Saturday, December 15, 2012
An RPG Kickstarter With a Very Small Niche - A Gallery of Rogues
For a moment, let me step away from the fact that A Gallery of Rogues is being Kickstarted while the previous Kickstarter from the same writer is still overdue without a firm release date. Hmm, maybe I can't FULLY step away from that small fact, but I'll try to keep it from influencing overly much in this post. Wish me luck ;)
Question:
How often do you need a fully fleshed out Thieves Guild?
Answer:
From my experience, not bloody often. Most of my parties' adventures happen in the wilderness and dungeons - cities are just ways to measure distance between point A and point B. Oh, and maybe sell some loot to convert to coin and gems. Sure, some folks run city-centric campaigns, but I never have and I personally don't know any that do. So this becomes a real "niche within a niche" project.
At $20 for a PDF that covers a 20 member thieves guild that I may use once or twice (stretch goals may increase the guild numbers) is damn steep in my opinion ($35 for print / PDF).
If your campaign will be knee deep in the workings of a Thieves Guild, this might be good for you. Otherwise, I can't recommend it as it's focus is way too narrow for my needs.
Labels:
kickstarter
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Tenkar's Tavern is supported by various affiliate programs, including Amazon, RPGNow,
and Humble Bundle as well as Patreon. Your patronage is appreciated and helps keep the
lights on and the taps flowing. Your Humble Bartender, Tenkar
Blogs of Inspiration & Erudition
-
-
OSR Commentary - Can Castles & Crusades rpg be played with The Primal Order Rpg?! - Published in 1992 by Peter Adkison (who later founded Wizards of the Coast), The Primal Order (TPO) is a landmark "capsule" supplement. It wasn't meant to...8 hours ago
-
Tales of Jackson, IL: Hot for Teacher - I had something scheduled for today, but got my dates wrong, so today's post will be in one week instead. This one was supposed to be next week's post. ...21 hours ago
-
Do I need an Assassin Class in my Retroclone? - EMO homebrew rules class revisions again for later this year As I've slipped in a few more ad&d type classes, ive pushed my druids and priests to be weake...1 day ago
-
Characters (Prismatic Planet) - Most of the planet's inhabitants live in small enclaves, villages, and isolated settlements, separated from one another by vast stretches of hostile terr...1 day ago
-
Abstraction in My Liege, - I think the aspect of *My Liege,* that could potentially put off the most people is its lack of accounting granularity. It does not track Court wealth in...1 day ago
-
Fortress Tomb of the Ice Lich - By G. HawkinsMythmere GamesOSRICLevels 9-12 At Grathen Rift, the Ice Lich Vathudnar built a great fortress-tomb, populating the frozen ice-halls with his s...2 days ago
-
Free GM Resource: Some 3d Printing Files from MojiBake - [image: Free GM Resource: Some 3d Printing Files from MojiBake] I was look at/thinking of some 3d printed coins for a future project and ended up on a Kic...3 days ago
-
Miskatonic Monday #430: Last Dance in Shoreditch - Much like the Jonstown Compendium for RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha and The Companions of Arthur for material set in Greg Stafford’s masterpiece o...3 days ago
-
Repetiton of the Boring Bits & Felltower - I repeat the same things over and over in Felltower. "Okay, you head out of Stericksburg through the North Gate, across the dwarf-made Stone Bridge over th...4 days ago
-
Harn and the Elven Kingdom of Evael has launched! - I’ve been a fan of Columbia Games and the Harn setting since the early 1980s. It’s not just a strong medieval fantasy world in its own right. What has al...6 days ago
-
White Box Dungeon Adventures is out! - Out now! Go grab your copy!https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/560236/white-box-dungeon-adventures6 days ago
-
Stonehell B Team: Blood Sucking Stirges - Session 314 was played on 12/24/25 Sonara, Wizard (Rob) Adorellen, Elf (Me) Glimmer, Kobold (Lanse) Kessaren, Cleric (Cindy) Loahn, Halfling (Josh) 3 Kobold...6 days ago
-
Recommend me Generators of Underground Worlds - In my big re-work of ‘Veins of the Earth’, I have begun looking at the systems used for generating the geography of the Veins, the large main routes, smal...1 week ago
-
Castle Greyhawk Four New Dungeon Level Maps Revealed - CZ Act 1 "Alpha Preview" Map TLG published a Castle Zagyg "Alpha Preview" to CZ1 backers on 2 April 2026, showing one-quarter of The Cellars, level 2 of C...1 week ago
-
I Hate Myself and Want to Die (or, Frog-People World) - Not really. But I did just spend an hour drafting a post only for it to disappear into the ether. All the way through, I noticed that the autosave functi...1 week ago
-
SoloDark: Four Drunk Priests - Dabbling into some solo play using SoloDark. Rolled up the party last night. 3d6 down the line and pick the best class for the results. It was tragic. ht...2 weeks ago
-
The Myth of Death as Stakes... - It's been said, especially in old-school circles, that character death is essential to the pulse-pounding stakes good adventures depend upon. Combat means ...2 weeks ago
-
Consolidated AD&D Weapon Characteristics List - Having spent the last few days down a research rabbit hole, I ended up compiling a chart of AD&D weapon characteristics, adding some "missing" entries an...2 weeks ago
-
[ZINE] Echoes From Fomalhaut #14: Into the Worn Lands (NOW AVAILABLE!) - Echoes From Fomalhaut #14I am pleased to announce the publication of the fourteenth issue of my fanzine, *Echoes From Fomalhaut*. This is a 52-page zine d...2 weeks ago
-
Tempo - Been tinkering with some advice for pacing a game of *Intergalactic. *I suspect I'll go a bit further than this, but it's a start. The speed at which the...3 weeks ago
-
Grenadier "Night Hag" - 1986 - While I was looking through some accumulated boxes of stuff, I found one containing a whole bunch of old white metal miniatures from Ye Olden Times. Thi...3 weeks ago
-
Referee Sabotage - It is an old saw that players are bad at executing their plans. Imagine this common scene: the party have some big job that requires planning; perhaps robb...5 weeks ago
-
Divine Patronage: A Separate System for Party Advancement - In the past, I've written about why parties should have their own character sheet. The party sheet can track reputation, how noisy they are in the dungeon...1 month ago
-
What roleplaying games are you playing now? What games do you want to play? - I've been writing this blog for almost seventeen years now. Yet I've rarely addressed any questions to you, the human beings who look at these posts from...1 month ago
-
The March 1636 Lantern is Published - Okay, The March Lantern is available. Those fast on the draw may have noticed that I mistakenly published it as free access for 56 minutes. I was just so ...2 months ago
-
Gary Con 2026 Registration - Silver Badges get to register for events at Noon Central today (February 21, 2026). Somehow I thought I failed to register for running games this year and ...2 months ago
-
RPG Campaign Tour Challenge 2026, Day 9 - The Big Bad™ - Rolling on with Barking Alien's RPG CAMPAIGN TOUR CHALLENGE... *Day 9 - Who's in charge here?* *Who are the major movers and shakers in the campaign?* As t...2 months ago
-
Mapping the pre D&D Dungeon Adventure From May 25 1972, Part 1 - Earlier (Here) we looked at the oldest dungeon dive preserved in Arneson's write up as found in *Blackmoor Foundations*. Turning now to the second dunge...2 months ago
-
Book Notes: The Adventures of Amir Hamza: Lord of the Auspicious Planetary Conjunction - I've been reading *The Adventures of Amir Hamza: Lord of the Auspicious Planetary Conjunction*. It's a collection of mythological, spiritual, moral, hist...2 months ago
-
On a Happy New Year - We are about to experience the most social upheaval since industrialization. What will that look like in sixty years? Sinless is starting it's third yea...3 months ago
-
-
-
-
Mutants and Wizards - Heya folks, long time no see. I've just started working on something new called Mutants and Wizards. It's going to be an OSE/OSR post-apocalyptic game t...5 months ago
-
Ten Friggin Hill Cantons Wizards - 10 Wizards of the Hill Cantons # Name Description 1 Magister Dobromil the Cauterizer Specializes in magical “cleaning” of reality leaks. Wears fou...6 months ago
-
Rob Kuntz at Lucca Comics & Games 2025 - If you are planning a trip to Europe (like right now) and wish to catch up with me in person, make sure to book a detour via *Lucca Comics & Games*, ...6 months ago
-
Musings on the OSR Blogosphere and Forums - Link to discussion There are some posts on the historical OSR blog scene that I’ve read recently from the Grumpy … Continue reading →7 months ago
-
How do you do piracy… in SPACE!? - Interstellar space travel in Iridium Moons was always going to be a form of hyperspace jump like in Star Wars or Traveller. Simply because it’s the one for...7 months ago
-
A long overdue hobby update! - Welcome back to the Vault everyone! 2025 is going by in a blur; I last posted in February, almost started a post in March and now it's the end of May. W...10 months ago
-
Playing at the World 2E V2 Arrives - With the release of its second volume, the second edition of *Playing at the World *is finally complete. The two books combined total well over 1,000 ...11 months ago
-
Lexicon of Klarkash-Ton, Hierophant of Atlantis: Lupanar - This time, we follow the good High Priest to the far future, to the final continent of Earth, Zothique, for a a tale of ennui and love: Morthylla. Witho...1 year ago
-
Articulations - Creating house rules, custom rules specific to a local group or campaign, has been common throughout the history of D&D. What makes an effective house rule...1 year ago
-
Writing playlists for all occasions - Hello again! Going off the idea of inspiration elaborated on by the prior post, I also have music playing while I write my various games and fiction pieces...1 year ago
-
The Tarot of Pips - Somewhere in your dice collection is a die like this one, the humblest of dice. Although you don't know it, this small white die carries with it a secr...1 year ago
-
Pirates and Necromancers, a Play Report - Over the Thanksgiving weekend we did a lot of gaming ranging from “off-table” domain level stuff to some solo adventures to spell and magic item rese...1 year ago
-
It's been a bit - Hey everyone, I hope you are doing well! I've had a lot going on and haven't had much time to blog lately. Heres a recap of gaming events and other st...1 year ago
-
*'s in SpaaaaaAaaaace - A lot of SF (including a certain 2D6 RPG grandaddy) deal with ancient aliens taking humans from Earth and dropping them, fleas and all, on one or more w...2 years ago
-
Last move - to self-hosting! - As my vote regarding Substack in the “marketplace of ideas”, I’m moving to self-hosting. I’m now at (and hopefully staying for a long time at) Blog: ht...2 years ago
-
Osamu Tezuka (1928 - 1989) - [image: Osamu Tezuka - Shonen Magazine Cover, 1970]Shonen Magazine Cover, 1970 [image: Osamu Tezuka - Shonen Magazine Cover Illustration 1970]Shonen Maga...3 years ago
-
Clean Your Room - Looking back at my little blog here. That last post… wow, I was having fun playing WOW Classic! That was August of 1999 and I was having a blast… it was ...4 years ago
-
-
Steve Jackson Interview - James Maliszewski recently did an interview with Steve Jackson over on his Grognardia blog. Steve chats about the beginnings of The Fantasy Trip and upcomi...5 years ago
-
The Hero’s Journey 2nd Edition, Campbellian roleplaying at its best! - (this review done using the reviewers own purchased copy) I have been a James Michael Spahn fan since he wrote his Swords & Wizardry Companion. His writing...5 years ago
-
ToAD Monster of the Week: Crocoman - Now that I'm back doing the blog thing I thought I would use Tome of Adventure Design to create monsters for The Black Hack. Using the monster tables in th...6 years ago
-
OCHRE SAND - Init +0 Ranged Atk • fire burst +3 (1d14+1, 20') AC 17 HD 3d6 MV 60 Act 1d24 SP 'breath' weapon, sideslip, perfect silence, morphing Fort +5 Ref +8 Will...6 years ago
-
Strange, Dangerous, and Inhuman: The Fey and Fairie - When I was a boy I loved fairy tales. Jack and the Beanstalk, Puss in Boots, Rumpelstiltskin - I devoured all of it. My fascination that there was a strang...6 years ago
-
The Faithful - An Optional Archetype for Sharp Swords & Sinister Spells Revised Edition - Work on the revised edition of Sharp Swords & Sinister Spells is moving along. This will be a hefty tome, with a LOT of tools and new options to customiz...6 years ago
-
Dungeons & Dragonmead Fall Schedule - *As you know, I run public classic Dungeons & Dragons games at **The Loaded Die**/Metro Detroit Game Night's Board Game Nigh at **Dragonmead**, in Warren...6 years ago
-
Fiction in Airhde - On a whim this weekend, I picked up some fiction off the TLG store. *A Houseless God & Other Tales* and *The Mirrored Soul & Other Tales*, both by the T...6 years ago
-
-
Ravensburg Reboot: Streamlined City Map - I mentioned in my last post how I was tweaking and reworking parts of my Ravensburg setting. Today I streamlined the city map. The old map had lots of redu...6 years ago
-
The Withered Crag available now - I just enabled the sale of the PDF version of The Withered Crag at DriveThruRPG a few minutes ago, and the custom print version will be available startin...6 years ago
-
Annihilation Rising Goes live - The latest in Fail Squad Games’ Quick Kick projects has gone live and needs your support!! This project is only running 11 days and ends on 5/28/2019! ...6 years ago
-
James's Celebration of Life - We could not have asked for a prettier day for James's service. It was a bit chilly and windy but gorgeous. A heartfelt thank you to all that joined us tod...7 years ago
-
Trap Tuesday: A step back - I will get back to Tomb of Horrors soon. I found a topic that was interesting enough to take a break. While interacting in a 5E group on Facebook I talked ...7 years ago
-
Let's Talk About Pacing! - The idea, I think, is that the RPG is ultimately about the long game. Even rolling back to the early days of Basic & Expert, the goal of the player was...7 years ago
-
Profane and Profound Prep Part 2 - This is part 2 of my work to edit my magic items for a DMsGuild release, along with adding cursed items along the way. Here is part 1. Bone of a Saint 8000...7 years ago
-
MIDDLE DUNGEONS LEVEL FIVE 158 STAIRS. - 158 STAIRS. These stairs descend thirty feet to Area 79 on Level 6.7 years ago
-
Please, I don't do paid advertisements - don't ask. - A little note since people have asked me about this. My video channel's *not* an advertising platform, so I'm not available for hire if you want to promote...7 years ago
-
New website! - Slowly but surely, all the content here will make its way — in updated form! — to my new website: timbannock.com. For fairly obvious reasons, that site wil...7 years ago
-
Please Update Your Link! - If you're seeing this, it means your link to the Greyhawk Grognard blog is out of date. Please update your link to www.greyhawkgrognard.com (RSS feed is h...7 years ago
-
Total Sales for WB:FMAG - Hi Folks, It's been a long time since I provided an update for the sales of White Box: Fantastic Medieval Adventure Game. *LULU* Print: 396 PDF: 433 *OBS*...7 years ago
-
How can We Destroy this Campaign World? - d12 1. You must trick a bard into strumming the *Chords of Fate* on the *Lute of Annihilation* 2. Legends tell of thermonuclear weapons beneath megadunge...7 years ago
-
Mord Mar - Session 5 - We had another successful delve into the dungeon yesterday. The delvers: Moira, the Magic-User Radovan - Human Cleric (of Odin?) Khazgar Stonehand - Dwarf ...7 years ago
-
Yodeling For Yokels or The Further Misa(d&)dventures - This is the one of those posts that points out the lack of current posts. Over the last week or three, there has been postponed Labyrinth Lord (twice, one...8 years ago
-
Bundle of Fantasy Age - Bundle of Holding: Dragon Age/Fantasy Age: Available until March 12. PA Presents: Fantasy AGE Freeport live play Green Ronin in 2018 The Fantasy Age RPG ma...8 years ago
-
New Free PDF Module: The Hyqueous Vaults - A new dungeon module—written in celebration of OSRIC's 10th Birthday—by Rebecca Dettmann, Allan T. Grohe, Jr., Jimm Johnson, Matthew Riedel, Alex Zisch, a...8 years ago
-
Session XCIII: One Pissed Off Dragon! - Our ongoing Swords and Wizardry sandbox campaign... *Current Player Characters:* *Thenus* (Ranger) *Wang Du* (Monk) *Wolfheir* (Viking) *Arg* (Half-orc) ...8 years ago
-
Swords & Wizardry Light: Session # 6 - Two months after our last session (thanks to things like 8th grade finals, a 4 year-old's birthday and party, Father's Day, etc.), we finally had our next ...8 years ago

Passing on this one.
ReplyDeleteTo rich for my budget. Shame I really like Eric's art.
ReplyDeleteshould be a $1 pdf
ReplyDeleteWhen $10 can get you the .pdf of Astonishing Swordsmen and Sorcerers of Hyperborea, or .pdf of Adventurer, Conqueror, King System...
ReplyDelete@DrBargle - are you saying $20 for a PDF is too expensive?
ReplyDeleteor are you just pointing out you could buy AS&SH AND ACKS for the same price, and a lot quicker too?