One of our most anticipated releases of the year is OAR #6: The Temple of Elemental Evil, and we've got an update for you on its progress.
Plus, this week sees the release of the new Goodman Games Yearbook #8, the DCC RPG Thick Cardboard Judge's Screen, and the announcement of Crypt of the Devil Lich for both 5E and DCC RPG.
And with ZineQuest 3 in full force, we point you towards a handful of campaigns that take advantage of Kickstarter's promotion.
We round things out this week with news for and about the Road Crew, news from Spawn of Cyclops Con on featured events, 5E events, our charity partner, and a chance for you to play on our Twitch channel as part of a special promotion. There are also articles on Gardner Fox, the Luck Award winners from Gen Con 2019, a new feature called When We Were Young, and a reminder about the open call for Tales From The Magician's Skull.
Let's get to it!
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NEW IN THE ONLINE STORE:
THICK DCC JUDGE'S SCREEN AND YEARBOOK #8
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It’s time to finally say goodbye to The Year That Shall Not Be Named, and we will do this by celebrating the positives that came from that dreadful 365 days. The Goodman Games Yearbook #8 is now for sale in our online store, in both print + PDF and PDF-only formats.
And, the new, very sturdy and very cool, DCC RPG Thick Cardstock Judge’s Screen is also now available!
Both are now shipping from our warehouse.
Let’s take a closer look.
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Heavy-duty screen for DCC RPG!
This is a very thick, durable cardboard version of our classic screen. In technical terms the screen is printed on 2mm thick boards, meaning when all three panels are laid upon each other whole screen is more than 6mm thick.
You really have to hold it to appreciate it. This is a durable screen!
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The annual Goodman Games community-building sourcebook is back—but let’s not talk about the year!
The year that shall not be named: it was the year we all learned to game online, and we shall celebrate it for that.
In the latest annual community yearbook from Goodman Games, the company celebrates what made this year special. Online connections brought regular gaming back to our lives, and the convention season took on a whole new look.
As always, this volume contains a wealth of new DCC RPG content, including new monster fumble tables and new mighty deed rules. There is an interview with TSR legend Russ Nicholson, a new mini-adventure, and pictures and photographs from this year – the year we want to forget but can’t help remembering.
At least we can remember the good times, including Cyclops Con, DCC Day, Bride of Cyclops Con, and all the great online games.
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ANNOUNCING CRYPT OF THE DEVIL LICH FOR 5E AND DCC |
An ancient prophecy sends your heroes into the crypt of the Devil Lich. They must destroy her, before she can return to power. Once inside, your heroes face horrors that could only be dreamt of by a mad half-drow half-fiend lich!
Coming soon to Kickstarter! Crypt of the Devil Lich is the most vicious dungeon crawl since Tomb of Horrors. Created in homage to this classic with the goal of providing an even greater challenge, Crypt of the Devil Lich became an instant legend when it was first run as a tournament dungeon crawl. More than 15 years after its original Gen Con debut, we’re pleased to announce that it will finally see print again!
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The Kickstarter will fund publication of Crypt of the Devil Lich in two formats: a D&D 5E edition, and a DCC RPG edition. Perhaps the most cherished dungeon crawl ever published by Goodman Games, Crypt of the Devil Lich has been completely updated and converted to new rules sets. It’s ready for your table: are your players ready for it?
Featuring new cover art by Sanjulian, this new hardcover conversion has been brought into the 5E rules set by original lead designer Chris Doyle, and converted to DCC RPG rules by Bob Brinkman.
Look for more details to be announced soon!
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AN UPDATE ON THE TEMPLE OF ELEMENTAL EVIL |
In April of last year we announced that Goodman Games would be adding legendary adventure module The Temple of Elemental Evil to our Original Adventures Reincarnated line. Well, we thought it was time to update you on the progress of what is proving to be an absolutely huge book.
Two books in fact! Now that all of the writing, editing, and art is done, we’re in the layout stage of this massive undertaking, which upon release will take up an estimated 700-800 pages. That will be two hardback volumes in a custom slipcase priced at $99.99, estimated for an August 2021 release.
These volumes reprint the original material from the published module T1-4: The Temple of Elemental Evil, as well as the original version of T1: The Village of Hommlet. Created by Gary Gygax and Frank Mentzer, The Temple of Elemental Evil has long been regarded as one of the greatest adventures in TSR’s publishing history. And we are proud to bring this module to a new audience.
Like all of the Original Adventures Reincarnated line, this release will contain both the original material scanned in and cleaned up to present it as it originally appeared, along with a full, new 5E translation in the second half of the book. The new material is being designed by a creative team led by Chris Doyle with contributions from Rick Maffei and others, all of whom are seasoned veterans of Dungeons and Dragons across its many incarnations.
We anticipate OAR #6 The Temple of Elemental Evil will be ready for the printer within the next 4-6 weeks, and that stage is when we will start accepting pre-orders. Be sure to keep your eyes peeled for more information and additional previews once this beast is at the printer!
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Let’s look at the text from the back cover of the book:
EVIL BORN ANEW
The Village of Hommlet thrives again. Years ago, this quaint village nearly fell prey to a great, neighboring evil. The nearby Temple of Elemental Evil, a grand edifice of wickedness, was defeated after a great battle and thrown into ruin forever … or was it? Bandits have started to ride the roads again, and there are other ominous signs afoot. It is whispered that the demonic evil at the heart of the Temple was not truly conquered but merely imprisoned. Even now, agents of evil, malevolent beasts, and far worse creatures are conspiring to return the Temple to power and enslave the surrounding lands. Hommlet and the neighboring ruins may hold clues, but not everyone is to be trusted. Surely danger lies hidden in this idyllic region.
Sharpen your swords and axes. Purchase your iron rations and tinderboxes. And don’t forget at least one 10-foot pole. Great adventure awaits those that dare confront the Temple of Elemental Evil!
This book collection is an homage to the origins of an adventure that began decades ago with T1: The Village of Hommlet and T1-4: The Temple of Elemental Evil. Herein you will find high-quality scans from multiple printings of the original first edition adventure modules, plus commentary by gaming legends. Full fifth edition conversions of both adventure books are included, as well as brand new adventure material that adds new wilderness encounters, expands the Village of Nulb, fully details the evil Elemental Nodes, and provides fifth edition updates of many original magic items, monsters, and spells. This is a fully playable mega-dungeon and mini-campaign—many hours of classic-style adventure await you!
You can look for OAR #6: The Temple of Elemental Evil to arrive in August 2021.
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NEW FEBRUARY STICKERS FOR THE ROAD CREW |
The calendar has flipped over to a new month, and that means new swag for our Road Crew!
February features three new stickers to order for any member of the Road Crew who runs a game during the month. For each qualifying game you run during February you can order six stickers, either of a single design or a mix of the three—you choose!
You still can get copies of the January stickers, as well! While supplies last, you can still order them for your Road Crew games. But they won’t be around forever, so don’t delay.
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ROAD CREW RALLY ON YOUTUBE |
If you missed out on the Road Crew Rally this past weekend, it's not too late to be a part of it.
The entire Road Crew Rally as it was broadcast on Twitch is now available to watch over on YouTube. So if you are a member of the Road Crew and were unable to attend, or if you have always wanted to know more about the program, pop on over to YouTube to check it out!
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CHECK OUT ALL OF THE DCC ZINEQUEST KICKSTARTERS |
It’s that time of year! Kickstarter is now running ZineQuest 3, and it’s a great chance to launch your own zine. ZineQuest always brings a lot of energy and excitement, and usually, a whole slew of DCC zines that make their debut during the event.
Let’s look at some of them, and click the button below to see a full listing of all the DCC ZineQuest Kickstarters!
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BLACKOUT IN CRATER VALLEY: SUPPORT THIS ZINEQUEST DCC KICKSTARTER |
Welcome to the world of Blackout in Crater Valley, the new adventure for DCC RPG. The creator known only as ZOG has crafted an homage to classic 80’s slasher films into an adventure meant for Dungeon Crawl Classics, and you can now back it on Kickstarter!
A part of the ZineQuest 3 promotion, Blackout in Crater Valley is an adventure unlike any other for DCC RPG. And it’s so 80’s that there is even a stretch goal where you can get a cassette tape out of the campaign…
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ZINE 3-PACK OF FUTURISTIC POST-APOCALYPSE AND FANTASY: SUPPORT THIS ZINEQUEST DCC KICKSTARTER |
This is not a Kickstarter for a DCC zine. This Kickstarter covers THREE DCC zines at once!
The folks from Psychoda Press have joined forces with the people at Horse Shark to create a trio of zines for DCC RPG that are a part of ZineQuest 3 on Kickstarter.
Unveiled Elisions
A collaboration RPG zine featuring articles from ENnie award winning Donn Stroud and no award winning James A. Pozenel, Jr.
Scions of the Computarchs
A limited series from Horse Shark Games. Each issue of Scions of the Computarchs features a new patron AI suitable for use in your DCC & MCC RPG sci-fi campaigns. Two other patron AIs are planned for 2021. Issue #1 is a limited edition print, special only to this Kickstarter.
25 Ghosts, Spirits, and Hauntings
A series of “advent” ghost blog entries turned into a zine with art (hopefully a lot of art!). These are statted up for Old-School Essentials right now, and we will also be including DCC RPG stats.
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WIDE-EYED TERROR: SUPPORT THIS ZINEQUEST DCC KICKSTARTER |
It’s a spooky new zine for DCC RPG! Breaker Press brings you Wide-Eyed Terror!
Wide-Eyed Terror is a fast-paced adventure for Dungeon Crawl Classics that puts tension and fear on the forefront. The adventure can be run as a 0-level funnel or for 1st-level characters.
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TERROR OF THE STRATOSFIEND #3: SUPPORT THIS ZINEQUEST DCC KICKSTARTER |
They say the third time is the charm, but the first two were already great. Terror of the Stratosfiend is back for another ZineQuest and a third issue!
Sean Richer’s wild tentacle and sorcery zine is back with an all-new issue as a part of this year’s ZineQuest. Like the previous two installments, Terror of the Stratosfiend #3 will bring you all kinds of newness, including new classes, new spells, new occupations, new deeds, and a whole lot more!
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WELCOME TO EASTWOOD: SUPPORT THIS ZINEQUEST DCC KICKSTARTER |
Studio 9 is back with a new Kickstarter suitable for both Dungeon Crawl Classics and Mutant Crawl Classics! And this time out, they’re taking you to a world that is a little…west.
Welcome to Eastwood is the new Kickstarter campaign taking your PCs to the greatest little theme park in the world. A wild west resort that is perfectly stable. Nothing could possibly go wrong. It’s guaranteed.
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CHECK OUT OUR D&D 5E TRACK |
Spawn of Cyclops Con is this month! It’s going to be three days of gaming fun and excitement, filled with everything that Goodman Games publishes. And that includes games for the world’s first fantasy role-playing game!
We’ve got a great selection of D&D 5E games that will be running during Spawn of Cyclops Con. Here’s some of the highlights:
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We’re only three weeks out from Spawn of Cyclops Con! As the excitement rises, we want to take the time to point out some of the special games that are headed your way.
Spawn of Cyclops Con event tickets have gone on sale, but we have plenty of events still open! Here is just a sampling of events you can currently buy tickets to attend!
Premiere Events
These are events run by our pro Judges and Authors!
Harley Stroh is running DCC RPG Solo Tournament: Slave Pits of Lost Agharta! The winners of the first round will advance and be placed in the second round events on Saturday. The winners from those events will then be placed in the third round on Sunday. You can find the full list of Harley’s DCC RPG Solo Tournament events here!
Road Reaver Events
These are events run by our road team of experienced judges!
Cory Gahsman will be running Crimson Ooze Contagion. The villagers of Mossy Hollow have begun to mutate into inhuman, mindless cannibals! Surely the alchemist Chandorn, who lives in the horned pyramid on the other side of Fogmoss Marsh, is to blame. Set out with your comrades in arms, through the swamp, to get the answers you need to save your village.
Stefan Suratt will be running Raiders on a Ruthless Ridge. You were on your way west when the wagon caravan burnt last night. Most folk were taken or killed. Tracks lead up into the hills you tried to steer clear of due to rumors of the vile folk up in them hills. It’s time for some frontier justice. Go save your kinfolk!
William Keller will be running To Sleep, Perchance to Dream. Something strange is happening in the village of Biven’s Rest after the sun goes down.
Sean Smith will be running Masscre Square Garden. An Xcrawl Classics legacy event! Start your Xcrawl careers play-testing a new living campaign rules system . Masasacre Square Garden is a play-test for lvl 1 Xcrawlers using the Xcrawl Classics Beta Rules. Pre-gen characters will be provided, and new players are welcome. Come play with the author of this adventure.
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ANNOUNCING THE FRANKLIN FOOD BANK AS OUR CHARITY PARTNER FOR SPAWN OF CYCLOPS CON |
Spawn of Cyclops continues the tradition that we have followed with our previous online cons by having an added benefit to go along with the fun.
We are pleased to announce that our charitable partner for Spawn of Cyclops Con is the Franklin Food Bank. And now it is more important than ever to help out those in need.
Goodman Games will donate $5 to the food bank for every game run at Spawn of Cyclops Con. We live in difficult times, many people are hungry, and this is a way that we can help out by sharing our experience.
Please know that as you game, someone else will benefit. And don’t let it end there. In your own neighborhood, please keep an eye out for those in need, and help them as much as you can!
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SIGN UP TO GAME ON OUR TWITCH CHANNEL |
The smell of love, adventure, and night soil is in the air! In February, the Goodman Games Twitch channel will post a special event, Love in the Age of Gongfarmers. In this prime time special, we’ll broadcast a Valentines-themed game, run live on our Twitch channel—and you can be a part of it!
If you want to be on Twitch and let your personality shine in a live broadcast, this is your chance. We’re looking for some great gamers to share the love of gaming in a love-themed adventure.
Those who are selected will play in a special Valentines-themed game judged by Stephen Newton at Spawn of Cyclops Con! You’ll be playing live on Twitch with four other players randomly selected based on astrology, numerology, divination, haruspicy, and a little bit of blind luck.
The lucky adventurers will be announced by the Cyclops himself during a special Valentine’s Day Twitch show.
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Ah, Gen Con! We miss it so much, the gaming, the displays, the new releases and unexpected discoveries. And, of course, the monsters! If you’ve ever visited our booth at Gen Con before, then you’ll know we have this crazy thing called a Luck Table that our fans can roll on every year. Rolling on the Luck Table can get you something special. Maybe a discount, maybe a freebie … maybe even a portrait of yourself as a monster.. |
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Remember the good old days? The action figures battling over landscapes of shag carpet and shoeboxes, Mom’s second best tablecloth pressed into service as a sleepover fort, and hours spent pouring through charts in black-and-white RPG manuals with all the intensity of cramming for the CPA exam. Debates about the Kessel Run, A-Team lunchboxes, Gobots smuggled into gym class, and video game consoles less powerful than a modern fridge magnet — pure ‘cool’ before it became vintage retro-chic... |
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TWO MONTHS REMAINING FOR THE SKULL'S OPEN CALL |
The greatest sword-and-sorcery magazine in the history of the world is Tales From The Magician’s Skull, and it is now accepting submissions! We’ve already received some fantastic submissions, but there is still time to get your story thrown into the arena. Only two months remain, however, so don’t think this is an eternal chance—the only thing that is eternal is The Skull himself!
Tales From the Magician’s Skull is currently printed twice yearly and pays 4 cents a word upon acceptance. If I find your tale worthy, my minions will purchase select rights so we may publish the story. You retain the copyright...
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SWORD-AND-PLANET LOVE-LETTER: GARDNER FOX'S WARRIOR OF LLARN
by Brian Murphy
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Sword-and-planet (S&P) is an odd, anachronistic corner of speculative fiction, occupying a colorful and wild interstellar space somewhere between the charted lands of fantasy and science fiction. Fighting-men from earth travel via astral projection to planets where hovercraft soar, shining cities in oxygenated domes rise above dusty plains, and aliens wear radium pistols at their hip, but settle conflicts man-to-man and sword-to-sword. And not with lightsabers, but old school, real shiny bits of steel... |
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FREE STICKER WITH PURCHASE |
We want to stick you with something good!
For a limited time, when you make a purchase of $15.00 or more on the Goodman Games Online Store you will get a FREE sticker added to your purchase.
You don’t have to do anything. When you make a purchase, the sticker will automatically be added to your cart. This is a limited time offer! So enjoy while you can, because it won’t be around forever—it’s while supplies last.
Road Crew, don’t worry! We set aside some of the stickers for you! As long as you order your January sticker during the month of January for games run in January, there will be enough for you!
For non-Road Crew, please remember that this offer is while supplies last, and the sticker ships with your main order. That means if you order this with a pre-order item, we might be out of stickers by the time it ships. Earn your free sticker with current items!
So head on over to the online store and buy that product you’ve been thinking of getting. We’ll add in a free sticker for you!
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PRE-ORDER IN THE ONLINE STORE:
MCC #11: THE OMNIVARY OF EDEN!
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Fans of Terra A.D. can rejoice! There is a new adventure on the horizon, and now you can pre-order it for your collection. The brand-new MCC #11: The Omnivary of Eden module is now in our online store.
Let’s look at the details!
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A Level 2 Adventure for MCC RPG!
After generations of digging, your tribe has finally uncovered the long-buried entrance to the Garden of the Gods. Foretold by an ancient prophet, the Garden is rumored to contain the Seeds of Creation—the essence of all planetary life hidden away before the apocalypse.
These priceless seeds must be retrieved and protected at any cost, lest they be abused, or worse, destroyed by the factions who abhor all aspects of life that inhabited Terra A.D. before The Great Disaster.
NOTE: THIS IS A PRE-ORDER FOR AN ITEM THAT IS CURRENTLY SCHEDULED TO SHIP IN MARCH 2021.
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ANNOUNCING FIFTH EDITION FANTASY #18: HORROR IN BLACKWOOD FOREST |
We’ve got a new mid-level adventure to help spice up your D&D 5E game. Fifth Edition Fantasy #18: Horror in Blackwood Forest is the latest addition to the line of stand-alone adventures for the world’s first fantasy role-playing game.
Written by Jason Vey, this adventure pits your PCs against a force that threatens not just your world, but your entire plane of existence. Let’s look at the details:
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A level 7 adventure for 5E!
Situated on the shores of a major trade route is the town of Gullhem, a bastion of law and order in an all-too-often lawless world. Beyond the borders of this walled port town is the vast Blackwood Forest.
After a barroom brawl, our heroes are tasked by the Baron of Gullhem to rescue his son, Viktor, who was mysteriously kidnapped from his room overnight, with no sign of intrusion save a mystical pointer directed at the forest.
Now, the heroes find themselves facing the machinations of an evil necromancer, his legions of the undead and fanatical cultists, and a plot to overtake the entire city and spread the influence of the Negative Energy Plane across the entire world…
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