WotRP: Haunted Ruins of Koris Nesh print edition available

This took a little longer than usual, but the print proofs for Haunted Ruins of Koris Nesh came in yesterday and they look good. So the books are approved for sale. If you were waiting to get the Print + PDF combo deal the link is live now.

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/436694/Haunted-Ruins-of-Koris-Nesh

Treasure Island and Beasties: Loathsome Horrors print editions are available now too:

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/437116/Treasure-Island-Adventure

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/436818/Beasties-Loathsome-Horrors

Freebooters Review on Save or Die!

The Save or Die podcast reviewed our Age of Pirates old-school roleplaying game Freebooters! And they really gush about it, I'm almost embarrassed, but glad they love it so much. One of the things they note is how painstakingly researched the setting is and how historically accurate it is. This is not a fantasy game! Yes, it does include an optional character class that has magic, but it is respectful of the customs and beliefs of the region during the period and it is purely optional. Everything else about the game is rooted in realism and historical accuracy.

http://saveordie.info/?p=1584

Interestingly one of the members on the podcast has his own YouTube channel, Ol' Man Grognard, where he has reviewed several Night Owl Workshop books. His reviews are worth watching for anyone who enjoys OSR games.

Free Character Sheets! Guardians, Freebooters, and Raiders!

So I'm wrapping up 3 more free character sheets. I found myself fiddling with the Guardians sheet a lot, there are so many ways that the Gifts, Powers, Special Abilities, Limits, Issues, and Gadgets can be layed out on the sheet. Since this is a "Basic Character Sheet" series inspired by the very simple character sheet in the classic Moldvay Red Box D&D set I decided to leave it a bit more generic. If I get feedback on the sheets I can modify them or make more detailed forms. Perhaps even fillable PDF's in the future.

Here are links to the PDF's:

Guardians

Freebooters

Raiders!

Freebooters Available in Print Edition and Combo Package on DriveThruRPG

Received proof copies of Freebooters today and everything looks in order. A little drift on the spine text, but that is normal for these little print on demand books, text still lands fully on the spine.

So the print edition is now publicly available, and the combination package of Print + PDF at a $5 discount is also available.

Comparing the quality to the Lulu prints they look identical, other than a slight variation on the color of the cover - again typical of POD, this might be even closer to the LBB cover color they are intended to emulate. Interior printing is sharp, and the black toner ink is rich and unbroken.

http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/207144/Freebooters

Freebooters is now available!

Edits are completed, all the layout is done, and the book is now available on Lulu. It will be about another week or so before I get it on DriveThruRPG, but I'm working on it (that's when the PDF will be available too).

http://www.lulu.com/shop/thomas-denmark/freebooters/paperback/product-23087310.html

Raiders and Freebooters update

Busy week here at the workshop. The edits are completed on Freebooters, just need to have another set of eyeballs double check before I export the PDF and it will be done.

The edit list for Raiders is basically completed, I still need to go through and implement them on the document. It's all been fairly minor stuff like indents and English instead of American spelling on a few things. The HD was left off the Occultist class. Couple of tabs missing on the equipment list. You know, all the little things that seem to never end once you're "done".

I wanted to have them both out this week, but it was way too busy around here. Even had the kids off to their grandparents for the week and I'm still behind on work.

I'll leave you with this classic encounter from Raiders, the Femme Fatale! And an illustration for her that didn't quite make it into the book (another smaller one was used):

Femme Fatale

HD: 1

AC: 6 [14]

Atk: by weapon; often dagger or revolver (1d4 + poison)

Luck: 14

Move: 120’

CL/XP: 1/100

Special: Irresistible, poison vial, communication with the enemy

Dangerous women who rely on their personal charms and alluring beauty to lead male adventurers astray who must make a Luck roll vs. wisdom to not be seduced. Includes exotic foreigners such as the stereotypical Chinese “dragon lady.”  Achingly beautiful but “too good to be true,” the Femme Fatale is often armed with a hidden vial of knockout poison to slip into a drink, or a concealed radio to summon up the people they are secretly working for...

New Books Just in Time for Dundracon

I've been attending Dundracon for close to 20 years now. Many of those as a dealer. There was a time I did a lot of RPG character portraits, but there is only so much you can take of "my character has a small scar under his left arm pit from the time he fought the night stalker. Also make sure he has the star emblem of the fire goddess on his front and the sigil of the brotherhood of chromatic darkness on his back."

Wait, you want me to draw his front and back in one drawing? That's not possible. How are we going to see the scar under his plate mail armor? And what in the seven heavens is chromatic darkness??

"But that's what I'm paying you to do, he has to show the emblem and the sigil, that's my character, it means everything to me..."

Sorry, got off on a tangent there.

I have a ton of fun at that convention, though I've drifted more towards boardgames over the past few years, I do try to hop into the occasional D&D game or some other classic RPG I enjoy.

I announced the completion of Raiders of the Lost Artifacts and Freebooters, well copies just arrived! And they do look pretty great, probably the best ones yet. However, just a few typos that I need to fix before releasing them to the public. I was hoping to have these for sale at Dundracon, but with these typos...I know all books have typos and minor erros, however this is a little beyond the threshold. I guess I could include an errata sheet.

At any rate, I'm going to fix the typos, upload new PDFs then make them available for general sale. I still have a lot of show prep for this weekend, I'll aim for sooner but they will be available next week.

The Book of Drawings came out really good. The blacks are deep & rich, no breaking up of the lines on the pen & ink work. This one is good to go.

Hmm, drawings of pirates, I wonder why I'd be drawing buccaneers, cutthroats, and scalawags? Is that Anne Bonny and Mary Read? I wonder.

Announcing Freebooters

Now that Raiders! is in the can, I'm looking forward to my next OSR project.

Pirates!

There have been a lot of Pirate RPG's over the years, I don't know if there is a definitive one within the OSR (more informed individuals than I can let me know). But I wanted to do something that was pretty historically accurate. No supernatural nonsense or anything like that, just straight up pirates seeking fortune and glory in the New World.

Ok, there is a teeny bit of supernatural in one of the optional appendices, a Voodoo character class called the Bokor, but she's done with a great deal of taste and respect for the genre and history of the region.

Here is an overview of what Freebooters will be about:

• Character classes: Sea Rover, Musketeer, and Striker (& optional Bokor)
• Ship-to-ship combat
• Grappling rules
• Lots of background detailing the rich history and adventure opportunities in the area
• And a whole lot more