Hey Ho! Now that the Adventures Dark and Deep™ Bestiary is out the door, my baleful glance carries to the next project in line; the Castle of the Mad Archmage™. I know a lot of folks have been waiting for this for a long time, and frankly so have I. Now that it’s back inContinue reading “Castle of the Mad Archmage Status Update”
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Adventures Dark and Deep Designer’s Notes: Ability Scores
Now that the core rules for Adventures Dark and Deep™ are complete and available, I thought it might be of interest to go through some of the decisions that influenced the design of the game, starting with the rules around the character ability scores. These, of course, are the core of any D&D-esque RPG, andContinue reading “Adventures Dark and Deep Designer’s Notes: Ability Scores”
More Reviews!
Timothy Brannan, who writes The Other Side blog, is giving us a whole week of reviews of Adventures Dark and Deep. Cool beans! Thusfar he has covered: A Curious Volume of Forgotten LoreThe Players Manual More links will be added here as he continues the series.
Books Ahoy!
All right! The stars have aligned, the omens are favorable, and the proofs look good. So today the Adventures Dark and Deep Bestiary will start going out to the Kickstarter backers! (FIVE MONTHS ahead of the originally planned date, I might add!) Copies of the books are on their way to the backers (pdf codesContinue reading “Books Ahoy!”
Softcover Bestiary Proof!
The softcover proof for the Adventures Dark and Deep arrived today. Thusfar I don’t see any real showstoppers, but I haven’t gone through it in detail. The cover is a little darker than I was expecting, but I want to see how it looks on the hardcover before I start fiddling with settings. That said,Continue reading “Softcover Bestiary Proof!”
Review – Tenkar’s Tavern
Over the weekend, Tenkar’s Tavern published the first part of a series of reviews of Adventures Dark and Deep. Here’s the link to the first part (others will be added here as they come out). http://www.tenkarstavern.com/2013/09/review-adventures-dark-and-deep-part.html
Review – RPGPundit
Today the RPGPundit reviews the Adventures Dark and Deep Players Manual and Game Masters Toolkit… http://www.therpgsite.com/showthread.php?t=27607
Adventures Dark and Deep at GenCon!
If you’re at GenCon this week, be sure to stop by the OSR Booth (#2033). There you’ll be able to pick up all of the Adventures Dark and Deep books currently available: Players Manual Game Masters Toolkit A Curious Volume of Forgotten Lore (for folks who are already playing another game, and want to bringContinue reading “Adventures Dark and Deep at GenCon!”
Bestiary art milestone
I’ve been been wanting to do an update on the Bestiary for the last few days, but have been holding off as I’ve been watching the numbers on the artwork tick up and up towards one of those “significant numbers”. And lo! and behold it has happened. We have now gotten 75% of the artworkContinue reading “Bestiary art milestone”
Character Sheets Now Available
As of this morning, a two-page pdf of the official Adventures Dark and Deep character sheet became available on our webstore. There are places to record not just the basic stats of your character, but also skills, combat information, magic items, and much more. It’s a free download, of course. Enjoy!