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I really quite like Interactive Design Adventures's Stand-Ins PDF set. These PDFs come in two main bits; a black and white section and a smaller colour section. Each section contains pages of small, framed, illustrations. Print a page off, cut a long the lines (even I can do this!), fold them...

Back at the dawn of 3rd party d20 publisher Goodman Games was the one who did the unusual and original supplements (a good thing!). They had intelligent alien dinosaurs! It's somewhat ironic that Goodman Games now has some of the absolute classics under their belt - the famous Blackmoor -...

There is a difference between high fantasy and cheese fantasy. It can be a fine line and it takes a surprising amount of skill, sometimes, for a DM to keep the campaign on the side of the diving line that they want the campaign to be on. High fantasy campaigns typically feature a plethora of...

I think the Stand-Ins Printable Figures from Interactive Design Adventures are great value for money. The Modern & Superheroes Set #1 is no exception. It was a clever move putting superheroes in with modern. If Interactive Design Adventures (let's just call them IDA) hadn't mixed the two...

Dweomercraft: Familiars is one of multi-branded PDF products that are occasionally born from the primal soup of third party d20 publishers. The most recognisable logo here is, perhaps, the ENWorld one. This is a Dark Quest game though. Think of Dark Quest as the writer and ENWorld as the...

I've a cable modem. Phew. If you want to download Stand-Ins Printable Figures - Fantasy Set #1 then you'll need something similar to cope with the 30MB+ file. That's 30MB of art; art you cut up and fold. Stand-Ins are Interactive Design Adventure's offering to the "paper miniature" market...

Ooh, a bestiary without annoying alignment faff. A d20 bestiary without alignment nonsense for that matter! Monte Cook's Arcana Unearthed is notable for many reasons but one of my favourites is the dismissing of the awful D&D alignment system. So, here in Legacy of the Dragons, we have creatures...

I have to wonder whether the brains behind the Open Gaming License and d20's involvement with it are happy with the way things have worked out. I wonder whether Wizards of the Coast are happy with it right now. I'm not sure. I am sure, however, that an ideal participant d20 publisher, when D&D...

Don't get confused. Just sit back and enjoy the rather rare combination of a thoroughly professional, attractive and entirely practical book. Why could it get confusing? What's so unusual about Bad Axe Games' The Book Of Unusual Treasures? It's not the usual Bad Axe Games mini-book size...

The Planes can be a funny issue in a D&D game. This is a review of Green Ronin product so I might as well use another Green Ronin product as an example. It was a Freeport supplement where it became important that the characters were never able to find a forked metal rod in the entirely of...

The Blood and Guts line is respected d20 Modern series from RPGObjects. In Her Majesty's Service is a supplement of Prestige Classes for prestigious British units - the SAS, Pathfinders and Special Projects. There's a group of elite units with minor mechanic modifications too and then about ten...

I'm way behind on reviews - and it sucks. Sometimes, though, sometimes it is an advantage. Since Alea published A Question of Loyalty: A Guidebook to Military Orders we've seen APG Paper Figures: Military Orders and even APG Paper Figures: Gladiators added to their PDF offerings. Okay; these...

The Brotherhood of the Spider is a stocking filler. It's an impulse buy. At $0.99 the PDF is way below the minimum checkout value for RPGNow and you need to throw it into your electronic cart along with something else. If you're tossing The Brotherhood of the Spider into your electronic cart...

The Book of Fiends is typically Green Ronin quality. It's professional, has a nice layout, small and crisp font and its packed full of fiends. Flicking through the book lets you peak into a deliciously awful Abyss. I remember poking fun at the Fiend Folio (the first d20 edition) because it was...

The Divine Alligator is an adventure title that grabs your attention. This 49-paged PDF comes from 0one Roleplaying Games and that's a company known for absolutely fantastic cartography. Sure enough there are excellent maps in this adventure; we have the usual battlemap tiles and we also enjoy a...

Psions suck. Psychics rule! No. No. I haven't suddenly become a teenager bragging about his favourite class on a D&D chatroom - I'm just being controversial. I do think the rules in The Psychic's Handbook are very much more persuasive than any of the Psion rules I've seen to date. I don't...

Black Sails Over Freeport is a large pre-written adventure. The 256-paged book has three distinct Acts but it is one complete adventure. As the name suggests; this is a Freeport adventure. You don't actually need any of the previous Freeport books, they could help a little but you won't miss...

It looks like a movie poster. "Modern Heroes: Martial Avengers. MALLADIN'S GATE PRESS presents a D20 MODERN supplement, a NIGEL MCCLELLAND production." The front cover is bound to get your attention with the giant letters, flames and action posed silhouettes. This from the same Malladin's...

If I had been faster on the draw then I'd be able to tell you how good Sidewinder: Recoiled really was. Instead, buried under reviews, I've left it too late and Green Ronin, bless their hides, have gone and announced Sidewinder: Recoiled will be a Mythic Vista and now everyone knows how good...

"Welcome to an England that never was," begins RPGObject's Legends of Excalibur. It's a good start. It conjures up the myth and magic I always associate with Arthur and his sword Excalibur and it also makes it clear that this game isn't a reality picky, medieval history, pilgrimage. This...