need to! This is a 114-page love-letter to the idea of Goblins being more than cannon-fodder for Novice characters to hack up so they can gain some XP and finally get to the cool enemies. It's released under the fan license, but Richard put in work worthy of a licensee project. The tradedress alone rivals some licensed products out there, and the content has been honed and playtested over years in home and convention games.
So what do you get? Everything to play anything from a fun one-shot to a full blown campaign. The background provided in Saga of the Goblin Horde is flexible enough to fit into most established and/or homebrewed fantasy settings. Or you can just use the PPC adventures as one-shot games (beware, your players might want more, so start with Dungeon Squat! It comes with handouts in the book!). If you choose to run the whole PPC, you are provided with either amazing pregenerated characters, or fleshed out character creation rules. There are 10 PPC adventures written out, and on top of that you get an Adventure Generator to fill the gaps between those! There's also a bestiary, providing ample opposition (supplied with full colour artwork!).
And if playing as Goblins isn't your thing, you can always download this and use it to really give the PCs a run for their money the next time they encounter a goblin tribe!
Full Disclosure: I was involved in the creation of this product for over two years as a playtester and sometimes idea-sounding-board.
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