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Harnworld in Hardback Kickstarter I have been a fan of Harn, both the setting and the Harnmaster rules, for a long time. Ever since I encountered the original Harn setting folio at Games Unlimited in Pittsburgh PA. Columbia Games just announced their latest Kickstarter, HarnWorld: Medieval...

An Unexpected Victory, Unconditional Surrender, and Unfinished Business. I understand everybody is tired of Wizard's drama despite the good news. I appreciate that once again you have taken the time to read my post and hope the following is informative and useful. Friday afternoon, Wizards of...

DriveThruRPG numbers for 2022 For those who don't know, there is rarely a day that doesn't go by when somebody doesn't download a free copy of Blackmarsh from DriveThruRPG. Over 13,000 since its release in 2011. Each order is accompanied by an order number. To date, this has meant I had a...

I thank you for taking the time to read this post. This hobby is supposed to be a fun pastime even when it is part of one's livelihood. The past two weeks have been anything but fun. So I appreciate the time you spent reading this post amid the many outraged voices making themselves heard. The...

A Network of One Over on the Roll for Combat channel they had an excellent interview with Ryan Dancey. I recommend jumping to around the 18:00 minute mark where Ryan says this The value of the OSR is in the fact that the classic editions we focus on are but a hop and a skip from each other. So...

Today Wizards of the Coast on DnD Beyond released an article called OGLs, SRDs, & One D&D. It talks about Wizards plans for a new version of the OGL. The recap the OGL stands for the Open Game License. According to Creative Commons, an open license means the content is free to use how you want...

The one where I finally begin to wrap up my How to make a Fantasy Sandbox series. I just posted Part XXIII detailing the NPCs of Piall. The post also includes a bonus PDF with stat writeups for all the NPCs mentioned. A Fantasy Sandbox in Detail Part XXIII...

The one where I share free to download booklets about Faeries, and Demons. Compatible with my Majestic Fantasy RPG and other rules based on the classic editions like Swords & Wizardry. https://batintheattic.blogspot.com/2022/09/stuff-in-attic-updated-with-faeries-and.html Direct links Stuff in...

I write about the future of Bat in the Attic Games along with links to free stuff that should be useful for your classic edition campaign like Merchant Adventures, Magic Item Creation, Bandits & Brigands, Randomized Magic User Spells, etc...

Announcing the end of selling Judges Guild licensed products. https://batintheattic.blogspot.com/2022/08/concerning-judges-guild-to-all-things.html

Final version is here Blog post about the details here

My first kickstarter is now live https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ba ... antasy-rpg Since 2009 when I released the Majestic Wilderlands supplement, I have continued to run campaigns and created enough material and rules to release a new series of supplements. Because of the reality that...

I am pleased to announce the release of Wilderlands of the Fantastic Reaches. This is the fourth of four products covering the eighteen maps that encompasses the Judges Guild Wilderlands setting. This product covers four of the maps as detailed below. The four sets combined will cover a region...

Well if you going have a ruleset that has big damn heroes 24/7 might as well give them a big damn setting. A GUIDE TO THE DARK WILDERLANDS The Majestic Wilderlands is a campaign that I have run for over thirty years. Sometime in the mid 80’s I decided to destroy my campaign world. Using AD&D...

From the City-State of the Invincible Overlord to the ancient city of Viridistan the wilderness is thick with dungeons and ruins. Contained in this book are the background and rules used in a campaign thirty years in the making. You will find over two dozen classes ranging from Soldiers to...

Forked from: Necromancer Games-update by Orcus The two Point of Lights focuses on being settings that readily allow themselves to be dropped in a referee's campaign. It is esstentially edition neutral because the format doesn't support extensive stat blocks. It works for any edition of D&D...

I am Rob Conley the author of the just released Points of Light. It is four small settings done in a similar style to Wilderlands of High Fantasy. Each setting contains a numbered hex map, a list of locales keyed to the map, and a short background. Each maps covers an area roughly 120 miles by...

Here is a blow by blow account of using the quickstart rules with the first encounter. Surprise Round Kobolds rolled stealth for a total of 21 None of the party was able to beat that on their perception Roll The Kobolds have surprise which allows them one action. The Slinger fires a glue pot...

A map inspired by the original map board. http://home.earthlink.net/~wilderlands/southlandsm.jpg Note it should be five miles per hex not three. The Black Squares are settlements The round circles are castles/keeps The diamonds are lairs Enjoy Rob Conley