Revised Greyhawk Setting Map by Zach Henderson

Sometimes when I'm scrolling through various RPG groups, or down through my social media feed I see something that deserves a bit more light shown on it. Zach Henerson's revision of the original Greyhawk map is just such a project.

Here is Zach in his own words talking about the project:

Remastering and adding layered functionality to the classic 1980 Darlene Map is my nerd project which has kept me off my main feed for quite some time.  There's a Read Me file in the folder linked below with a long winded history of the project, work completed, and description of contents.

TL/DR version:  Cool map, I enjoyed working on it.  It's time to release it into the wild.  This project now belongs to the wider community for sharing, modifying, and general enjoyment according to Wizards of the Coast's Fan Content Policy.  I'm ready for a break :)

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/bt6xyfmk04ddh03/AACBiNRIuWGbKikBW4HiNV2ga?dl=0

EDIT:  His initial link crashed under strain of demand.  New working links have been posted in a few places, including here:

https://www.dragonsfoot.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=87890

For those of you who need a refresher course on Greyhawk here is a link:

https://merricb.com/2015/01/25/a-short-introduction-to-the-world-of-greyhawk-2/

Ancient Vagabond: Old School Adventure Game Part 1

(I generated this quick logo here. https://www.brandcrowd.com/)

I'll probably never make my own retro-clone RPG, but I have a few ideas for various games bubbling between my ears at the moment. I figure I better at least blog about them before I lose all of my ambition to do something about it.

I went through my old blog posts and copied these links which seem to be suggestiong a game to me. Ancient Vagabond is my new running title for this project. Maybe if I put Part 1 in the title I'll have a Part 2 and keep working on it. Hehe. It's all just a hazy mess but yeah... I think I want to publish a free PWYW game eventually.

I think I'll translate the LotFP classes below more into my revised Labyrinth Lord ones, but who knows. Only time will tell...

The idea of more generalized classes (like everyone has some Ranger/Thief skills) is bouncing around in my brain.

Links:

Alternate Halfling

https://samwise7rpg.blogspot.com/2020/09/alternate-halfling-class-for-lotfp.html?m=1

Dwarven Sapper

https://samwise7rpg.blogspot.com/2020/09/alternate-dwarf-lotfp-class_14.html?m=1

Fighter

https://samwise7rpg.blogspot.com/2021/07/osr-fighter-revised-labyrinth-lord-class.html?m=1

Null Monk

https://samwise7rpg.blogspot.com/2020/09/the-null-monk-lotfp-class.html?m=1

Ranger

https://samwise7rpg.blogspot.com/2021/07/osr-explorer-ranger-revised-labyrinth.html?m=1

Murk Elves

https://samwise7rpg.blogspot.com/2020/08/myrkalfr-murk-elves-class-for.html?m=1

Thief
https://samwise7rpg.blogspot.com/2021/07/osr-thief-revised-labyrinth-lord-class.html?m=1

Wayward Scrounger
https://samwise7rpg.blogspot.com/2020/10/the-wayward-scrounger-gutter-cook-lotfp.html?m=1

Critical Hits
https://samwise7rpg.blogspot.com/2020/12/d66-critical-hit-damage-table.html?m=1

Death & Dismemberment

https://samwise7rpg.blogspot.com/2017/01/2d6-death-dismemberment-table-of-doom.html?m=1

Herbs Poisons

https://samwise7rpg.blogspot.com/2017/06/1d20-rpg-herbs-poisons_23.html?m=1

Old School Playstyle

https://samwise7rpg.blogspot.com/2017/09/my-old-school-expectations-d-play-style.html?m=1

Spells
https://samwise7rpg.blogspot.com/2020/10/10-revised-lotfp-osr-spells-first-level.html?m=1

Swords Magical

https://samwise7rpg.blogspot.com/2017/06/re-hoards-of-swords-1d20-weird-swords.html?m=1

How Have Your Gaming / RPG Spending Habits Shifted Over the Years?

*I started out getting some games as birthday and Christmas presents (Black Box D&D, HeroQuest, and The Lord of the Rings Adventure Game).

*Then I started buying games from the catalogues or pamphlets that were included in those games via mail order. I needed a check from my mother to do that. 

*Then there was a buying freeze for many years as we just played what we had (mostly Rolemaster Standard System RMSS) for about 8-10 years.

*Our local mall got a new gaming store called Bill & Walts Hobby Shop and I started buying AD&D / Ral Partha metal miniatures, and eventually got a few other games.

*Waldenbooks and Kaybee Toys also became spots in the mall that I hungout in a good bit, and I bought a few items that I could afford. I wish I owned a lot of those books and games today... Sigh.

*I paused on RPGs for awhile, because my then teenage friends were all into the CCG craze playing: Middle-earth the Wizards, the original Star Wars CCG, and of course Magic: the Gathering.

*I went to college for a year in Wisconsin and I wish I would have spent more time visiting places up there, but I did buy some Magic and got into Vampire: the Masquerade with some cheesehead goths. Hehe. :D

*I came back to PA, worked 2 jobs, went to community college, and got married. Being married curtailed my spending but that was probably a good thing. Haha. I joined a local gaming club and started buying used games there as well as from the vendors that set up at that club's gaming convention. Mannn... I got some great deals on the last day when vendors really didn't want to lug games back home. I bought my first copies of Empire of the Petal Throne there on the cheap from Andrew Lorince. Woohoo!

*Sometime after that DriveThruRPG became my main way to buy cheap PDFs of games, but I did pop in a local used book store now and then to see what they had on their shelves. I miss that little hole in the wall. I got some great AD&D books and box sets there.

*When I had kids of my own my spending was greatly reduced, as I had to cut back on working to raise them. I bought some PDFs, and I think I even started backing some Kickstarter projects around this time. I resisted doing that at first, but then I got addicted to backing friends' projects mostly.

*At some point I began using free sources and games for the most part, or picking up cheap retro-clones in print. I cut back on Kickstarters and eventually I just stopped backing them altogether. 

*I've spent the most of my spending recently on physical games from Lulu when there are discount codes, and buying at cost physical copies of Basic Fantasy from Amazon along with some generic random chart/table books.

*My buying has also shifted to include games for my son who is 9. Basic Fantasy, Cepheus Engine/Traveller, and Fantasy Flight's Star Wars are good examples of that. He tends to like sci-fi games mostly. I often run games just for him but that may change if the local kids want to play too eventually.

How about you?

Goblin Market Magic Items with a Catch

 

*Art: Goblin Market by Gennifer Bone made for an upcoming RPG adventure written by Megan Bennett-Burks*

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There is a mysterious Goblin Market that pops up in various places around the world. Really, the market is an opening to a pocket dimension that can gate to anywhere.

The magic items are useful, and 1/4th the cost of similar goods.

The catch is that after the items are used once and later when that character fails a death save or makes a save vs. poison or death (in older editions) the character polymorphs into a goblin with no saving throw. \m/