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So it's always nice to read the core books of an RPG, get your head around a new system, roll up a couple of characters, breathe in the heady aroma of possibility of what this could be like to play if, you know, you were able to lasso four friends on a regular basis to play it. But I think for me the best thing about RPGs are the supplements that come out after. The adventures, the campaigns, the settings. The stuff that pours the flavour-filled gravy over the meat and potatoes.
Let's have a look at some, and why they're so sexy. First of all, obviously: maps. Pull out maps, floor layouts with an S for secret doors, little trees and symbols for marshlands, old-timey writing for place names, the lot.
Check out this monster pull out map from the 4E Forgotten Realms book. I pored over this for ages and took it out every time the players in my campaign went anywhere.
Or this one, detailing the internal layout of the Tower of Isengard for Middle Earth Role Playing (MERP), in case anyone is insane enough to try and break in to take on Saruman. Gorgeous.
It's not just the maps, of course, it's the tiny flavour illustrations as well. Are there little boxed insert pictures of all the major NPCs? There fuckin well better be, pal. I want them squinting suspiciously at the reader in little black and white headshots or I want my money back.
Or how about the deadly allure of a very long campaign, an epic you know in your heart you'll never actually keep the group together long enough to actually finish, but which give your sessions some sweeping narrative scope before Gary moves away and Phillipa decides that kids are more important than six hour sessions in your living room rolling dice and being a Wizard. The Enemy Within is a Warhammer campaign that is spread across five books. A real monster whose reputation is variable depending on which part you're doing, but which most agree contains some of the very best adventures ever printed. Five volumes of political chicanery, chaos corruption and intrigue? Fuck yes. Never played, want to desperately.
Or maybe just a short adventure to get people in the mood? RPGs have started doing actual starter sets now, everything you need for babby's first adventure in one box. Here's the Call of Cthulhu one.
So, you disgusting nerds, what's the RPG adventure or campaign or supplement that you love most? What sends a thrill of pleasure down your withered, ancient spine when you see the cover? What are some terrible ones you've read? What old reliables have you gone back to over the years with multiple groups?
Let's have a look at some, and why they're so sexy. First of all, obviously: maps. Pull out maps, floor layouts with an S for secret doors, little trees and symbols for marshlands, old-timey writing for place names, the lot.
Check out this monster pull out map from the 4E Forgotten Realms book. I pored over this for ages and took it out every time the players in my campaign went anywhere.
Or this one, detailing the internal layout of the Tower of Isengard for Middle Earth Role Playing (MERP), in case anyone is insane enough to try and break in to take on Saruman. Gorgeous.
It's not just the maps, of course, it's the tiny flavour illustrations as well. Are there little boxed insert pictures of all the major NPCs? There fuckin well better be, pal. I want them squinting suspiciously at the reader in little black and white headshots or I want my money back.
Or how about the deadly allure of a very long campaign, an epic you know in your heart you'll never actually keep the group together long enough to actually finish, but which give your sessions some sweeping narrative scope before Gary moves away and Phillipa decides that kids are more important than six hour sessions in your living room rolling dice and being a Wizard. The Enemy Within is a Warhammer campaign that is spread across five books. A real monster whose reputation is variable depending on which part you're doing, but which most agree contains some of the very best adventures ever printed. Five volumes of political chicanery, chaos corruption and intrigue? Fuck yes. Never played, want to desperately.
Or maybe just a short adventure to get people in the mood? RPGs have started doing actual starter sets now, everything you need for babby's first adventure in one box. Here's the Call of Cthulhu one.
So, you disgusting nerds, what's the RPG adventure or campaign or supplement that you love most? What sends a thrill of pleasure down your withered, ancient spine when you see the cover? What are some terrible ones you've read? What old reliables have you gone back to over the years with multiple groups?
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