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The Realms of Chirak
Publisher: Zodiac Gods Publishing
by Anthony P. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 06/09/2010 06:07:36

The Realms of Chirak is a kitchen sink setting (ie it has just about every kind of fantasy realm you could wish for) designed for use with 4e Dungeons and Dragons. However a lot of the 300 plus pages of material is not system specific and could be used for another ruleset if desired. I have had this for several weeks now and it has taken some time to assimilate it. It is an excellent piece of work.

I liked the idea of a long post apocalyptic fantasy world (the ruin was about 2500 years ago) mixing remnant high tech with swords and sorcery. There are loads of adventure seeds (cults, bi polar orcs, aztec type kingdoms built on blood sacrifice, utopian high tech dwarves, long lived inhuman sorcerers to name a fraction) liberally strewed through its pages. It also has new game options, new races - the Animates, intelligent golems left over from the ruin, half ogres, Cannesh shape shifters plus details for including all the 4e races. High tech items, both blackpowder and ancient devices, are detailed as well.

It is an amateur product in the best sense, a labour of love that emerged through actual play. It is illustrated to a high standard and written in an entertaining and engaging style. It has inspired me to run a campaign for my friends set in this world. If you want to find out a bit more, have a look at his free introductory guide to the setting.

Highly recommended.



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TrollsZine 1
Publisher: Flying Buffalo
by Anthony P. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 03/29/2010 05:48:12

As one of the editors of the magazine you will not be surprised to hear that i think its good. I think it could be even better which is why I am only giving it 4 stars. It is packed with information for the Roleplaying game Tunnels and Trolls. It has a piece by Ken St Andre , the creator of T&T, a solo adventure by Tom Grimshaw, monsters and a short adventure by Salvatore Macri, some encounters and locations by Greg Backus, Lee Reynoldson and Mike Tremaine, an article on selling used equipment by Gary McCammon, and articles on Items, stunts, solos and dice by myself. It also has links to some of the best T&T on the web. It is illustrated with great art by Alex Cook, Jeff Freels, Chad Thorson, ME Volmar, Mike Hill and Kevin Bracey.

At an easy on the pocket $0.00 I recommend any fan of T&T check it out. Contributions for future issues are welcomed. Go to Vins Trollbridge at http://trollbridge.proboards.com



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The Keepers of Lingusia
Publisher: Zodiac Gods Publishing
by Anthony P. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 03/10/2010 07:48:37

There is an enormous amount of material for a campaign here. There is history , maps of several continents, country and city write ups, personalities , plot hooks, guilds, pretty much everything but the proverbial kitchen sink. It has an old school sword and sorcery vibe to it, making it easy to slot other adventures in. Written for C&C, it should be easy to adapt to any D&D or T&T setting.

Very good value for money, highly recommended.



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The Troll's Companion
Publisher: Zodiac Gods Publishing
by Anthony P. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 03/10/2010 07:39:42

Refer to my full review under the T&T bundle, but this is an excellent set of supplementary material for T&T. Highly recommended.



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Tunnels & Trolls 7.5 GM's Bundle [BUNDLE]
Publisher: Zodiac Gods Publishing
by Anthony P. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 03/08/2010 18:41:09

This really is excellent value for the T&T fan.

The companion has a great deal of interesting material.It has loads of classes or Types as we T&Ters call them , which are well balanced and straightforwardly described. It also has advice on a number of combat stunts and how to handle them, and various other optional rules - Hero points, Priests and Priestly spells, a magic weapon generation table, some talents and a rule to get an additional talent by taking a disadvantage, a bestiary of monsters for Keepers of Lingusia (but usable anywhere), and an adventure. It has a number of good illustrations which complement the text. It is attractive and easy to read.

But theres more! Keepers of Lingusia itself is 342 pages of setting and background material, including NPC's, guilds, city descriptions, history and maps. Lots of maps. It is written for Castles and Crusades, but we all know how easy it is to adapt material for T&T. This should provide the core material for the biggest sandbox campaign you can think of.

Finally the icing on the cake is episode 42 of the Sorcerers Scrolls, a well written 50 page roleplay magazine. Of particular interest for the T&T player is the kindred for Lingusia, but there are also articles for Traveller and 4e D&D which are worth a read.

This is a great package with a lot of ideas for you to pick up on at a very reasonable price.



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Stock Art Collection 5: Monsters!
Publisher: Fabled Worlds
by Anthony P. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 03/02/2010 12:32:49

Another excellent collection from one of the premier artists in the roleplaying world. I particularly liked the ravenous Troll and the shadowy stranger. I know that i will be getting great use of these images in my forthcoming projects.

Highly recommended.



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Tunnels & Trolls: Specialists
Publisher: Postmortem Studios
by Anthony P. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 03/01/2010 17:51:41

This is a relatively short set of additional character Types for Tunnels and Trolls. It is designed for use with the 7th edition recently produced by Ken St Andre and published by Fiery Dragon Publications. It could be used with earlier editions of the game without much work. It provides the details for a Specialist Type (T&T has Types not classes) for each of Strength, Constituition, Speed, Luck and Intelligence.

The classes are well designed and well balanced. They fit onto a single page in each case except the Tinker (Intelligence specialist). The Tinker has several pages devoted to the Heath Robinson style devices that they can craft.

There is some attractive artwork inside. Despite it being short it is still good value for money for the price being charged. It certainly provides options for more types of character for the game. Recommended for those looking for more T&T , and for those who are fans of 7th edition.



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Valherjar: The Chosen Slain Core Rulebook
Publisher: Game Monkey Press
by Anthony P. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 02/18/2010 10:54:52

I came across this game as part of the Haiti Gamers package and thought it looked interesting, so downloaded it.

I was very impressed, great core concept, reminiscent of In Nomine with a Norse twist. The characters are heroes called from Valhalla by the Gods to try to prevent Ragnarok, the Norse apocalypse.

The resolution system in the rules is elegant and straightforward, and i liked the character creation archetypes drawing on the Norse Gods. Alternatively, if you are a D20 modern fan, it has conversion rules for that.

I think this would be a great starting point for a modern horror campaign. I also like that the characters can effectively be from any era or place in Earths history.

There is also a free scenario downloadable from the Monkey Press site.

It would be nice to see more published for this very interesting creation.



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