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Sunday, January 28, 2018

Announcement: Into the Borderlands Now Available for Pre-Order! (Goodman Games)

You’ve been asking about it. You’ve been reading about it. You’ve heard a lot about it.
And now you can pre-order it.

Original Adventures Reincarnated: Into the Borderlands is now available for pre-order! This 384-page hardcover reprints the classic Dungeons and Dragons modules B1: In Search of the Unknown and B2: The Keep on the Borderlands, in both their original format and updated for Fifth Edition Dungeons and Dragons. And there is even a full-color 16-page cover gallery insert!

The expected release date for Into the Borderlands is May, but we are hoping (cross your fingers!) to have some early-release copies available at Gary Con in March!

Inside this book you will find high-quality scans from multiple printings of the original first edition adventure modules, plus commentary by such gaming luminaries as Luke Gygax and Mike Mearls. Full fifth edition conversions of both adventures are included, as well as brand new additional adventure locations to further expand and develop the Borderlands. This is a fully playable mini-campaign to start off your new fifth edition adventures, with a distinct old-school vibe.

$49.99. I think I need this.

9 comments:

UnknownJanuary 28, 2018 at 2:32 PM
I was excited about it. Now I see it's not a module, it's a coffee table book and I find my excitement has waned considerably. On the fence...
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The Duke of ArkansasJanuary 28, 2018 at 3:22 PM
How on earth do they expand two modules of about 60 pages of total content into 384 pages? I'd need a lot more info on what's being added before buying.
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The SwartzJanuary 28, 2018 at 3:41 PM
The FAQ gives more info on what's on the other 300+ pages.

http://goodman-games.com/blog/2018/01/21/into-the-borderland-faq/

I definitely want to read through this. My only critique is that I'd love to have seen some DCC RPG elements (but I assume it's easy to convert). And, that I could care less to see any Mike Mearls commentary.
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Reese LaundryJanuary 28, 2018 at 5:05 PM
I'm psyched, because all that extra content is exactly what I'm interested in reading. The actual 5e conversions are very secondary. I'll wait until it's out though, and pass on the pre-order cash grab.
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UnknownJanuary 28, 2018 at 5:41 PM
I like to just see a small module of the 5th ver.
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PiperJanuary 28, 2018 at 8:35 PM
Ordered! :-D
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Gnarley BonesJanuary 28, 2018 at 10:17 PM
384 pages?!?

Pass.
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AnonymousJanuary 28, 2018 at 10:24 PM
Worth every penny. The pdf will have the crunchy bits extractable i am sure
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MarcJanuary 30, 2018 at 12:43 PM
One for the collectors and nostalgists rather than for use at the game table.A shame.
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Why "Swords & Wizardry?"

Believe me when I say I have them all in dead tree format. I have OSRIC in full size, trade paperback and the Player's Guide. I have LL and the AEC (and somewhere OEC, but I can't find it at the moment). Obviously I have Basic Fantasy RPG. Actually, I have the whole available line in print. Way too much Castles & Crusades. We all know my love for the DCC RPG. I even have Dark Dungeons in print, the Delving Deeper boxed set, Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerers of Hyperborea. BOTH editions of LotFP's Weird Fantasy and some dead tree copies of the Greyhawk Grognards Adventures Dark & Deep

I am so deep in the OSR when I come up for breath it's for the OSR's cousin, Tunnels & Trolls

So, out of all that, why Swords & Wizardry? Why, when I have been running a AD&D 1e / OSRIC campaign in Rappan Athuk am I using Swords & Wizardry and it's variant, Crypts & Things, for the second campaign? (Actually, now running a S&W Complete campaign, soon to be with multiple groups)

Because the shit works.

It's easy for lapsed gamers to pick up and feel like they haven't lost a step. I can house rule it and it doesn't break. It plays so close to the AD&D of my youth and college years (S&W Complete especially) that it continually surprises me. Just much less rules hopping than I remember. (my God but I can run it nearly without the book)

I grab and pick and steal from just about all OSR and Original resources. They seem to fit into S&W with little fuss. It may be the same with LL and the rest, but for me the ease of use fit's my expectations with S&W.

Even the single saving throw. That took me longer to adjust to, but even that seems like a natural to me now. Don't ask me why, it just does. Maybe it's the simplicity of it. At 45 52, simplicity and flexibility while remaining true to the feel of the original is an OSR hat trick for me ;)

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Sunday, January 28, 2018

Announcement: Into the Borderlands Now Available for Pre-Order! (Goodman Games)

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