Deal of the Day - Tome of Essential Horrors 1 (OSE)

Need more creatures for your OSR campaign? The Tome of Essential Horrors from Frog God Games/Necromancer Games may be just what you need. I've always enjoyed the various Tome of Horrors releases from FGG, and The Tome of Essential Horrors is simply more creature goodness. Until tomorrow morning, The Tome of Essential Horrors is the Deal of the Day, marked down to 7.20 (normally 17.99).

It has been over 20 years since Necromancer Games first unleashed the Tome of Horrors, and our philosophy has not changed... everybody needs more monsters! Necromancer Games has always been known for its monsters, and with the Tome of Essential Horrors, we would like to introduce those unique and mysterious creatures to your Old-School Essentials table.

This beast of a book contains over 100 monsters and brings classic monsters from Frog God Games and Necromancer Games to OSE referees and players. Each entry includes a full OSE stat block, classic black-and-white art, and an interesting encounter that highlights the creature.

The Tome of Essential Horrors contains all you need to gleefully exceed your players' expectations. Can the heroes escape the clutches of the witch tree, the riptide horror, or the cave fisher? Will they survive the pyrolisk’s conflagration gaze? We cannot guarantee a TPK every time, but you’ll have buckets of fun trying!

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Kickstarter - Arden's Adventures/Arden's Notebook: An OSE 'Zine Series (Necromancer Games)

Quick note! Skeeter Green and Zach Glazar are the Special Guests on Talking Crit Live! Wednesday, June 5th @ 8PM ET - Skeeter worked on the Arden's series of zines for Necromancer Games, and Zach is an executive of Necromancer Games / Frog God Games. Link to the stream here.

Another note! I know Skeeter and Zach not just on a professional level but also on a personal level. Both are close friends and skilled and talented creators of old-school gaming material. 'Nuff Said! Tenkar

I'm a big fan of RPG zines. They are the perfect size for my consumption of gaming goodness and are convenient for both on-the-go reading AND when one HAS to go. Heh :)

Four zines in one Kickstarter for Old School Essentials from Frog God Games / Necromancer Games. Could I ask for more? Probably not.

I'm backing Arden's Adventures/Arden's Notebook Kickstarter at the $40 backer level - all 4 zines in print and PDF. International backers CAN opt for POD, which would make for cheaper shipping.

Arden's Adventures is a full-color zine that brings back the feel of classic adventures, where the characters are as likely to die in the second room as they are to find vast and unimaginable treasures and high adventure!

Arden's Notebook is a serialized supplement inspired by Arden's Adventures. The Notebook delivers useful information for the adventure, ideas to make your own, and regular columns such as Helman’s Haberdashery, Role Call!, Igbat's Incantarium, Zoo-Illogical, and more. And Tropes, our original comic strip, illustrated by the wonderful Chet Minton, is pretty darn cool!

All four zines are 28 to 32 pages, A5-sized, and saddle-stitched. To be precise, the page counts are as follows:

• Arden's Adventures Volume 1 is 32 pages.
• Arden's Notebook Volume 1 is 28 pages.
• Arden's Adventures Volume 2 is 32 pages.
• Arden's Notebook Volume 2 is 32 pages.

 

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Kickstarter - A Lifetime of Adventure: 66 Adventures for Fantasy RPGs

Mix and match from Frog God and Necromancer Games' past adventures. Includes 5e, OSR, C&C, DCC, OSE, and system-neutral modules.

I find it amazing that Frog God Games and Necromancer Games have published so many adventures over the past decade and a half, maybe longer.

A Lifetime of Adventure: 66 Adventures for Fantasy RPGs Kickstarter offers 66 releases from FGG and Necro at bundle prices.

You can mix and match within the various rules system, and the more you buy, the cheaper the cost per book.

Welcome to a Lifetime of Adventure from Frog God Games and Necromancer Games! Why a lifetime of adventure, you ask? Because we're offering more than 60 adventures and supplements we've crafted during the past six years — that's more than enough adventure to keep you busy for a long, long time!

Just for this Kickstarter, we're offering these exciting softcover books at a fantastic discount, all in one convenient place! We've included a selection of our past products, which makes this the perfect time to pick up anything you missed out on. You'll find bundles of PDFs and books that you can customize to enrich your gaming experience — no matter your preferred gaming system.

What gaming systems are included? 

In this Kickstarter, you can choose from adventures designed for 5e, Old-School Renaissance (OSR), Old-School Essentials (OSE), and Castles & Crusades (C&C). We're also including Dungeon Crawl Classics (DCC), the newest system we have just started to support. You'll also find system-neutral products that can be dropped into any game.

Does the physical book come with the PDF?

Yes, every physical book you select comes with its matching PDF. You can put the real book on the shelf and use the PDF at the gaming table.

 

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Indigogo - Double Holiday Feature from Necromancer Games (OSR, C&C, 5e)

I've always enjoyed the various Frog God Games / Necromancer Games holiday-themed adventures. As we get closer to the holiday season, Necromancer Games has two such releases in one Indigogo.

The Feast of the Fork is the Thanksgiving Day release, while The Twelve Days of Christmas is (obviously) the Christmas release. 

The two releases' PDFs will "ship" in November, while the Print copies are expected in December.

Get ready to deck the halls with a double dose of festive thrills in Necromancer Games’ latest holiday adventure releases! This holiday season, we're bringing you two unforgettable quests that promise excitement, mystery, and a touch of magic!

Prepare for a celebration like no other in this exhilarating adventure written by Alasdair Cunningham. This adventure takes place in the rugged Northlands of the Lost Lands, on a small island where the Hardöen River forks under the might of the Andøvan Mountains. Here, the people can be as grim as the lands in which they dwell, and old angers can fester. In one case, a decades-old dispute between rival families decimated both sides until cooler heads finally prevailed. The peace is celebrated annually with a six-day long celebration known as the Feast of the Fork which is filled with bouts of ale-drinking, pie-eating, and singing … until the first body appears. A wandering shapeshifter named Shadovar hopes to open old wounds and set the families against each other once more. Can you thwart Shadovar's plans and restore peace to this beloved celebration?

This adventure is compatible with 5e, OSR, and Castles & Crusades and suitable for 4-6 adventurers (Tier 1, Level 3-4, and Level 6-8, respectively). 

In this thrilling adventure penned by Rhiannon Louvre, Old Father Yule needs help cleansing Yuletown of foul magic that corrupts the great Yule Tree and makes the citizens fall ill. If the town isn’t cleansed in time for the Yuletide, Father Yule won’t be able to deliver his gifts and blessings to all good children — possibly never again! Even more importantly, winter itself may fall into the domain of a terrible evil, a grave danger to all living things. In The 12 Days of Orcus it’s up to you to defeat the malevolent minions of Orcus and save Yuletown from an unthinkable fate. Will you rise to the challenge and restore the magic of the season? Your epic holiday adventure begins here!

Perfect for fans of 5e, OSR, and Castles & Crusades, this adventure invites 4-6 brave souls (Tier 2, Level 5-7, and Level 9-12) to confront an ancient evil threatening the very essence of Yuletown.

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Kickstarter - Tome of Essential Horrors 2 (OSE)

Frog God Games and Necromancer Games are back with a new book for Old-School Essentials containing over 100 new monsters.

Before The Year That Shall Not Be Named, I often worked at the Frog God Games table at various conventions. Frog God also published my Swords & Wizardry Light Rules. There was a period when The Tenkar's Tavern Discord hosted Frog God Games' Official Discord presence. I'm also friends with many of the owners at Frog God. So yes, there are some connections ;)

Tome of Essential Horrors 2 for OSE is Frog God Games/Necromancer Games' latest Kickstarter. Tome of Essential Horrors 2 is 15 bucks in PDF and 48 bucks in print plus PDF (POD for International Backers or Standard Hardcover: Offset printed A5 hardcover version that will be printed on an offset printer overseas, meaning it is traditionally printed). Both of these come with PDF stretch goals. Shipping is not included with the print versions. If you want the stretch goals in print, you need to back for the foil cover Deluxe Edition. Damn, very tempting...

Tome of Essential Horrors 2 is a 150-plus-page hardcover book containing monsters (most in gorgeous black-and-white art) with fully designed stat blocks for you to pluck out and use in your own OSE game. Each entry is designed with Advanced Fantasy Old-School Essentials in mind, but totally compatible with both Classic Fantasy and Advanced Fantasy OSE, plus any and all classic “BX” versions of the world’s most popular roleplaying game.

 

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Humble Bundle - Pathfinder 1e Kobold & Frog God Bundle

I am very much NOT a Pathfinder fan, regardless of edition. That being said, I own a surprising amount of Pathfinder 1e material, mostly setting-related, as I find I can convert such to the OSR system of my choice with minimal effort. YMMV.

The latest RPG-related bundle on Humble Bundle is a Pathfinder 1e Kobold & Frog God Bundle. 69 books for 25 bucks. Seriously, go big or go home :)

The Lost City of Barakus, Rappan Athuk, and Stoneheart Valley are worth the price of admission on their own.

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Kickstarter - The End of Everything: Epic 5e Adventure to Save the World (Frog GodGames)

Crops are failing, the undead rise, an ancient evil stirs in the north, and even magic seems tainted — why is everything failing?

I enjoy campaign books that take characters from 1st to name level or beyond, even if I don't always run them. They offer value for money, and a well-written campaign will entertain for months or longer.

The End of Everything Kickstarter is written by Alex Kammer and Alan Patrick. Alex has been writing some SOLID RPG adventures for years, and his gaming convention, GameHole, is one of the best one can attend. My only complaint is that the only flavor it comes in is 5e. 

Is there a group of adventurers that has the grit, bravery, and tenacity to stop The End of Everything?

Sure ... massive, sprawling, and dangerous D&D campaigns are cool, but what about one imbued with the cosmic horror of the Cthulhu mythos?! If you dare, dive into the pages of this enormous new campaign adventure: The End of Everything!

Epic Adventure, Full Campaign

The End of Everything is a brand-new and 100%-finished campaign and setting book that takes characters from 1st through 12th level. As soon as this Kickstarter campaign concludes, backers at the $25 pledge level and above will receive a link to download the full PDF of the book. The book features entirely new material and information regarding the fascinating Haunted Steppes region of The Lost Lands, including revised and more detailed regional maps; several new town and village maps and accompanying setting lore; many new and expanded monsters; the Gnoll, a new playable race; the Geomancer, a new arcane tradition; four new setting-specific character backgrounds; new magic items; new and simple mass combat rules (why would anyone need that? 😊); and, of course, Corruption Value, a new game mechanic described below.

REMEMBER! The entire project is complete and will deliver digitally shortly after the Kickstarter campaign ends.

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Kickstarter - Tome of Horrors: Enemies of the Valiant (TotV and 5e)

Ah, the OGL debacle from earlier this year. It was a scary time. It was a beautiful time. It was nice to see third-party publishers pulling together for the common good. One of the more direct results of the OGL drama was Kobold Press's Tales of the Valiant (even though the seeds to TotV were planted last summer).

Many third-party publishers are still wary of supporting D&D 5e directly, but with Tales of the Valiant, they can support 5e and a capable system that they will never lose access to.

Which brings us to Tome of Horrors: Enemies of the Valiant. Written for both TotV and 5e, Enemies of the Valiant brings creatures from recent Frog God Games and Necromancer Games releases (as well as totally new adversaries) under a single cover. PDF is 25 bucks, Hardcover is 45 (POD is available for overseas backers)

In our latest bestiary, Frog God Games and Necromancer Games brings a host of creatures to Core Fantasy Roleplaying, the new 5e-compatible system from Kobold Press.  This massive collection of more than 200 creatures includes several thematic sections, including class-based characters (NPCs), Winter Holiday Specials, and creatures from Tehuatl (a South American-themed locale), along with the main volume of creatures large and small (and gargantuan and …).  None of these creatures have been published in our previous Tome of Horrors collections, and all are freshly written using the most updated guidelines from the Core Fantasy Roleplaying ruleset provided by Kobold Press.

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Humble Bundle - Classic Swords & Sorcery TTRPGs

Holy crap! This RPG collection just went live on Humble Bundle and it's stunning! Not just OSR releases, but some truly classic D20 era picks.

My OSR picks, simply best of the best, are:

Monstrosities, Dark Secrets Darker Secrets RPG, The Beaten Path series, Gangbusters B/X RPG, Hall of the Rainbow Mage, and a bunch of others. Damn, it's such a good selection!

My D20-era picks are:

Rappan Athuk: Reloaded, Demonheart, Lost City of Barakus, Tome of Horrors, The Bonegarden, Book of Taverns, and a few others.

I'm already in for 25 bucks. 54 RPG releases. Impossible to beat...

The sweet spot of the Classic Swords & Sorcery TTRPGs Bundle is 25 bucks. Unless you need a print copy of Monstrosities, which you can step up to get in print.

Gritty fantasy, bands of thieves & barbarians, and dark necromancy rule in this treasure trove of tabletop RPG resources! This eclectic collection of rulebooks, campaign settings, and supplements explores the pulpier side of fantasy role-playing. Delve into Rappan Athuk, the world’s deadliest dungeon. Discover Wonders of the Ages in the Tome of Artifacts. Stock your temples, forests, and seas with creatures of the massive, popular Monstrosities tome. Get all the digital goods for $25, or double down with the 580+ page softcover edition of Monstrosities for $65—and help support Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society with your purchase!

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Frog God Games Sale - 50%-60% Off Nearly Everything! Early Black Friday is Here!

Frog God Games is running some Black Friday Sales at DTRPG and their own Frog God storefront and the price cuts are DEEP. 

Everything Frog God Games has in digital format at DriveThruRPG is  60% off. All of the new releases from Necromancer Games are 60% off at DriveThruRPG.

Over at the Frog God Webstore, the discount is 50% off print and PDF prices using the coupon code: MOST-ORCUS-TIME-2022

Did I mention Frog God Games is also offering a holiday-themed freebie? Grab The Terrible Yule Cat for OSE, C&C, and 5e for free!

So, some of my picks are, in no particular order and no preference to the storefront (get your print copies directly from the Frogs and your PDF only from DriveThruRPG)

Lost Lands (Setting Book) - one of the best fantasy settings available, bar none. System neutral, so run it with S&W, OSE, Dungeon Fantasy, The Fantasy Trip - whatever you desire.

Tehuatl (Setting Book) - a mesoamerican themed setting, it is very well done and does a great job showing respect to the setting. Like the Lost Lands setting, it is system neutral.

Rappan Athuk (mega-dungeon) - a timeless mega-dungeon. Available in the "classic" S&W version or the new shiny 5e version, either way, you can't go wrong.

Monstrosities (monster book) - for S&W, every creature has a hook or mini-adventure attached to it. If you don't already have a copy, snag it now.

Moon Daughter's Fate (adventure)- for S&W and 5e, Moon Daughter's Fate has its root in traditional Chinese folklore, not something that you find all that often in an RPG adventure.

The Midderlands (setting) - this is the 5e version of Glynn Seal's fantastic faux Britan setting.

How Orcus Stole Christmas (adventure) - James Spahn at his best. Available in S&W, PF1e, and 5e flavors.

Much, much more ;)

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Preorder - Heart of St. Bathus (Frog God Games / OSE)

So, Frog God Games is currently Kickstarting the 5e version of Heart of St. Bathus. They are not Kickstarting the OSE version of Heart of Bathus, but instead are taking preorders, which will only be processed and charged if "there are 125 (orders) placed by Saturday, December 17, 2022. All of the extras from the KS, including Encounters in the Under Realms, will be available for purchase in the OSE version when the pre-order versions of the main book are released to pre-order customers. The OSE version will be an A5 hardcover. The add-on softcovers will be A5 and made available when the Heart of St. Bathus OSE Hardcover fulfillment occurs in one shipment."

I placed my preorder the moment I saw this on the Frog God website.

Frog God Games presents another adventure in The Lost Lands! A spiritual sequel to The Lost City of Barakus has arisen from the imagination of its author, W.D.B. Kenower. Long ago, a bold paladin sought the same glory as his celebrated ancestors, but in a moment of weakness he gave up his own soul in exchange for success in battle. He now lies suspended between life and death, and his soul is lost. It’s up to the adventurers to find it and redeem a fallen paladin while facing the wrath of a powerful demon lord in the process.

Heart of St. Bathus is a sandbox-style campaign for the Old-School Essentials Retro Adventure Game, designed to take a party of characters from Level 3 to Level 12. Answering an appeal for aid from the monks of Goodheart Abbey, the adventurers set off in search of a famed paladin’s lost soul, venturing first to a cursed fortress and then into the labyrinthine depths beneath. But it’s far from a simple mission: The soul — and the heart-shaped jewel to which it is bound — have been stolen by a cunning devil who has taken it to her citadel far below within the twisting passages of the Cyclopean Deeps. And the Heart’s true master, an imprisoned demon lord, lurks in the darkest corners of the realm, hoping to use the unwitting adventurers to aid in his escape. The soul of a brave paladin hangs in the balance as the adventurers delve into dark and unknown regions!

Purchasing this product is a pre-order of the Heart of St. Bathus adventure for the Old-School Essentials Retro Adventure Game. After the Pre-Order campaign ends, customers will receive a code allowing the purchase of the book at cost at DriveThruRPG.com. The printing of each book is currently estimated to be $27.00. Preorder customers will be paying the same or less than the book’s retail price after the Pre-Order campaign ends.

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Indiegogo - Beware the Yule Cat (OSE, C&C, and 5e)

I do enjoy a good holiday-themed adventure to read and even occasionally play ;) Frog God Games has had a strong run of amazing Christmas-themed adventures, and Beware the Yule Cat looks like it will hit a similar high water mark as its predecessors. 

Beware the Yule Cat is 12 bucks in PDF or 24 bucks (plus shipping) for print plus PDF. There is a Print on Demand option for those overseas looking to potentially save a bit on overseas shipping.

You all know the cat of Christmas

— that cat was huge and fat.

No one knew where he came from

nor where he was at.

Night is falling across the frozen plains of the Northlands. It's Yule Eve, but you're tired, hungry, and footsore. Ahead lies the village of Köldhorn — Cold Corners in the Common tongue — where you are sure to find warmth, food, and shelter, especially on this festive night. But upon arrival you find the streets deserted, and the villagers hidden behind locked doors. Soon, you realize that you've inadvertently found yourselves in the middle of a generations-long struggle between the people of Cold Corners and the evil fae troll Grýla, her husband Leppalúði, their sons the mischievous Jólasveinar — or Yule Lads — and worst of all her favorite pet, the fierce Jólakötturinn, better known as the Yule Cat.

 

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Swords & Wizardry Complete Box Set and Supplement Pack 29.99 Plus Shipping

Announcement:

Frog God Games continues its course of sales that are running throughout 2022. For this week’s sale (through November 13), we feature BOTH the Swords and Wizardry Complete Box Set AND Swords and Wizardry Accessory Pack TOGETHER for just $29.99 (+ shipping)!!! (Regularly, these two products are $94.98 combined, making these savings over $60!) Click here to add both to your cart and save!

Swords & Wizardry is more than a re-statement of the original rules that gave rise to 5e. It is fast-playing, easy to start, and easy to learn by anyone. Swords & Wizardry is a snapshot of the rules as they existed in 1978 right before “first edition” was released. The fifth edition game currently played, watched and beloved by millions is great fun, but the structure of the rules has changed over the course of editions, and there’s a unique feel to the earlier versions of the game which you may not have encountered before. The box set contains the following booklets: Player Book, Spells & Magic, Monsters, and Referee’s Book

Included in this sale is the Swords & Wizardry Accessory Pack. This supplement pack contains a Deluxe Referee Screen, Swords & Wizardry Supplement 1: MOAR Monsters, and the adventure, Baron’s Gambit. All three of these supplements fit into the Swords & Wizardry Complete Box Set.

Simply add both products to your cart and enter the code Swords-Wizardry-Turkey-2022 in the coupon code field. Then click the “Apply Coupon” button before checking out.

Alternatively, you can simply click here to automatically add the books and coupon to your cart to receive the discounted price.

ACT NOW BECAUSE ONCE THESE ARE GONE, THEY ARE GONE!

Get both the Swords & Wizardry Complete Box Set and Supplement Pack today!

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It's Official - Troll Lord Games and Frog God Games are Teaming Up!

I heard about this a few days ago, but it wasn't for me to break the news. I received this email late this afternoon from Troll Lord Games:

Troll Lord Games and Frog God Games are pleased to announce that they have reached an agreement to officially support the Castles & Crusades role-playing game via Frog God Games products.

Troll Lord Games has published the C&C RPG since its first printing was released in 2005.

Frog God Games will support the C&C game with supplements such as adventures, bestiaries, modules, and the like. Their first venture into publishing C&C products happened this autumn with their IndieGoGo campaign, “Halloween Double Feature.” The IGG campaign promoted the release of two adventures for the C&C game — Fungus God from Outer Space and Heresy of Rot. Fungus God from Outer Space is authored by Casey W. Christofferson, who is well known to C&C fans due to his many supplements written for C&C and 5e under TLG’s banner, especially Mythical Companions, Free City of Eskadia, and his Haunted Highlands series of adventures. Heresy of Rot is co-authored by Levi Combs and John Maguire, two more established names in the Old School Renaissance (OSR) of which C&C is a progenitor. Both products are now available on DriveThruRPG.com in PDF format with Print-on-Demand versions to follow soon.

Steve Chenault (CEO of Troll Lord Games) said, “Bill and I have been friends for over two decades. We have collaborated on countless projects and spent many an hour discussing projects, industry, and news at conventions from Vegas to Indianapolis. He is one of my closest friends in the industry and I trust him implicitly.

Frog God Games (and Necromancer Games), with Bill at the helm, has created some of the most dynamic, fun-filled, action-packed adventures for the RPG community (Vampires and Liches for the win!), so the idea of seeing them converted and produced for Castles & Crusades, our flagship product, is beyond exciting. Everyone here at TLG is pumped about this, as these adventures will fill some long-neglected holes in our adventuring ranks. I cannot wait to see these hit the shelves and tables! And personally, it will be great to work with Bill and his crew again!”

Fans of both companies should be on the lookout for more products from Frog God Games that will support their favorite RPG. Chatter regarding the venture was made public in September 2022 via Troll Lord Games’ Twitch channel, where they played gracious host to a trio of members of Frog God Games.

 

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Humble Bundle - Essential Classic Fantasy RPG Collection

Wow.

Quite simply Wow.

I own probably half the titles in this collection in print or PDF, but for 25 bucks I'm in for those that I DON'T already own.

Highlights for me are the Lost Lands Setting from Frog God Games(awesome AND open for other publishers), Highfell (Greg Gillespie at his finest), the OSE Core Books, StoneHeart Valley (also offered in print for a grand total of $45), and a crapton of other adventures.

The Essential Classic Fantasy RPG Collection from Humble Bundle is likely a lifetime of OSR gaming for you and your group for a mere 25 bucks. Sure, you can snag it for less (or more) but 25 bucks is a sweetspot you WILL NOT BEAT. Seriously.

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