tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188119851730922397.post4357460709725965809..comments2024-03-28T08:50:57.015+01:00Comments on Beyond Fomalhaut: [STUFF/NEWS] The Nocturnal Table on Chartopia, Red Room Interview, Echoes #09 in PDFMelanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07165894144553629675noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188119851730922397.post-76430340177222867612022-02-22T16:19:33.714+01:002022-02-22T16:19:33.714+01:00Yes! Helveczia adventures! I can't wait!Yes! Helveczia adventures! I can't wait!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12308958421907829934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188119851730922397.post-42382524742055284572022-02-22T10:14:22.532+01:002022-02-22T10:14:22.532+01:00I am very familiar with Fighting Fantasy; one of m...I am very familiar with Fighting Fantasy; one of my earliest memories as a child was the creepy yellow eyes of the blue-skinned serpent witch on the cover of "The Seven Serpents", the book which followed the excellent "Kharé". I think my older sisters borrowed it from the library and never returned it, so it just set on the kitchen table for months. I couldn't read yet, I was maybe four or younger. It would take 4 more years until I was invited to my first AD&D session. Although I ended up playing through many of the FF "Sorcery!" books, Scorpion Swamp was never translated to Hebrew so it wasn't available at the local library.<br />Anyway, I loved reading your article(s) on wilderness travel as a distinctive game state, which I also am working on formalizing to a satisfying and flexible "gameplay loop" on various scales (zoom-in / zoom-out, like the procedure of deciding where the party explores next in a megadungeon + marching order + random encounters, is different to the procedure of a single room where we focus on the endless cycle of description > action > resolution)Shahar Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02634595916850412548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188119851730922397.post-72031846831097044362022-02-21T18:28:04.894+01:002022-02-21T18:28:04.894+01:00I don't know if you are familiar with the Figh...I don't know if you are familiar with the Fighting Fantasy gamebooks, but if you are, it is basically a loving homage to <b>Scorpion Swamp</b>, but in a forest. In short, it is a pointcrawl adventure with several smaller, and to larger points of interest. The adventure is a semi-official sequel to In the Shadow of the City-God, set in the same post-Roman collapse setting - so expect strange archaeological sites, bucolic landscapes, and weird deities. For a sneak peek, take a look at this post and check out the second image: https://beyondfomalhaut.blogspot.com/2019/04/blog-shallow-and-deep-wilderness.html Melanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07165894144553629675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188119851730922397.post-25989817021738764242022-02-20T15:17:41.460+01:002022-02-20T15:17:41.460+01:00
Hi Gabor, great stuff! The interview was indeed v...<br />Hi Gabor, great stuff! The interview was indeed very good. Care to share some details about that forest Adventure?Shahar Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02634595916850412548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188119851730922397.post-52740257712791058422022-02-20T15:15:52.875+01:002022-02-20T15:15:52.875+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Shahar Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02634595916850412548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188119851730922397.post-67408969908042594012022-02-18T22:56:32.346+01:002022-02-18T22:56:32.346+01:00Can't wait to get my hands on The Four Dooms o...Can't wait to get my hands on The Four Dooms of Thisium. Too bad it's being pushed back to '23 but I'm sure the extra refinement will be worth it. PMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06294944268720440205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188119851730922397.post-9930421340858733732022-02-17T07:11:23.754+01:002022-02-17T07:11:23.754+01:00Wow, this is awesome, can't wait! Thanks for t...Wow, this is awesome, can't wait! Thanks for the info.Sacihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11382707484272049988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188119851730922397.post-84305930192105962222022-02-16T10:14:15.934+01:002022-02-16T10:14:15.934+01:00And right you are! That's a fairly griveous mi...And right you are! That's a fairly griveous mistake.<br /><br />Although, considering the sheer number of dead player characters and henchmen that have fallen in the two campaigns, it may not be that bad after all?Melanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07165894144553629675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188119851730922397.post-40457357880069054012022-02-16T09:23:29.516+01:002022-02-16T09:23:29.516+01:00Oh, shit, the prophecy from Volokarnos comes true!...Oh, shit, the prophecy from Volokarnos comes true!<br /><br />"but Thisium had much fewer sworn enemies than true friends." I think you meant the opposite?Lance of Countersonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17572628311538950632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188119851730922397.post-80189272486314114682022-02-15T23:59:45.236+01:002022-02-15T23:59:45.236+01:00The module (the first and so far only B/X adventur...The module (the first and so far only B/X adventure in Echoes) and the nearby town/micro-setting would make for a neat campaign starter inspired by the Adriatic, and were originally written with that purpose for a local B/X system.<br /><br />The larger setting, the Twelve Kingdoms, is quite different, though, being a northern island realm. However, the issue *also* includes the starter module for this campaign (this is the titular "Beyond the Gates of Sorrow"), if you would like to launch one!Melanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07165894144553629675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188119851730922397.post-74995071631331083412022-02-15T23:55:38.226+01:002022-02-15T23:55:38.226+01:00We are still playtesting it. We finished the origi...We are still playtesting it. We finished the original campaign, but then another group wanted to try the game, and it turned into a rerun which has allowed a lot of further testing and refinement. This is getting close to the finale (they are on Day 79, and the clock is ticking), and after that, it needs further polish and production. Since this will be Hungarian first (as it was written), the English edition will have to be a 2023 publication.Melanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07165894144553629675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188119851730922397.post-19666789375918596712022-02-15T23:52:02.410+01:002022-02-15T23:52:02.410+01:00Here is the blurb:
„Woe betide you, oh you accurse...Here is the blurb:<br /><i>„Woe betide you, oh you accursed ones! For the Gods have become angry at the people of Thisium, and turned away their faces! Ninety days hence, the city and all its inhabitants shall be destroyed, and its fate shall be no different than that of Wiorak, now lost beneath the waves. Listen now, and learn that four dooms await <br />Thisium, and even one shall be sufficient for its utter ruin! One shall come from the deep forests, and one prepares in the high mountains. The third doom shall arrive from the seas, and the fourth observes you from deep beneath the city. Oh, reprobate sinners, the very Gods have decided so! Acquiesce to thy fate, and repent!”</i><br /><br /><i>Every year, the appearance of the Wise Owl was a cause for celebration in the coastal merchant city of Thisium. This year, the the omniscient oracle of the Sacred Glade said nothing about the honey prices or the wine harvest, but pronounced a fourfold doom heralding complete destruction. The prophecy was soon confirmed to be real: those who sought to escape, or confronted the Gods were struck down by lightning, torn apart by wild beasts, or met other horrid but ironic fates. Only a group of complete outsiders could have a shot at averting Thisium’s ultimate destiny... but Thisium had much fewer sworn enemies than true friends. The days passed, and by the time the adventurers arrived, the city had no more than forty-five days of its appointed time left...</i><br /><br /><b>The Four Dooms of Thisium</b> is a B/X sandbox module about a sinful, vaguely post-Roman coastal merchant city, abandoned and doomed to certain destruction by the fury of the gods. It will be up to the characters to prevent the four dooms coming towards the city, on a ticking time limit. (Or it can simply be used as a mini-setting). It involves dungeon-crawling, wilderness expeditions, Harryhausen-style seafaring, and some city intrigue, mostly in the 1-6 levels range (but a party could reach 8-9 by the time it is over).<br /><br />The style is kind of a fallen, bucolic Mediterranean/early Renaissance setting dotted with ruins, pastoral landscapes, capricious deities and so forth. Essentially, capriccio-inspired RPG: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capriccio_(art)Melanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07165894144553629675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188119851730922397.post-50456998938849458672022-02-14T10:51:07.533+01:002022-02-14T10:51:07.533+01:00I haven't read through to whole thing, but I g...I haven't read through to whole thing, but I get the niggling feeling that EFF9 might have everything a beginner DM needs to start a campaign. A dungeon, a home town, a huge setting, and a small detailed subset of same setting. (The dungeon and the town location needs a bit of adjusting, but that's no problem.)Lance of Countersonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17572628311538950632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188119851730922397.post-6204491303952540082022-02-13T22:29:39.007+01:002022-02-13T22:29:39.007+01:00I look forward to it. I'm just getting started...I look forward to it. I'm just getting started with OSRIC, and have yet to run it. I got my start with the newer OSR games a couple years ago but have decided this is the year I tackle 1e via OSRIC and the 1e DMG. Thanks in large part to the materials found in the Echoes zine. Tuirginhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05081067215683168015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188119851730922397.post-33719370545633124862022-02-13T12:02:04.685+01:002022-02-13T12:02:04.685+01:00You're welcome - glad to do it. there's m...You're welcome - glad to do it. there's more stuff in the pipeline, but not close enough to announce yet.EOTBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17514955150414369244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188119851730922397.post-41990748702115163462022-02-12T17:46:30.581+01:002022-02-12T17:46:30.581+01:00The city siege adventure that you mentioned in the...The city siege adventure that you mentioned in the interview got me really intrigued. When will we get more info on that one?Sacihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11382707484272049988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188119851730922397.post-58328757559563824722022-02-12T01:46:24.401+01:002022-02-12T01:46:24.401+01:00I have to admit... your work on the Nocturnal Tabl...I have to admit... your work on the Nocturnal Tables module got me to check FG out again. And I felt like I hit the motherload when I saw you had gotten all those OSRIC modules made. I know that had to be a massive amount of work! Seriously, thank you for the work you've done.Tuirginhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05081067215683168015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188119851730922397.post-25003629626638191992022-02-11T20:52:41.485+01:002022-02-11T20:52:41.485+01:00also, FYI, a needed optimization of the Fantasy Gr...also, FYI, a needed optimization of the Fantasy Grounds(FG) TNT is in the works. It was done prior to OSRIC for FG, is now unnecessarily large since much of the data was duplicative of OSRIC data, and since it was my first project is missing some best practices I've since learned.<br /><br />End result will be a more nimble FG TNT supplement without any change in functionality. Will touch base when it's ready to go!EOTBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17514955150414369244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188119851730922397.post-82693738388480418122022-02-11T16:45:17.117+01:002022-02-11T16:45:17.117+01:00Got a light?Got a light?Voljahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08826776454392269862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188119851730922397.post-68150235284030254682022-02-11T16:15:42.417+01:002022-02-11T16:15:42.417+01:00It was a great interview, and I think you are alre...It was a great interview, and I think you are already becoming famous around here!Miguel Ribeirohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16207984551226458739noreply@blogger.com