Into the Ruins is a sandbox adventure serialised in parts in the upcoming Fantastic Odyssesys magazine. Issue one, in addition to introducing the ruined city, which is the main adventurer’s playground, in a general introductory article, also features part one of the sandbox write up of the adjacent adventure’s town, known as Tent Town. The write-up gives full stats for the main NPCs, their followers, and typical townspeople, as well locations and treasures, and of course, a local rumours table. The following text is from the introduction, which also explains how Tent Town develops over the saga’s timeline.
Continue readingWhy do People become Sky Pirates?
The following is from the upcoming Sky Pirates of the Floating Realms game, which I’ll post more about soon. It’s an OpenQuest-powered game that focuses on the adventures of Sky Pirates of various backgrounds and previous careers, using a streamlined version of OpenQuest. This piece from the character generation chapter
Continue readingIs OpenQuest an OSR game?
Here’s my take on whether OQ is an OSR game, which I intend to be the last word on the matter.
Continue readingFantastic Odysseys on ZineQuest now
Until the end of the month, Fantastic Odysseys, an A4 magazine supporting OpenQuest and related D100 games, is on Kickstarter’s ZineQuest. Fantastic Odysseys Issue One on ZineQuest. If you back now, within the first two days of launch, you will receive the mini-zine The Terror of Fishstop Island. Read more about
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OpenQuest 3rd Edition is getting along nicely three years after its initial release. With a range of supplements (such as OpenQuest Companion and OpenQuest Dungeons) gradually emerging as support. This website has a decent amount of traffic, as does the SRD in both online and downloadable form, and the OpenQuest
Continue readingOpenQuest Dungeons now available
OpenQuest Dungeons is now available via the D101 Games web store. This supplement for OpenQuest, which is broadly compatible with other D100 roleplaying games, has advice, resources and three adventures to ease players more familiar with D20 fantasy games into the joys of OpenQuest. PDF is available now, with the
Continue readingOpenQuest Dungeons, the Stuff
I’m on the last round of proofing before pdfs go out to backers and go to print proof at DriveThruRPG.com, but it occurred to me that OpenQuest Dungeons has a lot of new stuff in it for the game. OpenQuest Dungeons contains: Five New Religions. Five New Spells. Describes in
Continue readingNew page SimpleQuest Releases
SimpleQuest now has a release page here, so you can see where I’m up to with it as a game line.
Continue readingWhat’s in OpenQuest Dungeons?
Here’s a breakdown, chapter by chapter, of what OpenQuest Dungeons contains. Rules Articles OpenQuest for Dungeoneers. For Players and Referees, a review of the OpenQuest rules focuses on features allowing them to enter the game from a familiar angle. Stock Non-player characters. The twelve ready-made character concepts from the main
Continue readingOpenQuest Online 2023 Con Report
A quick round up of how OpenQuest Online 2023 went.
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