Get Unique Portait Stock Art and Support Fat Goblin Games

Life as a self-publisher is often hand to mouth, with usually little if any sort of "emergency funds". Rick Hershey is the main man at Fat Goblin Games and is quite talented as an artist. He did the logo for my Torchlight Zine, and I often snag pieces of his stock art when I can.

Fat Goblin Games is offering stock art exclusively through a Paypal Donation that won't be available elsewhere.

I'm in for 100 myself. I love the samples we've been shown thus far, and my mind is already rolling with ideas :)

Here's the link

Help us meet our goal!

It's time we get a new vehicle, something more reliable and a bit newer. But generating those extra funds can be difficult when you are an artist and a small TTRPG publisher. So, I am running this fundraiser to help with that!  

I've been working on a new style of watercolor and inks for my own projects, but also with the idea that I would like to produce art closer to the illustrators that inspired me as a kid. That said, I have mostly focused on fairly normal studies, and nothing I would say comes close to the "fantasy" of TTRPGs. To help reach our goal, this entire set of 25 Exclusive portraits is completed in this style. 

When you donate $100 (or more) you will receive the 25 base portraits.

Each time we reach a $1000 milestone, I will add 10 more portraits to the set.

If we fully fund, I expect to have all completed and delivered before November. They will be sent via email (so please make sure you include your email when donating).

The portraits are EXCLUSIVE here and will not be sold as stock art elsewhere, they will also include our standard license.

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Bundle of Holding - Fat Goblin Planners

I've been a fan of Fat Goblin Games for years. They publish some of the most useful, system-neutral material I've ever seen, and I'm currently tempted by the planners included in the Fat Goblin Games Planner Bundle of Holding.

For just US$7.95 you get all fourteen titles in our Planner Collection (retail value $55) as DRM-free ebooks:

• Five campaign planners: Cartographer's Companion, DIY Monster Manual, Gamemaster's Star Log, Pocket Campaign Planner, and Starmaster's Campaign Journal (for Starfinder)
• Four gamemaster journals (all previously in our Worldbuilder's Toolkit 4, November 2016): Allies and Adversaries Journal, Gamemaster's Adventure Planner, Monster Memoir, and Worldbuilding Journal
• Three class-oriented journals and record books for D&D Fifth Edition characters: 5th Edition Cleric's Chronicle, Fighter's Chronicle, and Wizard's Chronicle
• The Roleplayer's Arcane Spellbook and Roleplayer's Divine Prayerbook

I suspect I'll get more than value for my dollars even leaving the D&D 5e titles on the table ;)

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Huge Fat Goblin Games Sale - Most of the Catalogue is Priced at a Buck a Piece

Here's your link to the Fat Goblin page at DriveThruRPG:

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/3865/Fat-Goblin-Games?affiliate_id=1446

There's even a sale on Stock Art.

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Fat Goblin Games has some One Dollar Stock Art Selections - Limited Time

Fat Goblin Games has a limited selection of stock art for a buck, limited time only.

Follow THIS LINK and you will see a selection of One Dollar stock art collections.

Note - Not everything is on sale at a buck, but that which os is well worth the price of admission.

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Fat Goblin Games "One Dollar Sale - Some OSR and GM Tools are Included

Fat Goblin Games is running a "One Dollar Sale" on many of their lines of releases (not all). Much of it is Pathfinder, so if that strikes your fancy, have at it. There is, however, some OSR goodness and some GM tools included in the sale.

The OSR releases include the following at a buck a piece:

Bride of the Darkened Rider, an adventure for the DCC RPG

Basilisk Goggles and Wishing Wells, a magic item resource for LL and other OSR games

Sinister Serpents: New forms of Dragonkind - I reviewed this a while back. Its a very nice way to keep your players on their toes.

GM Resources include the following at a buck a piece:

The GM's Cartographer Companion

The GM's World Building Journal

The GM's Adventure Planner

The GM's Monster Memoir

The GM's Allies and Adversaries Journal

The Master Player's Adventures Journal

The GM's Star Log

Don't forget the OSR Extravaganza Sale :)

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Stock Art - Publisher's Choice - Fantasy Collection - Over 450 Quality Public Domain Images

If you've been following The Tavern over the last week or so, you'll have noticed I've been using some public domain art as inspiration for new Swords & Wizardry creatures.

Imagine my pleasant surprise when I found out that Fat Goblin Games has put together a collection of over 450 public domain fantasy themed art pieces for less than 20 bucks.

Color me pleased ;)

There are 7 categories in 7 zip files. These are large zips. Don't say you weren't warned.

Sample from the Fantasy Collection

Just so everyone knows - I bought this collection shortly before this post. I'll do a follow up post as I wade through the abundance of images :)

Fantasy Collection - Over 450 Quality Public Domain Images 

This collection of Public Domain stock art has been hand-picked and presented in this massive download for you to use in your own products. Now, we didn't just grab some public domain art and toss it together, each image has been adjusted, modified, cleaned, and prepped for your use. You can expect the following; 

Images are divided into 7 categories (color illustrations, creatures, environments, figures, graphics, illustrations, items) 

All images are 300dpi tiffs 

All images have been cleaned up, touched up, ready for use. 

All images are presented at their max recommended usage size (many of which are 8x10) 

All images have been hand-picked for their usability, uniqueness, and overall quality. 

Publisher's Choice Stockart is provided to aid new publishing companies in creating high-quality publications by providing the design essentials to compete with larger competitors. In addition, the line is perfect for adding fresh new content to the seasoned publisher's art library and aiding in keeping design budgets manageable.

Artwork License: A PDF copy of our license is included, allowing our customers to alter or modify any illustration in this set, in addition to rules on crediting, etc.

Remember, all purchases using The Tavern's OBS affiliate links puts 5% of your purchase price into The Tavern's coffers. Don't leave that money on the table for the greedy corps! Tip your barman!  ;)

Fat Goblin Games - Old School / Labyrinth Lord - 1 Buck a Book - 24 Hour Sale

Fat Goblin Games has marked its selection of Old School / Labyrinth Lord releases down to a buck each for the next 24 hours.

Now, while I do not have experience with the Bestiarum Vocabulum series of releases, I do own both Basilisk Goggles & Wishing Wells and Sinister Serpents: New Forms of Dragonkind. They are amazing values at full price, let alone a buck.

Remember, all purchases using The Tavern's OBS affiliate links puts 5% of your purchase price into The Tavern's coffers. Don't leave that money on the table for the greedy corps! Tip your barman!  ;)

Fat Goblin Games - The Hoarde's Hoard Bundle! - $464 Worth for $30

Fat Goblin Games has a HUGE bundle good through tomorrow.

How huge?

$464 worth.

How much?

30 Bucks

The Hoarde's Hoard Bundle! Take a peek and see if there is anything you like...

The Gamemaster's Allies & Adversaries Journal (Systemless / Fat Goblin Games)

Earlier this week, Fat Goblin Games sent me a copy of The Gamemaster's Allies and Adversaries Journal. Simply put, it's PDF fillable sheets (and printable, non-fillable sheets too) for NPCs, guilds and organizations, as deep as you need or as sparse as you want. Heck, there's even a family tree.

If you're like me and often run adventures off the cuff, inventing history and personalities on the spot as your players go off in directions you weren't prepared for, sheets like this will save your ass when the party loops around 6 sessions later and are looking for that NPC bartender you made up on the spot. Just put him on a sheet the moment you created him and he'll never be lost again ;)

Disclaimer - Yep, I got this for free. If you want a copy, its $2.95 for the various PDFs in the package. I may scare my players in my next campaign, as I'll actually be organized. No? More organized maybe? Anyhow, each purchase through the above link is 15 cents or so in my pocket. I'm mentioning this because I think the product is well worth the price. Don't buy it solely to put nickels in my pockets. They have holes.

The Gamemaster's Allies and Adversaries Journal is perfect for game designers, novelists, and especially gamemasters wanting to keep track of all non-player characters in their world. 

This product is designed as a blank journal for you to catalog all the various non-player characters you’ve created for your campaign world. The book is broken down into 6 chapters. 

Major Non-player Characters is for those important NPCs. World-shaking villains, emperors, and kings, and mighty wizards. These are the types of characters that shape the lands and it’s people for good or bad. 

Minor Non-player Characters are important, but typically on a more personal level. They can be allies and family to the player characters, local adversaries and royalty, or just the local innkeeper. 

General Non-player Characters are characters that are minor in your campaign, but the players will often meet more than once. These can be travelling merchants, town guards, woodland hermits, talking animals, and so forth. 

Simple Non-player Characters are typically one-time encounters or spare personalities you can use in a pinch. Store owners, travellers at the inn, citizens of a village, and anything else you might have created or think you might need one game. 

Guilds & Organizations is a catch-all for any groups that several NPCs might belong, such as thieves guilds, royal families, adventuring parties, tribes, etc. 

The Family Tree section provides several blank forms for characters and NPCs that have important family ties to others in the setting. These are Simple, but space is given to expand upon.  

PDF Version: This version is 21 pages long  and includes a single copy of each form with no background and minimalistic design. Perfect for printing out as many copies as you want and including them in your own compilation. 

PDF Version 2: This version includes the 286-page version of the print book. 

Form-fillable files: Zip folder including each form as an individual pdf and form-fillable. 

Print Version (premium): This book is 286 pages with decorative backgrounds and design. Divided into 6 chapters. Will be available soon.

Fat Goblin Games is Running a $1 Sale on Nearly Everything - Stock Art Heaven

This Fat Goblin Games sale is only running until sometime tonight.

I'm more than happy to take suggestions for non-pathfinder supplements, but right now I am raiding the stock art.

At a buck a piece for everything but the stock art subscriptions it's hard to ho wrong.