Sunday, November 30, 2014
OSR Christmas 2014 - Reaching Insane Levels of Holiday Cheer - Kicks Off on December 1st (Oh Sh!t - That's Tomorrow!)
Yes, Christmas Holiday OSR Goodness kicks off tomorrow. What's it going to be? I have no idea, as we are still getting in some amazingly generous gifts. If this keeps up, there may be some bonus days snuck into the 12 days of OSR Christmas.
So, what's new to the list of Christmas Gift Giving Generosity?
- Rob Kuntz's The Original Bottle City adventure, reprinted by Black Blade this past summer;
- Rob Kuntz's Cairn of the Skeleton King adventure, originally published by Rob's Pied Piper Publishing imprint, now out of print;
- Rob Kuntz's Tower of Blood adventure, originally published by Rob's Pied Piper Publishing imprint, now out of print;
- Rob Kuntz's and Lance Hawvermale's Campaign Treasuries supplement, originally published by Rob's Pied Piper Publishing imprint, now out of print.
The above is being donated by +Jon Hershberger and Black Blade Publishing. Jon will ship the above anywhere in the world on Black Blade's dime, so unless Jon tells me otherwise, this is a bundle of Holiday Cheer ;)
But wait, there's more!
- TWO sets of Dyson's Delves Volume I+II in Print (softcover) +Dyson Logos
- 3 PDF copies of Adventurous Locations I - The Broken Tower donated by +Anthony Hunter
- 1 full set of The Undercroft zine, shipping anywhere in the world donated by +Daniel Sell
- 3 sets of Dungeonmorph Dice (Adventurer, Explorer & Spellunker) as a bundle sent pretty much anywhere in the world. Donated by +Joe Wetzel
- two copies of the elite and very rare "A Collection of Presentations, Cartographical in Nature" donated by +matt jackson
- Print copies of Cryptworld and Timemaster donated by +Tim Snider and Goblinoid Games, as a bundle shipped anywhere in the world
- a complete set of The Manor zine in PDF, donated by by +Tim Shorts
If I've missed anything (and I probably have) let me know at tenkarsDOTtavernATgmailDOTcom. Tuesday is the last day to add to Santa's Bag of Holding ;)
and of course the previously donated loot:
- Peril and Plunder in Print donated by Jeff Carpenter
- Attack of the Frawgs (PDF), Haunting of Larvik Island (PDF), Stronghold of the Wood Giant Shaman (PDF) donated by +Stephen Newton (yes, more DCC RPG goodness)
- 2 PDF copies of the complete Straycouches collection (Crawl! and other goodies) and one Print copy of said collection donated by +Dak Ultimak
- Complete PDF Collection of Spes Magna Games releases by +Mark Chance
- A Guide to the Astral Plane (AD&D Planescape) and The Glory of Rome Campaign Sourcebook(AD&D Historical Reference) - Print copies of these TSR Classics again donated by +Mark Chance
- free commissioned piece of artwork (a4, b/w, old school styled) donated by +m foczka , a sample of whose work graces this post above
- First Sentinel Limited & One of the last Whisper & Venom boxed sets donated by Lesser Gnome Games - +Zach Glazar IS The Man. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
- Hard copy of Trolls of Mistwood (DCC) by +David Fisher
- A PDF copy of The Caves of Ortok (choose between LL, S&W, or OSRIC)
- A PDF copy of Bearing A Grudge (choose between LL, S&W, or OSRIC)
- A PDF copy of the Noh-Cha Classbook
- A sub to Issues 1-6 of Another Bunch of Content in PDF (the above donated by Infinibadger Press +Jason Paul McCartan )
- Dyson's Delves Volume I + II donated by +Tony T
- An assortment of +Purple Duck Games DCC Adventures in print (they are in The Tavern's Prize Closet - need to verify what is in there)
- 1 set of print copies of Crawling Under a Broken Moon DCC fanzine (print) +Reid San Filippo
- PDF copy of the Sunken City Omnibus (DCC) +Jon Marr
- a complete set of Crawljammer (DCC) (print) +Tim Callahan
- Complete Vivimancer and the first issue of the new zine Wizardzine (print copies) +Gavin Norman
- Castle of the Mad Archmage books in softcover +Joseph Bloch
- 12 PDFs of Far Realms, 12 PDFs of Far Realms - More Spells and 1 print version of Far Realms(holy crap if I must say so myself ;) +Rick Stump
- print copy of the S&W Player's Companion, signed +James Spahn
- PDF copy of the LL Class Compendium +James Spahn
- some gems from The Tavern's vaults (my wife is making me downsize my collection, even as I upsize it ;)
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You're going to be very busy, Tenkar Clause.
ReplyDeleteI'm not shipping or providing PDF codes - I'm just a middle man and organizer.
DeleteWell, I'm shipping goodies from my collection, but I'm no longer a clearing house ;)
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ReplyDeletenot sure why my google id isnt showing up. I was just wondering what is this all about? I guess December1st isnt over yet ;)
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