Bundle of Holding - DCC RPG Horror (7 Goodman Games Titles for 9.95)

While I find the DCC RPG interesting, and very playable at conventions, I have consistently found the value of the various DCC RPG adventures to have value beyond the DCC game. I've been converting DCC adventures to Swords & Wizardry on the fly for years.

DCC Horror is a current bundle at Bundle of Holding. You get 7 DCC RPG Horror Adventures published by Goodman Games for 9.95. That is what I call    "a bargain" ;)

Adventurer! This DCC Horror Bundle presents spoooky .PDF ebooks for Dungeon Crawl Classics, the Goodman Games tabletop fantasy roleplaying game. Though many DCC modules present sword-and-sorcery scenarios of gold and glory, in 2015 Goodman branched out (oozed out?) to produce annual horror scenarios – often tied to Halloween – that throw standard DCC fantasy characters into nightmarish pocket dimensions, Cthulhoid laboratories, Frankensteinian towers, abomination-haunted coffin ships, and cursed wedding receptions. Slip any of these digital adventures (for character levels 0 through 6) into your regular campaign as a trick, and with the right attitude everyone will eat them up like a treat.

Note: These modules require the Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG Core Rulebook, which is not included in this offer.

Dungeon Crawl Classics Horror module The Web of All-TormentFor just US$9.95 you get all seven titles in our DCC Horror Collection (retail value $42) as DRM-free ebooks, including the zero-level "funnel" campaign kickoffs Creep, Skrag, Creep! and They Served Brandolyn Red, the low-level adventures Shadow Under Devil's Reef, The Corpse That Love Built, It Consumes!, and The Web of All-Torment, and the level-6 module The Sinister Sutures of the Sempstress.

90% OFF THE COMPLETE BARREL RIDER GAMES LIBRARY! (White Star, The Hero's Journey, White Box and More!)

Here's the part where I bring up connections I have to people whose products I highlight. James Spahn is like a brother to me. Period. He writes some of the best OSR material available. Period.

So, here's the pitch:

For a limited time you can get THE ENTIRE DIGITAL LIBRARY OF BARREL RIDER GAMES PRODUCTS AT AT 90% DISCOUNT!

The Hero's Journey (first and second edition), White Star, White Box, Labyrinth Lord (which is 100% OSE Compatible), Untold Adventures, DCC, OSRIC, Swords & Wizardry Complete, and so much more - OVER ONE HUNDRED PRODUCTS FOR LESS THAN $30!

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Deal of the Day - Sly Flourish's Fantastic Locations

I'm a fan of system-neutral, or system-agnostic, settings. Less crunch and more fluff are winning strategies for me in such cases, and I strongly suspect that Sly Flourish's Fantastic Locations will fit that bill.

Sly Flourish's Fantastic Locations is Today's Deal of the Day at DTRPG, and is discounted from 15 bucks to 6 bucks for the bargain inclined.

Sly Flourish’s Fantastic Locations is a book, available in PDF and print-on-demand, that gives you twenty system-agnostic locations to drop into your favorite fantasy roleplaying game. Each location builds on a fantastic theme, such as a mysterious ancient structure under the ice, a cursed castle of a mad king, a fallen celestial fortress, and a dwarven mine that cracked into the tomb of a dead god. Each location includes artwork by Brian Patterson of D20Monkey. Sometimes this artwork takes the form of maps. Sometimes it's an overlook of a specific location.

These sites and structures aren’t full adventures. Instead, you and your players build your own stories in these fantastic locations, then you populate them with the monsters that fit your story.

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Kickstarter - The Lost Dungeons of Tonisborg

The secret arts of the Dungeon Master, the 2nd oldest RPG dungeon ever created, and an essential sourcebook for any fantasy campaign.

Let me start by saying I was gifted a copy of The Lost Dungeons of Tonisborg earlier this year from a prior print run, and The Lost Dungeons of Tonisborg is an amazing piece of history. I'm happy that I have it on my gaming shelves.

So, what is The Lost Dungeons of Tonisborg?

• It's a guide to the secret art of the Dungeon Master - philosophy, techniques, and tricks - with gems of wisdom from the people who invented Dungeons & Dragons. And...
• A rediscovered ten-level mega-dungeon filled with mystery, suspense, monsters, and hidden treasures (including a complete 5e adaptation PDF). And...  
• A history of RPG dungeons. And...
• An official Blackmoor™ setting - the longest-running fantasy RPG campaign. 
• Full-color reproductions of all ten levels of the original 1973 Tonisborg Dungeon maps, complete with dungeon keys.
• Updated dungeon maps and keys for ease of play.
• Greg Svenson explains how the dungeon came about and why it's a bridge between past and present.
• Extensive play guidelines teach you how to make Tonisborg rise again as a real-life experience for you & your players, improve your DM skills, and have more fun.
• A set of historically accurate rules ideal for developing an original-style dungeon adventure campaign - or use your own preferred rules.
• Additional sections cover spells, exotic creature types, treasures, and other material - an essential source for any campaign.

You can snag The Lost Dungeons of Tonisborg for 60 bucks in softcover and 100 bucks in hardcover. Both include the Secrets of Blackmoor video on demand (an excellent documentary). I'd honestly be in for the Tonisborg hardcover if I didn't already own it.

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DTRPG Sale - HYPERBOREA and more at 33% Off!

 

There is a sale running at DTRPG, and the discount for the items included is pretty deep - 33%. Yes, it's PDF only, but such is always the way of sales at DTRPG.

OSR-wise, the strongest titles are from Jeff Talanian and his recent release of HYPERBOREA (aka AS&SH 3rd Edition).

I may be missing an adventure or two. Time to fill the gaps ;)

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Humble Bundle - Deathwatch and Rogue Trader RPG Bundle

My return to gaming was via Fantasy Grounds and the Warhammer Dark Heresy RPG rules. Suffice it to say, I have a certain weakness for the various sci-fi rulesets in the Warhammer 40k universe.

Today's Humble Bundle highlights the Warhammer 40k Deathwatch and Rogue Trader RPG Book Bundle.

25 bucks get you both Core Rulebooks and a shit-ton of support material. I'm calling 25 bucks the sweet spot, as you get 40 titles plus a coupon.

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Playing RPGs is a Cost-Effective Pastime

So...this will most definitely be the wrong audience here, but I'm hoping that there is some ancillary value to pointing this out (show your friends?): Playing RPGS is an inexpensive hobby/pastime.

Sure, some of us spend heaps of money on this hobby, but 99.9% of what we "waste" our money on isn't necessary to have fun playing RPGs. Sure, I have lots of books and enough dice to outfit a good percentage of NTRPG attendees if needed, but what I actually need for my average game...

.......A set of dice, Pad of Paper, and a pencil.....

That's it, less than 10 bucks, but could be as low as maybe $2....yes, $2. Now a new player probably wants a copy of the appropriate Player's Handbook and a PC sheet (you can just use the pad of paper though). Assume we'll go expensive here and spend $30 for a PHB, but there are free rulesets out there. Off the top of my head I'm thinking abut the HackMaster Basic book.

Realistically we've got a range of $2-$50 to get in on the ground floor of playing RPGs....but this ground floor is HUGE. If you just want to have fun with your buddies slinging dice this hobby can be one big-assed Ranch House (i.e. all one floor!) 

Seriously though, I got a few years of weekly gaming out of HackMster Basic and while I did buy a map board, tokens (I used cheap tokens) and markers.....yes, I did a bit more than that, but the cheap stuff is what I used the most. All in all, as a GM, I was in less than $100. Even if we conservatively say we only gamed 3 hours a time every-other weekend (we gamed almost every weekend for 3-4 hours), and we only got one year's worth of entertainment .....as a GM playing RPGs cost me $0.78 an hour, and if I was "just" a player maybe $0.39.

Now some of the dice I use are decades old and most are at least five years old (I keep buying dice that I don't use, but that's more a me problem), and the rules I used are free now. In my current gaming group the printed books were under $10 and the ruleset themselves....again decades old. Even if I was to add in buying some character minis, and paint for said minis, I would be highly surprised if my RPG hobby realistically cost me over $0.50 an hour to partake in. 

There are many, many other aspects about playing RPGS that I could hit on, but I thought I'd really focus in one just the financial aspect. There are plenty of aspects that can make a game more expensive (purchasing adventures, buying pre-made terrain, etc.) but the fundamentals are real cost-effective and most of the more expensive stuff isn't needed and there are always alternatives!

TL;DR Getting into playing Role-Playing Games does not have to be an expensive proposition and is actually a cost-effective pastime.