Tales from the Gazebo – CLASSic Introduction
CLASSic Introduction
By Cape Rust
For the next few weeks I’ve decided to delve into some of the staple classes encountered in fantasy role playing games. Because the focus of Tales from the Gazebo is on GMs, I’m going to pass along some tips to make playing these classes more interesting to your players and ensuring that each class gets enough of the spotlight. Most people running games have...
Review: Rite Publishing – Trader’s Wharf (Fantastic Maps)
Fantastic Maps: Trader’s Wharf
Trader’s Wharf is a fantasy battlemap, for the Shadowlands campaign setting, with cartography by Jonathan Roberts and published by Rite Publishing.
By Lord Mhor
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Trader’s Wharf is perfect for a fantasy encounter by the sea or the river....
Review: Kobold Press – The Kobold Guide to Worldbuilding
The Kobold Guide to Worldbuilding
The Kobold Guide to Worldbuilding is a collaborative fantasy reference product published by Kobold Press.
By Venus De Coy
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Roleplaying games and fantasy fiction are filled with rich and fascinating worlds: the Forgotten Realms,...
Review: Dramascape – Oriental Interiors
Oriental Interiors
Oriental Interiors is a fantasy battlemap with cartography by Simon Powell and published by DramaScape.
By Lord Mhor
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Oriental Interiors is a beautiful battlemap that accurately captures the feel of iconic oriental adventuring environments. There are nine locations, with...
Review: Dramascape – Wagons Roll
Wagons Roll
Wagons Roll is a fantasy and historical battlemap with cartography by Simon Powell and published by DramaScape.
By Lord Mhor
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Wagons Roll is a more of a set of accessories than a battlemap, though there are pages with sections that form long streets or trail segments for encounters. There are...
Review: DramaScape – Ancient Temple Interior
Ancient Temple Interior
Ancient Temple Interior is a fantasy battlemap with cartography by Simon Powell and published by DramaScape.
By Lord Mhor
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Ancient Temple Interior is a dark, dismal battlemap that accurately captures the feel of an ancient holy place. The visual appeal is...
Books for Role-players: Howard Andrew Jones – The Bones of the Old Ones
The Bones of the Old Ones
The Bones of the Old Ones is a fantasy novel written by Howard Andrew Jones and published by St. Martin’s Press.
By Cape Rust
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As a snowfall blankets 8th century Mosul, a Persian noblewoman arrives at the home of the scholar Dabir and his friend the swordsman Captain Asim. Najya has...
Review: DramaScape – The Observatory
The Observatory
The Observatory is a fantasy-styled observatory battlemap with cartography by Simon Powell and published by DramaScape.
By Aaron T. Huss
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The Observatory is a fantasy-styled observatory with a design that I think resembles Renaissance styling. The map consists of two floors plus...
Review: DramaScape – Ruined Mill
Ruined Mill
Ruined Mill is a fantasy or historical battlemap with cartography by Simon Powell and published by DramaScape.
By Aaron T. Huss
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Ruined Mill contains the remains of a mill with a detached house and warehouse. The ruins are kept somewhat generic so as to allow the GM to create the method of...
Thinking Inside the Box: Wizards of the Coast – Dungeon!
Dungeon!
Dungeon! is a fantasy board game set in the Dungeons & Dragons universe published by Wizards of the Coast.
By Aaron T. Huss
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In excellent Wizards of the Coast fashion, the classic Dungeons & Dragons dungeon crawl board game, Dungeon!, has been brought back from the TSR vaults. Although being essentially set in the Dungeons & Dragons universe...
Review: DramaScape – The Old Cemetery
The Old Cemetery
The Old Cemetery is a fantasy or horror battlemap with cartography by Simon Powell and published by DramaScape.
By Aaron T. Huss
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The Old Cemetery is possibly the creepiest cemetery I’ve ever seen. This is not the site of religious sorrow or continued respect for the dead,...
Review: DramaScape – The Crypts
The Crypts
The Crypts is a battlemap designed for horror or fantasy use with cartography by Simon Powell and published by DramaScape.
By Aaron T. Huss
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The Crypts is actually a collection of three different crypt maps, all with a horrific fantasy appeal. The first map is a set up like a maze with one of...
Users Guide: The Fantasy Genre
The following article is a continuation of the Genres in Gaming series of articles written to help players and GMs determine which games are available within the genres they want to play. The lists of systems contained throughout or by no means exhaustive. All game systems are listed within the sub-genre as I understand from the knowledge I have. If they are improperly categorized, please post...
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