No, no, I am not telling everyone to bite me; there's a lycanthrope book by that name below. Meanwhile, I've yet another mea culpa to offer, since I failed to get a Picks roundup done last week. Truth is, True Believers, that this rather elegant site has some specific formatting requirements that are hard to manage when I am away. This is, honestly, because my so-called laptop is so entrenched as a desktop machine, taking it with me to cons is beyond inconvenient. I had thought to use Carinn's machine (which she takes with her religiously), but I didn't have all my logins readily available. These are, of course, digital world problems, but I am guessing many of you can relate. As Casey Kasem often said, "and now, on with the countdown."
Midgard Heroes for 5th Edition
Kobold Press gives you a treasure trove of D&D 5e material to expand your characters and game with.
HEROES, ARISE!
— New Options for 5th Edition Heroes —
Deep voices of the giants chant in the hills and forests. Red-cloaked cultists gather to perform their unholy rites, and howling tribes of dust goblins ride out of the Western Wastes to sack villages and towns.
But you do not fear these things. You are a hero of Midgard—and by your skill, strength, luck, or the favor of the gods, you will become a legend. Midgard Heroes gives you everything you need to play in a 5th edition campaign set in the Midgard Campaign Setting.
Midgard Heroes for 5th Edition includes:
Rules for playing new PC races: centaurs, dragonkin, gearforged, kobolds, ravenfolk, shadow fey, trollkin, and more!
7 new backgrounds: Corsair, Darkling, Fey-Touched, Nomad, Raider, and more!
Only magic and the warmth of hope keeps lights aglow when dread things prowl and the priestly wardings shake, bent by hideous demonic rage. In this dark time, new heroes must arise to claim the crowns of Midgard and restore the jewels to her scattered thrones. New heroes must lead a return to glory.
Midgard awaits!
The Sword if Izim
Here’s the latest adventure for GRAmel’s Beasts and Barbarians Savage Worlds setting –
Welcome to The Sword of Izim, a Heroic Tale for the Beasts & Barbarians Savage Worlds setting.
Somewhere in the Zandorian wastelands, there is a lonesome peak, like a giant sentinel watching over a dying Empire. Stories say that in the past this place was held by an order
of warriors, guarding something both very powerful and very dangerous.
Today Izim’s Peak, as it is called, has been deserted for centuries, and on its top there are only windswept ruins. But who can tell what secrets are hidden there?
Wild rides, ruthless bandits, comely girls and much more await you among the pages of The Sword of Izim! What are you waiting for? Grab your sword, gird your loins and jump into adventure!
Bite Me! The Gaming Guide to Lycanthropes!
Next, the long-awaited, much-anticipated Bite Me! The Gaming Guide to Lycanthropes!
Within Bite Me! The Gaming Guide to Lycanthropes you will find:
2014 Digital Atlas
Arcknight is yet another very talented company when it comes to game table maps for folks who use miniatures in their gaming. Here’s a collection of all the maps they Kickstarted and otherwise created for 2014.
The 2014 Digital Atlas includes every map we’ve made to date, and will be periodically updated to include additional bonus maps, new transitions, texture maps, and other goodies. Anything created for our first kickstarter project, and all related maps; including the expanded retail map packs will be included in this Digital Atlas. Each map was originally designed for high quality print on 11×17 paper, with a hybrid style. Our maps are tilable and versatile with the strengths of a tile system, while maintaining the incredible quality and depth of a larger drawn piece. Maps are rotatable, exchangable, and reversible with common points of intersection so they can be combined to create almost any landscape you’ll need.
Traveller Core Rulebook Beta Playtest
I shan’t get into the “Tale of Two Travellers” debate here – it’s up to you to decide which version makes the most sense for you. Mongoose’s latest iteration is in “beta playtest” mode, which means you get the complete game “as it is,” with the option to send in feedback based on your experiences. There’s a lot of people really excited about this version, to be sure. Of course, it doesn’t hurt that Mongoose invokes that classic bit of advertising brilliance GDW used so long ago…
This is Free Trader Beowulf, calling anyone…
Mayday, Mayday…We are under attack…
Main drive is gone…Turret number one not responding…
Mayday…Losing cabin pressure fast calling anyone…
Please help…This is Free Trader Beowulf…
…mayday…
Traveller is a science fiction roleplaying game of bold explorers and brave adventurers. The Traveller Core Rulebook contains everything you need to create one of these adventurers and begin exploring the galaxy.
Spaceports, ancient civilisations, air/rafts, cold steel blades, laser carbines, far distant worlds, and exotic alien beasts – this is the futuristic universe of Traveller, the original and classic science fiction roleplaying game.
Come visit the future.
The Beta Playtest edition of the new Traveller Core Rulebook allows you to dive in and directly affect one of the world’s favourite sci-fi RPGs. This is a complete package that provides you with;
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I don't have another convention for a few weeks, so hopefully we can stay on schedule for at least that long. It seems like convention season gets longer and longer, and in part, I suspect that's due to the additional invitations I get every year. I hate saying no, but may have to in short order if I am to get anything else done.
For those who pay attention to things SPF and Evil Beagle, you may have noticed announcements about me giving Shaintar over to Savage Mojo. This is a good deal for everyone involved, especially the backers of the original Kickstarter. I am pretty excited to see what comes out of it, and relieved to know folks will get great Shaintar books while I focus on this Savage Rifts thing.
Speaking of, I better get back to it, so...
The Adventure Continues!
~SPF
Midgard Heroes for 5th Edition
Kobold Press gives you a treasure trove of D&D 5e material to expand your characters and game with.
HEROES, ARISE!
— New Options for 5th Edition Heroes —
Deep voices of the giants chant in the hills and forests. Red-cloaked cultists gather to perform their unholy rites, and howling tribes of dust goblins ride out of the Western Wastes to sack villages and towns.
But you do not fear these things. You are a hero of Midgard—and by your skill, strength, luck, or the favor of the gods, you will become a legend. Midgard Heroes gives you everything you need to play in a 5th edition campaign set in the Midgard Campaign Setting.
Midgard Heroes for 5th Edition includes:
Rules for playing new PC races: centaurs, dragonkin, gearforged, kobolds, ravenfolk, shadow fey, trollkin, and more!
7 new backgrounds: Corsair, Darkling, Fey-Touched, Nomad, Raider, and more!
Only magic and the warmth of hope keeps lights aglow when dread things prowl and the priestly wardings shake, bent by hideous demonic rage. In this dark time, new heroes must arise to claim the crowns of Midgard and restore the jewels to her scattered thrones. New heroes must lead a return to glory.
Midgard awaits!
The Sword if Izim
Here’s the latest adventure for GRAmel’s Beasts and Barbarians Savage Worlds setting –
Welcome to The Sword of Izim, a Heroic Tale for the Beasts & Barbarians Savage Worlds setting.
Somewhere in the Zandorian wastelands, there is a lonesome peak, like a giant sentinel watching over a dying Empire. Stories say that in the past this place was held by an order
of warriors, guarding something both very powerful and very dangerous.
Today Izim’s Peak, as it is called, has been deserted for centuries, and on its top there are only windswept ruins. But who can tell what secrets are hidden there?
Wild rides, ruthless bandits, comely girls and much more await you among the pages of The Sword of Izim! What are you waiting for? Grab your sword, gird your loins and jump into adventure!
Bite Me! The Gaming Guide to Lycanthropes!
Next, the long-awaited, much-anticipated Bite Me! The Gaming Guide to Lycanthropes!
Within Bite Me! The Gaming Guide to Lycanthropes you will find:
- Numerous Alternate Racial Traits, Wereblooded and Minor Wereblooded Clan Racial Traits, and Favored Class Options that address how adaptable such creatures are.
- Lycanthrope Racial Bloodlines to add new flavor to the Sorcerer class.
- The Wereblooded, Monstrous Wereblooded, and Skindancer race options.
- Nearly two dozen New Archetypes to help shake up existing classes with a bit of lycanthropic flavor.
- A selection of New Equipment and Weapons designed for or of interest to lycanthropes.
- Over two dozen New Feats, including those belonging to the new Lycanthrope Feat Category.
- An arsenal of New Magic Items related in some fashion to shapechangers (and, in some cases, to those who would hunt them.)
- A bevy of New Magic Spells, along with a number of New Hexes and New Rituals, to add a touch of magic into the mix.
- A range of Sample Characters to highlight various new game mechanics and racial options.
- A short story to help set the lycanthropic mood.
2014 Digital Atlas
Arcknight is yet another very talented company when it comes to game table maps for folks who use miniatures in their gaming. Here’s a collection of all the maps they Kickstarted and otherwise created for 2014.
The 2014 Digital Atlas includes every map we’ve made to date, and will be periodically updated to include additional bonus maps, new transitions, texture maps, and other goodies. Anything created for our first kickstarter project, and all related maps; including the expanded retail map packs will be included in this Digital Atlas. Each map was originally designed for high quality print on 11×17 paper, with a hybrid style. Our maps are tilable and versatile with the strengths of a tile system, while maintaining the incredible quality and depth of a larger drawn piece. Maps are rotatable, exchangable, and reversible with common points of intersection so they can be combined to create almost any landscape you’ll need.
Traveller Core Rulebook Beta Playtest
I shan’t get into the “Tale of Two Travellers” debate here – it’s up to you to decide which version makes the most sense for you. Mongoose’s latest iteration is in “beta playtest” mode, which means you get the complete game “as it is,” with the option to send in feedback based on your experiences. There’s a lot of people really excited about this version, to be sure. Of course, it doesn’t hurt that Mongoose invokes that classic bit of advertising brilliance GDW used so long ago…
This is Free Trader Beowulf, calling anyone…
Mayday, Mayday…We are under attack…
Main drive is gone…Turret number one not responding…
Mayday…Losing cabin pressure fast calling anyone…
Please help…This is Free Trader Beowulf…
…mayday…
Traveller is a science fiction roleplaying game of bold explorers and brave adventurers. The Traveller Core Rulebook contains everything you need to create one of these adventurers and begin exploring the galaxy.
Spaceports, ancient civilisations, air/rafts, cold steel blades, laser carbines, far distant worlds, and exotic alien beasts – this is the futuristic universe of Traveller, the original and classic science fiction roleplaying game.
Come visit the future.
The Beta Playtest edition of the new Traveller Core Rulebook allows you to dive in and directly affect one of the world’s favourite sci-fi RPGs. This is a complete package that provides you with;
- The Beta Playtest Core Rulebook, laid out and ready to go! After many, many moons of writing and internal playtesting, this book is now ready to be seen (and commented upon!) by dedicated Traveller players. All that is missing from this PDF is a few pieces of artwork!
- A free copy of the adventure High and Dry, a revised edition of the original Type-S scenario, fully updated to the new Traveller in both rules and format. This will allow you to jump right in and start playing Traveller immediately with a cracking adventure written by fan favourite Martin Dougherty.
- Access to draft (Word format) documents of the ‘core set’ of Traveller rule books – High Guard, Central Supply Catalogue, Vehicle Handbook, and the Traveller Companion, plus the chance to comment upon them and thus influence Traveller at a fundamental level.
- A $20 voucher to be redeemed against the final Core Rulebook PDF, meaning the Beta Core Rulebook will end up not costing you a penny!
- If all goes well, some other goodies will be turning up in your Drivethru folders during the playtest period. We have some projects currently on the go that are set for release with the new addition, but if we can complete them according to schedule, they will be offered for free to all registered playtesters.
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I don't have another convention for a few weeks, so hopefully we can stay on schedule for at least that long. It seems like convention season gets longer and longer, and in part, I suspect that's due to the additional invitations I get every year. I hate saying no, but may have to in short order if I am to get anything else done.
For those who pay attention to things SPF and Evil Beagle, you may have noticed announcements about me giving Shaintar over to Savage Mojo. This is a good deal for everyone involved, especially the backers of the original Kickstarter. I am pretty excited to see what comes out of it, and relieved to know folks will get great Shaintar books while I focus on this Savage Rifts thing.
Speaking of, I better get back to it, so...
The Adventure Continues!
~SPF
