A haunted island adventure and a zine covering a mystical castle arrive for Old-School Essentials. Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition gets three additions to the historical and magical Historica Arcanum along with modron miniatures including a slot machine. Finally, Marvel Multiverse RPG gets a supplement for the X-Men and Part-Time Gods sees coverage of Outsiders like satyrs who strive to challenge the Gods themselves.
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Isle of Joy | Old School & Cool – Vol. 5 by Knight Owl Publishing
The City of Crescent | Empires of the Silk Road | Herald of Rain by Metis Media
Marvel Multiverse RPG: X-Men Expansion by Marvel Comics
Outsider's Guide by Third Eye Games
Modron Slot Machine | Monodrone | Duodrone | Tridrone | Quadrone by WizKids
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Isle of Joy | Old School & Cool – Vol. 5 by Knight Owl Publishing
- SYSTEM: Old-School Essentials
- PRODUCT TYPE: hardcover supplement/softcover zine
- RETAIL PRICE: $35/$15
- DESCRIPTION: Trapped upon the doomed Isle of Joy, the spirits that once served its masters lure the hapless PCs to its shores in a desperate hope that they can somehow find release. Two royal spirits have fused with the remnants of their island kingdom, creating a nightmarish manifestation of their sorrow over the loss of their child but, sometimes, also a glimpse of the joy they once shared. The PCs strive to set their spirits free to avoid falling victim to the Isle of Joy. Designed for PCs of fourth to seventh level, this psychedelic hexcrawl includes mad gods, living manifestations of human emotion, the remnants of long-lost love, and of course lots and lots of monkeys. Old School & Cool – Vol. 5 centers around a mysterious castle on the borderlands of reality that is under siege in every world at once. Its defenders must keep the ceaseless hordes that attack it from every corner of the multiverse at bay. The PCs decide what role will they take in the battle. The PCs can join the attackers and seek glory in breaking through the eternal fortifications or attempt to protect the besieged keep and the mysteries it holds.
The City of Crescent | Empires of the Silk Road | Herald of Rain by Metis Media
- SYSTEM: Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition Historica Arcanum
- PRODUCT TYPE: hardcover setting supplements
- RETAIL PRICE: $49.95/$54.95/$54.95
- DESCRIPTION: Arcane powers, eldritch horrors, and unlikely heroes clash in secrecy in a world much like ours in the setting of Historica Arcanum. The settings and adventures are grittier, more realistic, and feature characters and storylines inspired by Earth’s history, cultures, and myths. The eternal city of Istanbul, known as The City of Crescent, is alive with millions of souls and their tales entwined. Above the ground, it is filled with towering landmarks and artifacts both mundane and arcane, bustling bazaars, and shisha smoke filled taverns. The city also lives below, with the darkest of the alleyways leading to catacombs that then lead to abandoned palaces, buried now, below 40 layers of earth. These dark hallways echo with the wandering dead and damned, with faded seekers, hexcasters, and the sealed ones. Empires of the Silk Road takes the PCs on a journey through the legendary Silk Road of the 13th century. They can explore mighty cities from the Necropolis of Samarkand to the House of Wisdom of Baghdad; from the Assassin Stronghold Alamut to the Imperial Seat of Power, Isfahan. On the road, the PCs uncover arcane secrets and political conspiracies, mythical creatures, and explore the cultures of the Silk Road. Also includes city maps, creatures, quest hooks, weapons, and relics. PCs discover new ways to travel across the land using the unique Overhauled Land Travel and try to fend off contagions with the Plague System. Also features an expanded character and backstory builder, 12 new subclasses, a bestiary with over 40 monsters, and six professions. Set in the Silk Road, Herald of Rain, is an adventure module in which the PCs are thrown into a web of intrigue and arcane cataclysm. In the middle of this mess is Hasan Sabbah, his Hashashin Order, and their plans for vengeance. The PCs are a loose end to Hasan who sends his assassins after them. To save their own skins, and on the off chance that their intentions are noble, the PCs ride west from city to city and attempt to take down Sabbah in his lair. The PCs will travel through Samarkand, the war torn crown jewel of Asia; Merv, the city of Merchant Emirs; Isfahan, the last stronghold of the Sultanate; and Baghdad, the home of the Caliph and the House of Wisdom.
Marvel Multiverse RPG: X-Men Expansion by Marvel Comics
- SYSTEM: Marvel Multiverse RPG
- PRODUCT TYPE: hardcover supplement
- RETAIL PRICE: $49.99
- DESCRIPTION: Includes new mechanics, new powers and new options for creating characters. It also includes new profiles for dozens of characters from X-Force, new Mutants, and Marauders, new full-color maps, and plenty of plot hooks to start building a campaign.
Outsider's Guide by Third Eye Games
- SYSTEM: Part-Time Gods (Second Edition)
- PRODUCT TYPE: hardcover supplement
- RETAIL PRICE: $29.99
- DESCRIPTION: Part monster manual, introducing fantastical new Outsider Antagonists to battle or align with, and part players’ guide, providing character creation rules for playing as an Outsider. The Outsiders are mythological and supernatural beings that share the divine world with the gods but are forced to live on society's outskirts. Some are inhuman in appearance, while others can pass as mortal, but all Outsiders were created by the Source to destroy the gods. Of course, not everyone listens to their parents. Includes: breakdown of Outsider communities including their alliances and their agendas, over 30 new Outsiders and Relics like (Manticores, Black-Eyed Children, the mighty Sphinx, and more), character creation rules for 18 notable Outsiders including Satyrs and Djinn, a new Theology for gods to follow, and an adventure.
Modron Slot Machine | Monodrone | Duodrone | Tridrone | Quadrone by WizKids
- SYSTEM: Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition Planescape - Adventures in the Multiverse
- PRODUCT TYPE: single miniatures
- RETAIL PRICE: $2.95/$7.95/$3.95/$7.95/$3.95
- DESCRIPTION: Modrons from Planescape including a Modron Slot Machine. I don’t remember a slot machine in AD&D but maybe it was there somewhere.
