Deal of the Day - Musicland (OSR Adventure / BRW Games)

Today's DriveThruRPG Deal of the Day is Joe Bloch's / BRW's Musicland.

You’re trapped in a land where musical instruments are alive, and music itself is created. 

But beware – there are dangers aplenty beyond the living instruments who serve the King of All Instruments.

Criminals, demons, monsters, and even weird creatures to whom music itself is anathema all stand in your way.

Can you find your way home from this bizarre and fascinating place? 

Musicland can be used as a stand-alone adventure or as an expansion to the Castle of the Mad Archmage™ megadungeon campaign. 

Musicland is written using the Adventures Dark and Deep™ rules, and is compatible with most Old School type rules with little or no conversion neede

Normally 4.95 in PDF, until tomorrow morning at 11 am Eastern, Musicland is on sale for 2.97

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Kickstarter - Adventures Great and Glorious (Old-school RPG rules for high-level characters)

BRW Games, AKA Joe Bloch, has been producing old school gaming material for years. Perhaps best known for his Castle of the Mad Archmage megadungeon, Joe has done four prior Kickstarters. The secret to his success? They've all been written prior to the Kickstarter launch. Kickstarter funds fund the art. I like the way Joe does things :)

So, what do the Adventure Great & Glorious rules include:

• Clearing territory and attracting followers and settlers in the wilderness
• Becoming functionaries and courtiers and sharing in the intrigues of a royal court
• Governing territories, collecting taxes, creating mines, and dealing with the unexpected events of rulership
• The Long Game, with campaign turns, campaign actions, events, and families
• Mass combat, with simple rules that let the players take center stage at the critical moment and help decide the outcome of the battle
• New secondary skills, treasure, magic items, and spells 

It's designed with Adventures Dark and Deep in mind, but should work with most other old-school RPG rules with little to no tinkering. 

The book is written. Now I'm looking to Kickstart the project to bring the book to life.
The funds raised here will be used to pay for the same high-quality art you've come to expect in other BRW Games RPG books, as well as professional copy editing. This will be my fifth Kickstarter; all of my previous campaigns have been successfully completed and most shipped early.

PDF only is 10 bucks. PDF plus POD softcover is 9 bucks (about 5 bucks plus shipping) So, it's cheaper to get the POD softcover with PDF than it is to simply get the PDF. I understand why Joe priced it as such (as there is an additional cost for the POD and shipping) but it does make it cheaper to back for the PDF plus POD softcover and never use the POD coupon than it is for the PDF by itself.

Needless to say, I backed for 9 bucks without hesitation ;)

Hardcover POD plus PDF is 19 bucks (plus an estimated 10 bucks to print plus shipping) I may upgrade before the time runs out ;)

Kickstarter - Castle of the Mad Archmage: Musicland (OSR)

Its time to catch up on some Kickstarters, both old and new (or a bit of both)

Castle of the Mad Archmage: Musicland is the latest Kickstarter by +Joseph Bloch . Technically an add on or expansion to CotMA it should be playable as a stand alone adventure, simply because its a parallel dimension. Makes me think of some classic Gygax adventures. Imagine that...

Already at 4 times its funding goal in just over a week, all physical copies are accounted for. Yep, you read that right. There were 99 limited print copies and they've all been pledged for.

5 bucks gets you Musicland in PDF. 30 bucks gets you the PDF bundle that includes all of the Castle of the Mad Archmage releases - including this one.

I had a blast running the original CotMA megadungeon with my "B-Team". We never finished it but that seems par for the course with my gaming groups, but thats okay. Its the journey, not the destination that matters most.

This is the third expansion to the Castle of the Mad Archmage megadungeon adventure. In this adventure, the characters are catapulted to a parallel dimension called Musicland where musical instruments are alive, people speak in musical notes, and the King of Instruments produces melodies that embody the Platonic ideal of music itself.  

Not only will the adventurers need to navigate this strange and deadly place, but they will need to figure out a way home, as well. But where there is great peril, there is always promise of great reward, and treasures both mundane and magical await those who enter Musicland. 

Written for Adventures Dark & Deep, Musicland should play well with most any OSR ruleset. We used Swords & Wizardry Complete with CotMA and it was seamless.

Alright, expect some Folio when I awake in the morning...

BRW Games (Adventures Dark & Deep / Castle of the Mad Archmage) 20% PDF Sale and Random Drawing

+Joseph Bloch 's BRW Games is running a 20% off PDF sale as well as a drawing for print prizes for those who purchase PDFs (from Joe's blog)

As we head slowly into the summer months, I thought I'd do an impromptu sale, with a contest to boot! 

From Saturday May 6, 2017 through Sunday May 14, 2017, all print-possible pdf titles will be 20% off. 

In addition, anyone purchasing a pdf version of a title (that has a print version) will be included in a special drawing. Two lucky winners will win a free upgrade to a softcover version of the title, and one lucky winner will get a free upgrade to hardcover (if available)! 

Shipping to the United States is included. Outside of the U.S. you will be asked to make up the difference in shipping costs. But the books themselves are still free! 

Purchases of titles that do not have a print version will not be included in the drawing. But if you get a print title, and want to try for a second copy, more power to you! The following titles have print options available:

A Curious Volume of Forgotten Lore Adventures Dark and Deep Bestiary 

Adventures Dark and Deep Game Masters ToolkitAdventures Dark and Deep Players Manual 

Castle of the Mad Archmage Adventure Book Castle of the Mad Archmage Adventure Book (Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Edition)Castle of the Mad Archmage Illustration Book 

Castle of the Mad Archmage Map Book Castle of the Mad Archmage Expansion - Level Three East 

The Golden Scroll of Justice

This offer does not apply to the Adventures Dark and Deep bundle, but does apply to both the Castle of the Mad Archmage bundles (OSR and Pathfinder). 

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