OSR Does anybody know anything about this OSR adventure: Gods of the Forbidden North?

[Libertad]

Edit: Normally I would let this thread fade into the ether, but with the recent post updating the thread I am inclined to point out that this book's publisher, Pulp Hummock Press, has come out in favor of the "anti-woke" side of the culture wars on their Twitter account. Not so much direct statements as retweeting other such content creators. Such as a tweet by the Basic Expert saying that people are "throwing Gary under the bus" in regards to the recent kerfluffle over a D&D history book acknowledging that older supplements had bigoted content, or another person hoping that Elon Musk buys WotC, and so on.

 

[Jahydin]

Just bought it myself not too long ago. Skimmed through it and my first impression is it's MASSIVE. Overall vibe is very Hyperborean if you're familiar with that game. Cosmic horrors and all that.

First 100 pages are setting.
Next 30 is an intro adventure to get things started.
Next 100 is the hex map and all the keyed areas of interest (lots to explore!)
Next 120 is five more adventures. So not really a "mega" dungeon, but lots of normal ones.
Finally, about 100 pages of appendices. New items, spells, monsters, that sort of thing.

470 pages in total. So much art!

 

[Libertad]

You said that the megadungeon isn't really a megadungeon. Are they actually fully disconnected from each other, or do they have a common geographical link of some kind? Like a bunch of caves in a larger tunnel network being technically the same underground system?

 

[Nikosandros]

You said that the megadungeon isn't really a megadungeon. Are they actually fully disconnected from each other, or do they have a common geographical link of some kind? Like a bunch of caves in a larger tunnel network being technically the same underground system?

The project grew during developments and it has became a 3-volume affair. The megadungeon itself will be in volume 3.

 

[Jahydin]

You said that the megadungeon isn't really a megadungeon. Are they actually fully disconnected from each other, or do they have a common geographical link of some kind? Like a bunch of caves in a larger tunnel network being technically the same underground system?

Look's to be disconnected geographically (although all on the same hex map), but linked story wise (like a Pathfinder Adventure Path).

I'll have more time to look through it tonight though.

 

[Jahydin]

Yep, separate areas spread around the overland hex map.

 

[Yora]

I just grabbed it on a whim.

This sounds like exactly my jam.

 

[Jahydin]

I just grabbed it on a whim.

This sounds like exactly my jam.

Too cool!

Let me know what you think!

Also, same artist as ASSH 1E right?

 

[Yora]

Yes, some of the images.

 

[Jahydin]

Yes, some of the images.

It's great to see his art again. His style is just so perfectly "Swords & Sorcery".