OSR News From The Underdark Gazette - Saturday, October 24, 2010

Lamentations of the Flame Princess News

Last week, James Raggi announced that Lamentations of the Flame Princess would be publishing Isle of the Unknown and Carcosa by Geoffrey McKinney. Two days later, more publishing news was released and we learned that Zach Sabbath had aligned himself with LotFP, with the upcoming release of his Vornheim City Kit.

I think it's fantastic that Mr. Raggi is following up his recent successes by working with these two talented designers. 2011 is shaping up to be another big year for LotFP and that thought makes me smile!

Congratulations to James, Geoffrey and Zach! And if you're not familiar with Zach's design work and wondering why this news is so bloody awesome, check out his map draft from the upcoming Vornheim release.


New Releases

Objects Below the Shattered Moon - Volume 2 by Joseph Browning. Art by David Esbri and Joan Guardiet. Expeditious Retreat Press. 7 pages. Available in PDF for $3.00.

"After the cracking of the moon and before the rise of Atlantis the world was a place strange to the thoughts of honest men. The death throes of science amid the birth of magic sculpted new generations of conquerors who strode the lands forging civilizations of steel, sinew, and sorcery from the decrepit hulks of the ones that fell before. Tyrannical wizards, amoral super-scientists, charismatic catalysts, and multifarious mutants battled for wealth, power, and honor. It was ten thousand years of barbarity; ten thousand years spent in the shadowy shells of past glories, hiding from horrible creatures that scratched and skittered for blood; ten thousand years of tyranny and injustice, ten thousand years of Sorcery & Super Science!

"This short PDF provides a harried GM with 1 new sorcerous artifact, 6 miscellaneous items, 1 new robot, 1 new vehicle, and 66 lesser miscellaneous items suitable for various power levels and certain to bring additional life to the world under the shattered moon.

"Don't forget to pick up the Sorcery & Super Science! Core Rules, Creatures Below the Shattered Moon Volume 1 and Volume 2, and Objects Below the Shattered Moon Volume 1, as well as download The House of Blue Men, a free adventure featuring quickstart rules. Drop by our Sorcery & Super Science Blog for additional Sorcery & Super Science goodness!"

Free Downloads

How's Joseph Bloch coming on Adventures Dark & Deep? Check out the Savant class, here. While you're there, he's got a neatened up version of his City of Greyhawk Maps for you as well.

Speaking of maps, Rob Conley of Bat in the Attic has a map of Oakwatch Keep you might can use.

ckutalik of Hill Cantons hipped us to some free Tekumel Paper Minis.

Some links here, to captainjack's Traveller version of OD&D.


Media Releases

I Hit It With My Axe: Episode 32: Once More Things Go Awry. I'm behind on the show and I think I got off by a week, on the last News post. Don't miss Episode 31: Embarrassed Both By And For The Gnolls.

Save or Die Podcast # 9: All things were!

The Save or Die Podcast: Side Adventure # 2

Reviews from around the blogosphere

Pookie of Reviews from R'lyeh has a review up of Lamentations of the Flame Princess: Weird Fantasy Role-playing.

I meant to mention Tenkar's Tunnels & Trolls review last week (honest, Tenkar!) but forgot. It's just as well as he's added several more posts to the series.

Methuslah of Tales from the Dusty Vault has a review of Jeff Rients' The Miscellaneum of Cinder.

James Maliszewski of Grogardia reviews Blood Moon Rising. And Oubliette # 4.


My own review of Blood Moon Rising is here.

Jason Vey of The Wasted Lands has a review of the B/X Companion.

Michael Curtis of The Society of Torch, Pole and Rope has a review of the new WotC Gamma World. And part II, here.

Alexis of The Tao of D&D has a review up of the LotFP release The Grinding Gear.

In Other News

JB has the 2nd Printing of the B/X Companion in stock, so if you were waiting for this, now's the time to order! And yes, the cover looks even more awesome on the physical product!

What I'm Pimping This Week

Blood Moon Rising by Peter C. Spahn. Art by David Griffin. Small Niche Games. Available in PDF for $4.95. 32 pages.

"Garanton is a village like any other, except for five days out of the year when it hosts the Feast of St. Garan. During this time, fighters from abroad come to join in the revelry, mingle with other adventurers, and win fame and fortune fighting in the daily games. But all is not well in Garanton this year. Cruel orcs prowl the forest, dark wizards cast webs of treachery and deceit, and bat-winged demons fill the moonlit sky. Does your party have what it takes to ward off this evil before it consumes the entire town?

"Blood Moon Rising is a Labyrinth LordTM adventure that is easily converted to other editions of the world's most popular fantasy roleplaying game. Designed for 3-6 characters of 1st through 3rd level, the adventure is set in and around the village of Garanton and involves a mixture of wilderness, dungeon, and urban encounters. Use your archetypical frontier village for more than just a rest stop between forays into the wild. Come enjoy the Feast of St. Garan today!"

 My own review is here. If you've been following the News, you've seen several others, over the past few weeks. Again, Kudos to Peter on a fine release.

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