Month: February 2018

[Review] The Throne of Evil (AD&D 3pp); Like gargling horsepiss

February 28, 2018

[Adventure] Throne of Evil (1984) Stephen Bourne (Mayfair Games) Levels 4 – 6 I’m rapidly starting to figure out that 80s era Role Aids D&D modules are very much not my thing, what with their overly loquacious introductions, adventures filled with random monsters that attack on sight and utterly pedestrian by the book encounters. And … More [Review] The Throne of Evil (AD&D 3pp); Like gargling horsepiss

[Review] Pyramid of the Dragon (OSR LL); The devil is in the details

February 26, 2018

[Adventure] Pyramid of the Dragon (2010) Peter C. Spahn (Small Niche Games) Levels 5-7 Ah Dragons. Without a doubt the most iconic, and subsequently overused monster in the entire bestiary of DnD. I can still remember dry-heaving when I flipped through the 3rd edition Dragon Magic, an expansion so aggressively unnecessary it put the excesses … More [Review] Pyramid of the Dragon (OSR LL); The devil is in the details

[Review] The Last Days of Constantinople (d20 3pp): Deus absolutely Vult

February 21, 2018

[Adventure] The Last Days of Constantinople (2000) Mike Benninghof (Avalanche Press LTD) Levels 1 – 3 It is that time of the month again where we descend back into the distant mists of history and check out (mostly shitty but seldom boring) Avalanche Supplements for the d20 system! Today’s offering is an adventure by the … More [Review] The Last Days of Constantinople (d20 3pp): Deus absolutely Vult

[Review] The Inn of Lost Heroes (LL); Welcome to Silent Hill!

February 20, 2018

[Adventure] The Inn of Lost Heroes (2010) Peter C. Spahn (Small Niche Games) Level 3 – 5 Time to trade in the simple, synth-laden, iron-pumping and shotgun-cocking 80s for the fire-and-hairdye powderkeg gender-ambiguous wonderland of the modern day. Today we are doing a horror-adventure, not the most common format for adventure in the OSR, even … More [Review] The Inn of Lost Heroes (LL); Welcome to Silent Hill!

[Old Shit] Enemy Within Pt. II – Shadows over Bögenhafen; Your grandfather’s DnD

February 16, 2018

[Adventure] Shadows over Bögenhafen (1987) Graeme Davis, Jim Bambra & Phil Gallagher (Games Workshop) Starting characters Shadows over Bögenhafen is the second part of the Enemy Within Campaign and is an overal very excellent entry in the series, an almost perfect investigative adventure, with a single crippling flaw. I was tempted to give it a … More [Old Shit] Enemy Within Pt. II – Shadows over Bögenhafen; Your grandfather’s DnD

[Old Shit] The Enemy Within (WFRP 1e) Pt.I; All aboard!

February 10, 2018

[Adventure/Gazzeteer] The Enemy Within (1986) Jim Bambra, Phil Gallagher & Graeme Davis (Games Workshop) Starting characters The promised time is nigh. I’ve been meaning to take a look at the celebrated Enemy Within Campaign by Jim Bambra, Phil Gallagher & Graeme Davis for Warhammer Fantasy 1e for a while now, with the possibility of adapting … More [Old Shit] The Enemy Within (WFRP 1e) Pt.I; All aboard!