Slumbering Ursine Dunes pdf now available

Chris Kutalik's slavic adventure module is now available on Driv Thru Rpg, and the print edition should be available in the coming weeks. I did the layout for this, and have been a part of the G+ Nefarious Nine gang that tromped all through this adventure over a couple of years - so I may be a little biased, but this adventure is fantastic and highly recommended.

Credit long over due.

It has come to my attention that a good deal of the magic items in Ruins & Ronin were supplied by Scot Hoover (kellri) at the Swords & Wizardry forums back in 2009. I have neglected giving him credit in the book, and must apologize for that oversight. Until I can re-work the credit page and get it sorted out, I have pulled the pdf & print option from Lulu for the time being.

My apologies to Scott, it was an honest oversight on my part.

Here is a link to the magic items he created (and they were some of the best).

Kids home game.

I promised the kids that I would run some D&D for them, they have already created 2 characters each (I told them to expect character death) and have started mapping a smallish dungeon. The dungeon is called the "Monster Plantation" - taken from a ride (now renamed) at Six Flags over Georgia (I worked there as a teenager).

The Monster Plantation was once the mansion of a mad-wizard known for his biological monstrosities. It is a ruined building in a old marshy area, a lowland where the Sweetwater creek flows.

To the north is the home castle-town of Mirah (our local city is Hiram Ga.), a small border castle of the Go'eriag kingdom. There are 6 banner castles of the kingdom. ;-)

Just south of the marsh in the grassy hills, is the small hobbit town called the Hill Shires (they are farmers), their Mayor/Sheriff is William Beau Boggins (commonly called Will-bo).

Recently a small tribe of bogglins (swamp goblins) have moved into the area and have stolen the giant queen bee of Will-bo's honey farm. He is providing a reward of 150gp to any individual that can return his queen bee.

The Bogglings have taken residence in level 1 of the dungeon and their chief  has a staff of animal charm (he has charmed the queen and she controls her small hive of giant bees). The staff has 2 charges left.

So level one has a small group of goblins, and giant bees. I am itching to run this for the kids, if they didn't have so much homework this week....

Normandie Area Map

For those in the joust, here is the local area map...

Fire Mission!

So, the bug has bitten me, and I am running 2 sessions of RECON next week. Here is FSB: Orion, which will be the home of the Marines in the game. The players will be members of 1st Platoon Bravo Co. 1st Bn / 9th Marines (The Walking Dead). This is a quickly done map on paint. It ain't pretty but it works.

Incoming!

Like the new season rolling in, my ADD gamer brain has turned its attention to Vietnam or military rpg. I am currently reading Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes, a novel about Marines in Vietnam. Being a lover of military history - especially the Vietnam era (and a former Marine to boot), my brain screams at me - Run A Game About Vietnam!. So I oblige my brain for the moment and drag my old Palladium Recon & Advanced Recon out of the basement (along with a game called Ranger - which is a solo game of patrolling). 

Next, I go ahead and make a map for an AO (area of operations) with 3 firebases in a fictional map of Vietnam.

So, if the mood strikes, at least I am prepared to do something about it...

Cover finished for WARBAND!

Check out the excellent work by Jeremy Duncan for my WARBAND! cover....

You can find the updated pdf here.

Hate Breeders

Working on new monsters for my B/X version of the Hoarfrost Halls Saga, and I take inspiration this morning from the Misfits song "Hatebreeders".

Here is the video for those not hip to my old school punk sensibilities:

So Hate Breeders are born, they are poor unfortunate tribesmen that have been exposed to the rage-fungi of the northern woods. Rage consumes them and they will fight until they die.

Slumbering Ursine Dunes KS has launched...

My good friend Chris Kutalik has launched his KickStarter for his Slumbering Ursine Dunes. This is an adventure / point crawl based on his long running Hill Cantons campaign (from the blog of the same name).I am doing the layout for this book, so of course I am promoting it. : ) But it is a great adventure and worth getting, the art is fantastic and Chris is a great writer. So check it out!

Hoarfrost Saga re-imagined.

This has been posted to my Hoarfrost Saga blog, but I might as well keep my information here. This is for the new 5E game I want to run (eventually).

Here is the world of Gurgaxia - home of the Hoarfrost Halls Saga. 

My current notes about this world:

The world turns and every few thousand years the Great Cosmic Dragon returns to stomp out life and create it anew. The world of GURGAXIA exists inside the footprint of the Cosmic Dragon. It is now the 5th Age of Gurgaxia over the last 40,000 years. 

The Original Dawn of Gurgaxia
 -An age of discovery, wild lands populated by primitive societies. Little organization, chaos reigned supreme. Mad Wizards ruled and delved deep to create their lairs.

The 1st Age
 -Society advanced, and codified rules of law were set down. There were still wild pockets of Chaos and Mad Wizards.

The 2nd Age
 -Multiple world settlements occured, the culture was bland and diluted. 

The 3rd Age
 -A new age for Gurgaxia, a land rules by mighty heroes with feats of derring-do. The gates to multiple worlds were opened, and could not be closed again.

The 4th Age
 -In an effort to close off the other worlds, heroes became gods amongst men. Society was unrecognizable to those who might have lived in the earlier ages. 

The 5th Age
 -The 5th age dawns and man emerges into a world with remnants of earlier ages and worlds still trapped in Gurgaxia. 

The world turns and every few thousand years the Great Cosmic Dragon returns to stomp out life and create it anew.

Here we see part of the continent at the top of the world being assembled in map form, while the world cat naps..

Here is the map as it currently exists on 9 panels of thick card board. The upper right mountain range has a small area of "lost world", with volcano included.

Old Westeros Birthplace Charts

I created these birthplace charts years ago based on AGoT, when I was thinking of running a RoleMaster game for my local face-to-face group.

Someone might find them useful. When I get a chance I will clean them up and make them available as a pdf.

Westeros Birthplace Chart

01 – 15	The Westerlands	66 – 75	The Vale
16 – 30	The North	76 – 82	The Iron Islands
31 – 45	The Riverlands	83 – 90	Dorne
46 – 55	The Stormlands	91 – 95	The Mountains of the Moon
56 – 65	The Reach	96 – 00	Other Lands

The Westerlands

01 – 05	Brax	31 – 35	Banefort	61 – 65	Vikary	91 – 93	Greenfield
06 – 10	Prester	36 – 40	Serret	66 – 70	Jast	94 – 96	Kyndall
11 – 15	Crakehall	41 – 45	Broom	71 – 75	Spice	97 - 00	Houseless
16 – 20	Marbrand	46 – 50	Westerling	76 – 80	Farman
21 – 25	Lydden	51 – 55	Lorch	81 – 85	Estren
26 – 30	Swyft	56 – 60	Stackspear	86 – 90	Plumm

The North

01 – 04	Ryswell	31 – 35	Magnar	61 – 65	Stout	90 – 92	Umber
05 – 08	Dustin	36 – 40	Wull	66 – 70	Burley	93 –95	Glover
09 – 13	Hornwood	41 – 45	Harclay	71 – 75	Condon	96 –97	Reed
14 – 18	Cerwyn	46 – 50	Knott	76 – 80	Manderly	98 – 00	Houseless
19 – 23	Flint	51 – 55	Liddle	81 – 85	Karstark
24 – 28	Locke	56 – 60	Norrey	86 – 89	Tallhart

The Riverlands

01 – 05	Ryger	31 – 35	Wayn	61 – 65	Vypren	91 – 95	Darry
06 – 10	Mooton	36 – 40	Lychester	66 – 70	Haigh	96 – 00	Houseless
11 – 15	Vance	41 – 45	Smallwood	71 – 75	Whent
16 – 20	Piper	46 – 50	Charlton	76 – 80	Bracken
21 – 25	Paege	51 – 55	Roote	81 – 85	Blackwood
26 – 30	Grell	56 – 60	Dedding	86 – 90	Mallister

The Vale

The Stormlands

01 – 09	Caron	27 – 35	Trant	56 – 63	Estermont	80 – 87	Swann
09 – 17	Selmy	36 – 44	Penrose	64 – 71	Tarth	87 – 00	Houseless
18 – 26	Wylde	45 – 55	Errol	72 – 79	Buckler

The Reach

01 – 06	Vyrwel	25 – 30	Crane	49 – 54	Ambrose	73 – 78	Fossoways
07 – 12	Oakheart	31 – 36	Caswell	55 – 60	Bulwer	79 – 84	Ashford
13 – 18	Hightower	37 – 42	Rowan	61 – 66	Merryweather	85 – 91	Redwyne
19 – 24	Mullendore	43 – 48	Norcross	67 – 72	Graceford	92 – 00	Houseless

Dorne

01 – 06	Jordayne	25 – 30	Yronwood	49 – 57	Dalt	78 – 84	Uller
07 – 12	Santagar	31 – 36	Wyl	57 – 66	Blackmont	85 – 91	Gargalen
13 – 18	Allyrion	37 – 42	Fowler	67 – 78	Manwoody	91 – 00	Houseless
19 – 24	Toland	43 – 48	Qorgyle

The Iron Islands

01 – 05	Harlaw	31 – 35	Drumm	61 – 65	Myre	91 – 95	Goodbrother
06 – 10	Stonehouse	36 – 40	Blacktyde	66 – 70	Stonetree	96 – 00	Houseless
11 – 15	Merlyn	41 – 45	Sparr	71 – 75	Kenning
16 – 20	Sunderly	46 – 50	Saltcliffe	76 – 80	Orkwood
21 – 25	Tawney	51 – 55	Farwynd	81 – 85	Botley
26 – 30	Wynch	56 – 60	Volmark	86 – 90	Saltmyre

Tribes of the Mountains of the Moon

01 –15	Milk Snakes	46 – 60	Black Ears	76 – 90	Painted Dogs
16 – 30	Moon Brothers	61 – 75	Burned Men	91 – 00	Sons of the Mist
31 – 45	Stone Crows