Free RPG Day

[Matthew]

So, who picked up any goodies today?

I got quite a lot of cool stuff:

Traveller Quick Start Rules
A Song of Ice and Fire Quick Start Rules
Castles & Crusades Quick Start Rules and Dwarven Glory II
Starsiege Event Horizon - Introduction Manual
Tunnels & Trolls - Take the Money
Dungeon Crawl Classics - Punjar: The Tarnished Jewel
Harnworld - Field of Daisies
Hollow Earth Expedition - Free Adventure
Pathfinder - Revenge of the Kobold King
Iron Heroes - Bloodwood
Dungeons & Dragons 4e - Treasure of Talon Pass

I felt a bit guilty picking up a copy of C&C QSR, since I already have the game, but I suppose I can always pass it onto a likely individual.

[UserClone]

There are exactly 0 participating stores in my state, unfortunately.

[Reinboom]

That's... almost the same exact set of books that the store I work at gave away. Amazing.

But add in a Miskatonic Murder Mystery thing.

[Matthew]

That's... almost the same exact set of books that the store I work at gave away. Amazing.

But add in a Miskatonic Murder Mystery thing.

Hmmn? All participating stores get sent the same books, as far as I know... I didn't pick up Castlemourn, World of Darkness - Hunter, Heirs of Olympus and the free Call of Cthulu LARP thingy, as I didn't really fancy them. The store wasn't sure about the free dice, they thought they might be intended for running the games instore (which they didn't do).

[AlterForm]

Awww, man. They had a Pathfinder item?

Oh well; I can just snag the free PDF on the 23rd.

I also grabbed Talon Pass; gonna run my group through it tomorrow most likely.

[THAC0]

I was quite impressed to actually have a participating store all the way up here.

We got:

Traveller Quick Start Rules
A Song of Ice and Fire Quick Start Rules
Dungeons & Dragons 4e - Treasure of Talon Pass
Hunter
Changeling
And a sheet of terrain tiles

[Reinboom]

Hmmn? All participating stores get sent the same books, as far as I know... I didn't pick up Castlemourn, World of Darkness - Hunter, Heirs of Olympus and the free Call of Cthulu LARP thingy, as I didn't really fancy them. The store wasn't sure about the free dice, they thought they might be intended for running the games instore (which they didn't do).

Well, that explains a lot.

I don't pay attention to how we get things, just that I hand them out.

[Matthew]

Well, that explains a lot.

I don't pay attention to how we get things, just that I hand them out.

Right you are.

[Killersquid]

They have a Song of Ice and Fire Role Playing game? WHY WASN'T I TOLD?!

[brian c]

They have a Song of Ice and Fire Role Playing game? WHY WASN'T I TOLD?!

They have a Song of Ice and Fire Role Playing game.


(I don't know what that is, but I thought it might comfort him. He'll be even more distraught when he realizes that not only does it exist but he could have gotten it for free)

[JaxGaret]

Why wasn't I informed of this before it already happened?

They had free 4e stuff. Of course, it was probably all gone a minute after the store opened...

[Lord Tataraus]

Wait what?? I never heard about this...of course I bet no one around me participated but still...

[RTGoodman]

Wait what?? I never heard about this...of course I bet no one around me participated but still...

Yeah, that's the same reaction and problem I had. Shame, too. I would have liked to see that Pathfinder thing. Also, what's the D&D 4E thing? Just an adventure or what?

[Matthew]

Yeah, that's the same reaction and problem I had. Shame, too. I would have liked to see that Pathfinder thing. Also, what's the D&D 4E thing? Just an adventure or what?

Yeah, they're both adventures. The D&D 4e thing consists of a short adventure, five pregenerated characters, some map tiles, and a model of a wraith. The adventure consists of about a dozen encounters. I found it a bit boring to read.

[Charity]

Well if you don't want it Matt...

I missed it, damnit, theres a store in Reading as well, only a short drive.

[Matthew]

Well if you don't want it Matt...

I missed it, damnit, theres a store in Reading as well, only a short drive.

Well, I haven't played it yet... but if it turns out to play as boring as it reads, I will keep you in mind.

[AKA_Bait]

dangnabit! I never know when these things are. Is it posted someplace?

[Matthew]

dangnabit! I never know when these things are. Is it posted someplace?

Sure, the official website can be found here: Free RPG Day

[AKA_Bait]

Awesome, thanks.

[Morty]

Funny how it's "worldwide" yet in Europe there are only two shops oustide England or Germany that participate.

[Raider]

We were only allowed 2 itmes

[Ulrichomega]

We were only allowed 2 items also, but the stores near me also had games all day. I played in two of the funniest super-hero games that I have ever been in. Character creation was hilarious in the second one. One of the the characters had 32 strength (2 is an average person). We were supposed to be newbie superheroes too.

[drawingfreak]

I managed to get a free adventure for the XCrawl campaign setting for D&D 3.5 and I gotta say, it is pretty cool. I like the idea of having a modern day sporting event in a fantasy setting just being a live broadcast of a dungeon crawl.

Awesome.

[RTGoodman]

I managed to get a free adventure for the XCrawl campaign setting for D&D 3.5 and I gotta say, it is pretty cool. I like the idea of having a modern day sporting event in a fantasy setting just being a live broadcast of a dungeon crawl.

Awesome.

XCrawl is pretty neat, though some of it is just silly or stupid (especially NPC names and stuff like that). Our college gaming club's semester-long RPG was in the XCrawl setting (and ended with my Gnome Wizard and a Human Barbarian as the rulers of the North American Empire ). The problem I see with the setting is that it seems almost dead in the water, with very few published supplements (other than the Setting book, the "Selling Out" supplement or whatever it's called, and some adventures).

[jcsw]

It seems my entire continent doesn't participate. Go Asia. :(

[Matthew]

It seems my entire continent doesn't participate. Go Asia. :(

Well, last year it was only the US that participated, so maybe next year even more countries will take part.

[SamTheCleric]

I managed to pick up the 4e adventure as well as the nWoD Hunter: the Vigil. Hunter seems pretty good... almost good enough to get me back into World of Darkness.

[Matthew]

I managed to pick up the 4e adventure as well as the nWoD Hunter: the Vigil. Hunter seems pretty good... almost good enough to get me back into World of Darkness.

What did you think of the Treasure of Talon Pass, Sam? I know you have a generally positive view of 4e and Keep on the Shadowfell, so it would be useful for me to hear how you rated it comparatively.

[SamTheCleric]

What did you think of the Treasure of Talon Pass, Sam? I know you have a generally positive view of 4e and Keep on the Shadowfell, so it would be useful for me to hear how you rated it comparatively.

I didn't get a chance to sit down and read it very carefully as I had people over my house and just started another college class yesterday.

That said:

When I first cracked it open, it really reminded me of the old 2nd Ed modules that I would buy, with the maps on the loose cover and the "innards" not attached to the cover, it was nostolgic, you could say.

What little I did read, seemed to point to the fact that its a straight dungeon crawl, multi-level Diablo style hack-and-slash. While sometimes those are fun, I prefer a little more potatoes to go with my meat, ya know? I think it will make for a good insert into my campaign as a side quest... perhaps up the level of the monsters slightly and make it a 3rd level adventure to bridge the gap from Keep on Shadowfell and ... Pyramid of Shadows? I think that's the second adventure.

I'd be interested to find out what other people think of it. I do need to take some time to read it more in depth... but the many roles of society that are thrust upon me really limit my time.

[hamlet]

I missed the new Song of Ice and Fire rules?

Now I'm just gonna have to go curl up in the corner and cry.

Dang, who put those out again?