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Friday, August 12, 2022

Humble Bundle - MAPS Spectacular (Campaign Cartographer 3+)

I woke up today to a pleasant surprise. A new RPG-related bundle was up on Humble Bundle - MAPS Spectacular, a Campaign Cartographer 3+ software bundle.

Campaign Cartographer is regarded by many as the best RPG mapping software money can buy. The core Campaign Cartographer software is 45 bucks at the Pro Fantasy website. You can get the Campaign Cartographer 3+ software plus a suit of addons for 30 bucks via Humble Bundle (a $438 value). If you already have CC 3+, there are smaller bundles for add ons.

Note, CC 3+ is Windows only, but you can likely use Crossover or similar software to use it on OSX or Linux.


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Thursday, August 11, 2022

Deal of the Day - Old-School Essentials Classic Fantasy: Rules Tome (and how to snag a copy and more for a buck)

Normally, I steer my readers towards Deals of the Day that I find very interesting without a second thought. The Old-School Essentials Classic Fantasy: Rules Tome is something I can recommend without a second thought when offered for 10 bucks - half off its usual PDF pricing. Under normal circumstances, snagging the OSE rules at half off is a no-brainer. So, what if I could show you how to get The Old-School Essentials Classic Fantasy: Rules Tome PDF for $1, along with six other titles?

The current Essential Classic Fantasy RPG Collection over on Humble Bundle offers the OSE Classic Fantasy: Rules Tome PDF for as low as a buck.

Seriously. Why pay more? The Humble Bundle price is good for two more weeks ar I post this.


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Wednesday, August 10, 2022

Bundle of Holding - Traveller5


Traveller was the first science fiction RPG I picked up back in my early days of gaming. I had the Starter Set, which was the original three LBBs laid out as a full-sized booklet in a box. It may have included dice, but as they were six-sided, I no longer remember, as I had plenty of those.

I never really gravitated to Mongoose Traveller when it was released, but I did get in on some version of Traveller which came on a disc and named a planet after me, with a laminated card or such. I think THAT version became Traveller 5. I could be wrong. I am far from a Traveller expert ;)

Traveller! This Traveller5 Quick Deal, featuring the Fifth Edition of the venerable Traveller tabletop science fiction roleplaying game, will be here and gone at lightspeed, so start your travels now!

For just US$17.95 you get DRM-free ebooks (retail value $69) of the complete 888-page Traveller5 Core Rules 3-Book Set, the T5 Starships & Spacecraft deck plans, and the T5 Gazelle-Class Close Escort guide.

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Tuesday, August 9, 2022

Deal of the Day - A Magical Medieval Society: Western Europe Third Edition

I have an earlier edition of A Magical Medieval Society: Western Europe and it is one of the finest resources a DM/GM could ever ask for in their fantasy RPG campaign.

I haven't looked at the 3rd edition yet, but until tomorrow morning, August 10th at 11 am eastern, A Magical Medieval Society: Western Europe Third Edition is on sale in PDF, marked down from 30 bucks in PDF (at that price, grab the print version for 35) down to 12 bucks in PDF. I can only assume the 3rd edition is better than the earlier edition I own, and I'd give the earlier edition 5 out of 5 stars.

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Monday, August 8, 2022

Talking Crit LiveStream Special Guests for the Month of August - Holy Crap! What a Lineup!

Let me state this right now - the Talking Crit Livestream on Wednesday Nights usually doesn't have a guest lined up more than a week in advance. As of 10 minutes ago, we actually have special guests lined up for the next four weeks, and its an impressive lineup :)

This Wednesday, August 10th at 8 PM Eastern we have none other than Douglas Cole of Gaming Ballistic. Doug has turned Kickstarter into an art and is the man you'd likely want to confer with before launching your first project. Doug's current Kickstarter, Old-School Solo Adventures for OSE funded in an hour.

Next Wednesday, August 17th at 8 PM Eastern Bad Mike and I will be joined by Don Semora of Wizard Tower Games. Don will be launching the D20 Delving Kickstarter at the end of this week, which includes voice-over and editing by none other than Tim Kask.

The following Wednesday, August 24th at 8 PM Eastern, we will be joined by Ben Burns of New Big Comet Games. Ben will be launching a Kickstarter later this week and is the winner of the 2022 Three Castles Award for Game Design (actually, he's won it multiple times).

The last Wednesday of the month, August 31st at 8 PM Eastern, will feature Bill and Ben Barsh of Pacesetter Games & Simulations. Pacesetter has a number of titles available with the current Essential Classic Fantasy RPG Collection at Humble Bundle.

Edit:

The first Wednesday of next month, September 7th at 8 PM Eastern, will feature Thom Wilson of Shire Con. Thom also writes old-school gaming material, an old-school zine, has a number of Kickstarter under his belt, and donates work he's written for the NTRPG Con.

Damn! I'm still impressed ;)

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Sunday, August 7, 2022

Steve's the Man! (Thanks!!!!!)

Steve's the Man! (Thanks!!!!!)
Pretty sure I've covered this aspect of my personal life before, but in case I didn't....I travel for work. Not really a road-warrior, but still more than a fair bit. The nature of my business travel is a bit on the odd side as I'm usually gone for a two-week stretch, sometimes a solid month, at a time. There are obvious up & downsides, but as far as gaming goes....well I'm grateful to be in an online group.

This weekend I'm in the middle of a two-weeker only a state away from my home base, so I was allowed to drive. This made it possible to drive to the "big city" for a whirlwind 48 hour "vacation". It really wasn't a vacay, but I spent enough money that the only reason I'm not fretting about that fact is because I'm mentally checked out vacation-wise.....and I know it was a helluva lot cheaper than it would be if I had gone to GenCon instead.

Last night was my bi-weekly online game which I played from my hotel room, which was kind of odd for me because the entire group was, for once, in the same city during the game. It would've been the perfect time to trash and stink up the GM's house like we try to trash and stink up his game......

I did briefly get to visit with my GM and then one of my fellow players...and here's a shout-out to Steve, 'cause he's the man, which will be evident really damn soon. Note to anyone everyone: Steve better not be paying for any drinks at NTRPG Con next year or I'll have to kick my own ass.

So Steve reads this blog I think everyday, not even something I'll admit to, and he read about my wonderful foray into not getting a decent copy of the Deities & Demigods. So what does Steve do? He pretty much loads up one of every 1st edition hardcover and drives out of his way to my hotel to gift it to me! Oh and he makes sure to add the very Deities & Demigods edition I was eyeballing at that other place! The story I got was that he's trying to downsize his collection and these are like 3rd or 4th copies of stuff.

Home Bar V 1.0
Pic for attention...

Sure it is Steve, sure it is. Actually I believe him, but he makes it sound like I'm doing him a favor, which is almost laughable. Well I'm going to make sure he gets a little care package of some bottles that I need to "downsize" from my collection....and I do actually have a "collection", so I'm not just making that up (version 1.0 of my home bar pictured to the right). Luckily for me his favorite liquor is also mine, and he didn't mention liking the one type that I only have six bottles of 'cause it's not made anymore and I could only get every bottle that remained in Idaho. That stuff has to last me the rest of my life.....

Clearly I'm joking a bit 'cause I'd cough up one of *those* for this extremely generous OSR gift. I have digital copies of about half of them and a couple hardcovers in "meh" shape, but to be able to have my very own copies of just about everything.

Now I know I'll still be out & about at the used bookstore looking for earlier printings, holes in my collection, and just stuff in general, but that's because I really enjoy...well, the hunt, as it was. While I'm specifically thinking of OSR materials now, I just enjoy finding other things I know friends and family collects or thing I think they'll like. You never know when you'll come across a real gem and it is fun, at least for me, to find a great gift for a friend. I'm going to go out on a limb and hope that Steve enjoys the hunt as well, and honestly you might too.

Now if you don't mind, I have a little bit of light reading to do about the Cthulhu mythos....

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