Scribes at OwlCon 20/20

The Scribes of Sparn will be in attendance at OwlCon 20/20  this weekend (Feb. 28 - Mar. 1) on the Rice University Campus in Houston, TX. 

Planet Eris Co-DMs, Steven Clark and Norm Harman, will be running old-school versions of 2 classic scenarios: Tegal Manor & The Caves of Chaos! And Jimm Johnson, author of various & sundry Planet Eris materials,  will be manning a sales table stocked with all of our modules, both old & new, and our latest offering-- The Planet Eris Gazetteer & World Map. The combination book & poster map will be on sale for only $15!

There is still time to sign up and attend. Visit the OwlCon 20/20 Website at the URL below. And don't forget to visit our table in the Grand Hall of the RMC building, smack-dab at the center of campus!

OWLCON Website & Registration: https://owlcon.com/

Planet Eris Campaign Setting Available

Planet Eris Gazetteer

A Geopolitical Lexicon of the 66th Æon, Including the

Empire of Sparn, Its Cities, Subject Realms, Adjacent Lands,

and the Known Seas 

PLANET ERIS is an original setting for fantasy wargaming and role playing campaigns. A complete campaign world is detailed in the 64-page booklet, in which the referee may place dungeons and base wilderness adventures. Cyclopedic historical and geographical information is provided, along with alphabetical listings and indexes of key features.

64-page booklet now available on lulu.com & drivethru.com.

- PRINT -

A5 Booklet from lulu.com:

http://www.lulu.com/shop/jimm-johnson/planet-eris-gazetteer/paperback/product-24285403.html

Digest Size Booklet from drivethrurpg.com:

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/290566/Planet-Eris-Gazetteer

- PDF -

lulu.com:

http://www.lulu.com/shop/jimm-johnson/planet-eris-gazetteer/ebook/product-24301036.html

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Planet Eris World Map

Large, 24 x 36 inch glossy poster map on 100 weight poster paper now available from The Scribes of Sparn.

- POSTER MAP -

Poster Print (available only for shipping in the U.S.A)

Now available worldwide!:

https://cubeofquazar.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_28.html

- JPEG MAP FILE - 

Instructions for downloading the electronic map, a 150 dpi JPEG file, are provided in the print and PDF versions of the Planet Eris Gazetteer booklet. 

FOR ADDITIONAL PHOTOS, SEE HERE.

Planet Eris Gazetteer & World Map

UPDATE: The Planet Eris World Map & Gazetteer

are now available for sale in the

Auld Skuil Adventure Shoppe.

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The Planet Eris Gazetteer & World Map are complete. A limited run was sold at NTRPG Con 2019, June 5-9 (and the response was fantastic!). We're aiming for general online release on October 31. 

The map (a 24" x 36" poster on 100 lb. glossy paper) was done "in-house." Here's a sample of the map detail (at about ¼ resolution).

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The booklet features a wicked cover piece by Peter Mullen (see top photo) and fantastic interior art by Rich Longmore along with Luigi Castellani and myself. Here are samples of the interior text and art.

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CARTOGRAPHER WANTED for Planet Eris World Map

UPDATE: We're in the process of making a final selection on this, so we're not taking any new applicants at this time.

 Thanks everyone who applied and helped us out with this!

PROJECT: The Scribes of Sparn publisher is seeking a cartographer to produce a hand drawn, pen and ink, poster size (24" x 36") map over hex grid to accompany the Planet Eris campaign setting booklet.

(See below for additional project info: DEADLINE, COMPENSATION, CONTACT INFO.)

STYLE: The desired style of the map is gritty 70's fantasy similar to maps produced by Stonegiant (q.v., here), or physiographic 1950's textbook style similar to Erwin Raisz, (q.v., here), or perhaps a combination of both styles. 

SCOPE: Below is a draft version of the Planet Eris map produced by Jimm Johnson. It is provided to help the prospective cartographer/artist visualize the scope of the project.

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DEADLINE: The project deadline is May 1, 2019.

COMPENSATION: Approximate compensation is $500.00.

CONTACT INFO: If you are interested, reply by email to:

austinjimm (at) unseen (dot) is

Please include a little background information about yourself (or links to such), your desired rate of compensation, and links to examples of any similar or pertinent maps or art you have created. 

Feel free to respond here as well with any questions or concerns.

New Color Process on Christmas Module HG1

The Christmas adventure module, HG1 The Kringle Castle Invaders, has a "sort of new" cover. It still features the original illustration by Erika Jane Amerika, but has been updated with an improved monochrome process. Here's the side by side comparison.

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It's the time of year when I like to bring this module to the attention of holiday gamers. It's ideal for an old-school holiday-themed campaign or one-off! You can view play reports and photos from folks who have given it a spin on the K&KA boards.

Check The Scribes of Sparn product page for more links to this and other fine adventure modules.

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Printable Maps & Monster Matrices for Module XQ1: The Castle that Fell from the Sky

The print version of XQ1 The Castle that Fell From the Sky has a multi-page center "pull out" section containing maps and encounter statistic matrices. For those who don't want to remove those center pages, or who would like high resolution files from which the various maps & stat sheets can be printed, here are links to the PDF file of those pages:

DTRPG.com Link:
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/259274/XQ1-Map-Stat-Pack

KnKA Link:
http://knights-n-knaves.com/thescribesofsparn/XQ1-map-stat-pack.pdf

XQ1 The Castle that Fell from the Sky

"This is an excellent adventure... ...I really want to run it." 
- Jeff Talanian (creator of AS&SH rpg)

Now available on lulu.com:

The Castle that Fell from the Sky

PRINT (A5):
http://www.lulu.com/shop/steve-robertson-and-jimm-johnson/the-castle-that-fell-from-the-sky/paperback/product-23854689.html

PDF (A5):
http://www.lulu.com/shop/steve-robertson-and-jimm-johnson/the-castle-that-fell-from-the-sky/ebook/product-23854671.html

PDF (DIGEST):
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/258161/XQ1-The-Castle-that-Fell-from-the-Sky

You can preview the module at any of the links above. (Additional info about the module in the NTRPG Con post below.)

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New Module at NTRPG Con 2018

"Even in the far gulfs of space, the struggle of Law against Chaos, Good versus Evil is eternal. But wherever evil is not extinguished, it will revive to exact vengeance on those who would keep it at bay..." —Neb Lo, Last of the Holy Order of Knights Galacticus 

This adventure is more than just an old-school, fun-house dungeon. (Although it is definitely that!) Steve Robertson has captured the raw essence of golden age pulp science fantasy and funneled it into an outlandish adventure rife with wonderment and strangeness. On first read I knew this scenario was a perfect fit for my ongoing Planet Eris campaign. 

The Castle that Fell From the Sky was originally created as a single session tournament-style event for a gaming convention (NTRPG Con 2015, to be precise). The revisions in this edition are geared toward expanded campaign play, where multiple sessions will afford players a chance to experience more, and ultimately (if they are skillful and tenacious) the completion of the scenario.

The maps have been redrawn, the text reformatted (in some cases additional detail is given), and standard fantasy wargame statistics are now provided throughout. Careful effort has been made, however, to cleave as nearly as possible to the spirit, substance, and language of the original.

A limited run of this module is available for sale at NTRPG Con in Irving, TX from Wed. June 6 to Sun Jun 10, 2018.

UPDATE: *SOLD OUT*

General (online) release of this module is planned for October 31, 2018. 

FREE Module KK2 from NTRPG CON 2017

- DOWNLOAD HERE -

That's me and Steve Robertson at the Knights-n-Knaves Alehouse social at NTRPG CON last week. (Steve is the proprietor of VANQUISHING LEVIATHAN LLC.) We're running a scenario we put together called The Mystic Cup of Gygax (or Alucard's Revenge!). At this point we still thought we could pull off a TPK, but alas, no!

(FYI: click on the pictures to embiggen them.)

This session was a riot! 2 DMs, 21 players, and 4 cases of homebrew beer-- how could this possibly not rock?! (There are already a few reviews of the event out there on the forums. Seek them out here, here, and elsewhere, if you're interested.)

The game featured possessed characters killing each other, characters killing the DMs, a secretly evil character leading the party to their doom, and finally the ultimate betrayal and an appearance by Demogorgon to tie up the loose ends. Somehow the whole gaggle of ne'er-do-wells survived what should have been an easy TPK!

ENJOY THE MODULE!

Digest Size Modules Available

Previously published (and still available) in A5 format on Lulu.com, Dungeon Modules UR1 The Tomb of the Sea Kings and SS1 The Odboxx of Zoforon are now available on RPGNow & DriveThruRPG in old-school digest size format (8.5" x 5.5"). 

The print versions of both digest size modules are priced at $9.99 which includes a free electronic copy in PDF format. Make sure you click the bottom purchase option to get both the print and PDF versions. Here are the links!

http://www.rpgnow.com/product/200025/SS1-The-Odboxx-of-Zoforon

http://www.rpgnow.com/product/209026/UR1-The-Tomb-of-the-Sea-Kings

http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/200025/SS1-The-Odboxx-of-Zoforon

http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/209026/UR1-The-Tomb-of-the-Sea-Kings

Printable Maps, Stat Sheets, & Visual Aids for Module SS1: The Odboxx of Zoforon

The print version of SS1 The Odboxx of Zoforon has a multi-page center "pull out" section with maps of 3 multi-room encounter areas, monster statistic matrices, and 4 illustrated visual aids for players. For those who don't want to remove those middle pages, or who would like high resolution files  from which the various maps & stat sheets can be printed, here is a link to a PDF file of those pages:

SS1 The Odboxx of Zoforon: Printable Maps, Stat Sheets, and Visual Aids

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'TIS THE SEASON!

Also, please check out the Christmas adventure module, HG1 The Kringle Castle Invaders. It's perfect for a quick old-school holiday-themed campaign! You can view play reports and photos from folks who ran it last Christmas over on the K&KA boards.

SS1 The Odboxx of Zoforon

Now available on lulu.com:

The Odboxx of Zoforon

PRINT:
http://www.lulu.com/shop/jimm-johnson-and-lawson-bennett/the-odboxx-of-zoforon/paperback/product-22957222.html

PDF:
http://www.lulu.com/shop/jimm-johnson-and-lawson-bennett/the-odboxx-of-zoforon/ebook/product-22957300.html

You can preview the module at either of the lulu links above.

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Keywords: D&D Dungeon Adventure Module RPG