I have a shitload of stuff to review, and I'm failing badly at doing so. Work is taking up more time then it had (which means overtime and more money to spend on goodies, so I'm not really complaining) but it does mean free time is at a premium.
So, I'm letting you vote on what gets moved to the top of the review pile (one random voter gets a $5 RPGNow credit, so there is an added bonus in voting).
In no particular order:
Adventures Dark & Deep Players Manual - a AD&D 2e "what if".
City State of the Sea Kings - a new Wilderlands sourcebook / campaign.
Five Ancient Kingdoms - a new arabic twist to a classic ruleset - and no D20's either
Whitehack - a nice, compact OSR style game that steps away from the OSR
Arrows of Indra - OSR gaming inspired by the subcontinent of India
The Dungeon Alphabet, Expanded Third Printing - do I need to explain what this is? ;)
Stoneheart Valley - just noticed the S&W version says "Pathfinder" on the cover - that's going to make for some confusing retail sales.
Tome of Horrors 4 - the latest monster book from Frog God
The Free City of Eskadia - a city book for C&C
Call of Cthulhu 6th Edition - cause Halloween is right around the corner
Army Ants RPG - 'cause I almost forgot ;)
I'll leave the voting up through Saturday evening.
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Adventures Dark and Deep.
ReplyDeleteDungeon Alphabet.
Arrows of Indra.
Tome of Horrors 4
ReplyDeleteStoneheart Valley
City State of the Sea Kings
- Adventures Dark & Deep (Been on my radar for a long time.)
ReplyDelete- Stoneheart Valley (Supposed to be an update of 3E era Necromancer Games modules now updated and connected fully into a setting, would like to see how that turned out.)
- The Free City of Eskadia (Seen the Troll Lord preorder a while ago. I have the C&C rulebooks, but none of their setting stuff. Curious how that goes.)
Adventures Dark and Deep
ReplyDeleteWeren't there a few DCC RPG adventures (cough, cough) that you meant to review, but didn't get to?
ReplyDeleteone arrived today ;)
DeleteDCC Adventures can get reviewed between the others, which are mostly longer (by a wide margin) than the DCC adventures.
So, they will be my mental breaks between the longer and larger reviews ;)
City State of the Sea Kings
ReplyDeleteMichael Curtis' suggestion
Arrows of Indra.
Five Ancient Kingdoms
ReplyDeleteCity State of the Sea Kings
Arrows of Indra
Arrows of Indra is at the top of my list, followed by City State of the Sea Kings and your take on Call of Cthulhu 6th edition.
ReplyDeleteAdventures Dark & Deep Players Manual
ReplyDeleteCity State of the Sea Kings
The Free City of Eskadia
I already have Adventure Dark & Deep, but I wouldn't mind seeing a review. Tome of Horror 4. And the City-State one.
ReplyDeleteDungeon Alphabet, I'm curious what extra got added.
ReplyDeleteCity State of the Sea Kings
ReplyDeleteAdventures Dark & Deep
Arrows of Indra
The Free City of Eskadia
ReplyDeleteStoneheart Valley
City State of the Sea Kings
I vote for Five Ancient Kingdoms.
ReplyDeleteCall of Cthulhu 6.0
ReplyDeleteCity State of the Sea Kings
ReplyDeleteAdventures Dark & Deep
Five Ancient Kingdoms
Call of Cthulhu 6.0
ReplyDeleteCity State of the Sea Kings
ReplyDeleteCity State of the Sea Kings
City State of the Sea Kings
In that order... :)
Arrows of Indra
ReplyDelete5 Ancient Kingdoms (I'll throw JB a bone - I read his blog all the time)
Adventures Dark & Deep Players Manual
I've been intrigued by your previous mentions of 'Whitehack' and 'Five Ancient Kingdoms', and would also be interested on hearing your take on 'Call of Cthulhu'.
ReplyDeleteCity State of the Sea Kings
ReplyDeleteAdventures Dark & Deep
Whitehack
Whitehack, 5 Ancient Kingdoms, Adventures Dark & Deep.
ReplyDeleteAdventures Dark and Deep
ReplyDeleteTome of Horrors 4
Whats new in the expanded Dungeon Alphabet
Arrows of Indra!
ReplyDeleteAdventures Dark and Deep!
Five Ancient Kingdoms!
Arrows of Indra
ReplyDeleteCity State of the Sea Kings
Stoneheart Valley
City State of the Sea Kings
ReplyDeleteCall of Cthulhu 6th ed.
Arrows of Indra
ReplyDeleteFive ancient kingdoms
AD&D PM
Army Ants, Whitehack, Five Ancient Kingdoms
ReplyDeleteWhitehack! It's a game that needs more love.
ReplyDeleteCity State of the Sea Kings
5AK
Adventures Dark & Deep
ReplyDeleteCity State of the Sea Kings
City State of the Sea Kings
ReplyDeleteCity State of the Sea Kings
ReplyDeleteArrows of Indra
Whitehack
(in any order)
Adventures Dark and Deep
ReplyDeleteWhitehack
Arrows of Indra
City State of the Sea Kings!
ReplyDeleteAdventures Dark and Deep! Adventures Dark and Deep! Adventures Dark and Deep!
ReplyDeleteBut yeah, City state of the Sea Kings too, because it's a terrific book for us JG fans, and Chris is a great guy in person.
Adventures Dark and Deep
ReplyDeleteI want to see what it's like from your perspective. Since it's in print through RPGnow instead of LuLu, I can't wrangle a deal for it, and I can't combine it into one of my larger lulu orders... so I'm hesitant to pick it up.
City State of the Sea Kings
ReplyDeleteStoneheart Valley
Whitehack
I would love to see your thoughts on Army Ants, but I get it that there are only so many hours in the day, and you have a big pile of awesome to sort through. Thanks for including my game in the semi-finals!
ReplyDeleteCity State of the Sea Kings!
ReplyDeleteI vote for:
ReplyDeleteCity State
Adventures dark and deep
Dungeon Alphabet
Adventures Dark and Deep
ReplyDeleteFive Ancient Kingdoms
Army Ants
City State of the Sea Kings
ReplyDeleteArrows of Indra
...
and...
The Free City of Eskadia, mostly because I never heard of it and cities are always (mostly?) cool...
City StaTe of the Sea Kings
ReplyDeleteStoneheart Valley
Five Ancient Kingdoms
White hack, Five Ancient Kingdoms, Army Ants
ReplyDelete1) Adventures Dark & Deep Players Manual
ReplyDelete2) City State of the Sea Kings
3) Stoneheart Valley
City state of the sea kings.
ReplyDelete1) Adventures Dark & Deep PM
ReplyDelete2) Five Ancient Kingdoms
3) Call of Cthulhu 6e
Adventures Dark & Deep
ReplyDeleteJust to be different I'm going for Whitehack - interested to hear how it steps away from the OSR.
ReplyDeleteOther than that got to love a bit of City-States action ;)
Arrows of Indra
ReplyDeleteFive Ancient Kingdoms
Whitehack
Adventures Dark and Deep followed by Call of Cthulu..
ReplyDelete