Old-School Solo Adventures: Pre-orders are Open!

The campaign funded in one hour. It attracted a record-for-me number of backers: over 800. Layout of all four is complete, and we’re entering a stage of 2-3 weeks of proofing and fight-testing, then the campaign closes, and manufacturing orders go out.

This is an opportunity to get in a “late pledge” for the campaign by pre-ordering the books and PDFs at the same discounted prices offered during the Kickstarter. We’re on track to deliver before mid-November, with PDF availability starting next week (Sept 21).

Check Out the Add-Ons!

It’s a pretty focused offering, but there are several exciting add-ons to consider.

Quick-Reference Cards!

A physical deck of 3.5×5″ reference cards for the monsters in the four adventures. There will be at least 157 cards in the decks. The design above is a work-in-progress but should be close to the final; each card will be tweaked for readability. Monsters that are complicated – like dragons and werewolves – will have a second card listing the common abilities for all such creatures. These allow fast access for monster and NPC stats, in convenient format. Both physical and PDF versions are available; physical versions are US, Canada, and AUS/NZ only due to shipping and staging expenses. Sorry.

Dungeon Grappling!

Dungeon Grappling shows that the same basic concepts that you use to smite a foe with your sword are perfectly appropriate when grappling. The attack roll, target number, and effect roll are all unified in the context of grapples to minimize special cases. Finally grappling rules that don’t suck. One book includes rules for old-school games, the Pathfinder RPG, and Fifth Edition.

The Dragon Heresy RPG – Introductory Set

The Dragon Heresy Introductory Set is a fully playable game, covering character creation, adventuring, combat, gear, and challenges. In the book you will find: Norse-inspired culture, cosmology, and mythology. Deadly and tactically interesting combat. Rules and options to bring Viking-style martial combat to the Fifth Edition of the world’s most popular Fantasy RPG, with both tactical and narrative tools This is the PDF version of this stand-alone RPG. You will not need other rulebooks to play. Described by a fellow old-school player as “the only version of 5e I’ll play.” Physical versions are US, Canada, and AUS/NZ only due to shipping and staging expenses. Sorry.

Pre-Orders Open for a Few Weeks!

The ability to pre-order the books will be held open until it’s time to order the print copies. After that, fulfillment begins and the PDFs and print books will be made available on the Gaming Ballistic webs store only after fulfillment is complete. Get in early!