James M. Ward to Pen Exclusive Adventure

[Troll Lord]

James M. Ward, famed for his classic Deities & Demi-Gods for Advanced Dungeons & Dragons[/I], has joined the Highland fray and is set to pen an exclusive adventure for TLG's latest Kickstarter project, Return to the Haunted Highlands. The Kickstarter has already met its funding goal as well as several stretch rewards, from added content to one of the 2 books in the set printed in hardback.

Mr. Ward's adventure will be available to anyone who pledges $59.00 or more.

Further stretch goals include:

A Greyhawkesque map of the Haunted Highlands, drawn by the original Greyhawk artist Darlene.
The second book in the 2 book series released as a hardcover.
Fat Dragon Games 3D model of Dirty Bowbe's, the famed tavern upon the Highlands
Reaper miniatures

About Return to the Haunted Highlands
The C&C Return to the Haunted Highlands includes everything you need to start a game in the Haunted Highlands.

Return to the Haunted Highlands Kickstarter includes two books (and possibly more) and a Map.

The Castle Keeper's Guide to the Highlands, 200+ pages: Includes all relevant setting material, adventures (DB1-DB6 expanded and updated), new monsters and more.

A Players Guide to the Highlands, 76+: includes racial variants, class specializations, new spells, magic and more (also includes expanded and updated material from the Black Libram).

Maps: 12 x 18 full color Map of the Haunted Highlands.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/676918054/castles-and-crusades-return-to-the-haunted-highlan/

 

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Lot of stuff in this book... the Troll Chief hit most of it up in his post. The artwork on the cover to the players guide is by an amazing up and coming discovery "Artem Shukayev", he's only 16 years old! He has more work for the interior of these books too! Look out world! He did artwork previously for Frog God Games adventure exclusive "Call of the Frog God", penned by yours truly.

This project is massive. The players book has 140 spells, of which 40 have never seen print in any version before, though some were culled from a previous project "The Black Libram of Nartarus" which i wrote several years ago. Basically that means most of you get 130 brand new spells, with a good chunk of necromancer spells! There are also dozens of new monsters, including old school style demon lords and arch fiends which command the nether world.

Bigger pledges of course get more stuff, with the potential for leather covers, more maps, more figs from my good friends at Reaper!

There is also the "Dirty Bowbe's Roadhouse Recipes" which are actual recipes derived from hunting and devouring fantastical and mythic beasts! Who wouldn't want some spicy stirge wings with Chipotle Ooze and Onion Dip for their gaming table? What about Smoked Whole Cockatrice? Check out the video link on the TLG homepage and on the Kickstarter updates. These recipes are legit gamer food! Think Emeril meets the Ecology of ... series from Dragon Magazine and you have an idea of whats to come.

Thank you for your past and future support!

 

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Heads up... this just broke the Stretch goal for the players guide to the haunted highlands (90+ pages) and the Return to Haunted Highlands Campaign Book (250+ pages) as individual hardbacks. Depending on your pledge you could end up with a good fist full of reaper miniatures, the cookbook, separate perfect bound gazetteers, a t-shirt, and if this thing gets really mental... a potential for Fat Dragon Games version of Dirty Bowbe's Roadhouse, and classic Greyhawk style maps by Darlene herself! Thanks again folks!

 

[bowbe]

This thing just crushed 3 stretch goals today! 2 hardbacks, a Reaper Miniature I designed a while back (Reaper #2666), and a high quality color topographical style map by Peter Bradley! Outstanding!

 

[bowbe]

More goals have been crushed. Last 11 hours! go check this out!