by truthsdeceit

$60.00 for RPG Item: The Will and the Way
Condition: Good
Location: United States

by truthsdeceit

$80.00 for RPG Item: Thri-Kreen of Athas
Condition: Very Good
Location: United States

by truthsdeceit

$40.00 for RPG Item: Dark Sun Monstrous Compendium Appendix II: Terrors Beyond Tyr
Condition: Very Good
Location: United States

A new episode has been added to the database: Episode 85 - A Fisherman's Life

A new episode has been added to the database: Ep.24 - Fight or Flight

A new episode has been added to the database: Hard Times Beyond the Breach Ep. 8 - Shown No Quarter and Given None

A new episode has been added to the database: Hearthside Chat Q&A: Trinyvale x Strahd Reflections (and New Campaign Preview!)

by Steve

On February 27th it's time again to send our birthday greetings to [user=Annowme][/user]

Happy Birthday Jim!

by truthsdeceit

$120.00 for RPG Item: Dark Sun Boxed Set
Condition: Acceptable
Location: United States

by Alexandre Correia

Day 3337. February 19, 2026. Coimbra...

In my mind, fantasy is a Russ Nicholson sketch. Rough, inked in black with an impossible level of detail. A bare-chested adventurer carving through blistered goblins. A two-headed reptile coiled in a corridor deeper than hell. In my mind, fantasy became real through quadricular rooms of HeroQuest, DnD tomes crammed with orcs, elves, and dragons. Lore and imagery through the marketing gloss of Wizards of the Coast and the prose of R. A. Salvatore. The Lord of the Rings singing nostalgia for a past I never lived.

This is fantasy to me.

But in recent years, my image of fantasy has gained another layer. Nothing pivotal. No bucket of paint splashed over my carefully curated painting, as to render it obsolete. More like adjusting the focus on gritty, fine details, and realizing a whole other world I'd never noticed before.

Fantasy and adventure. Yes.
In the first pages of the hardback, Andrea Sfiligoi writes, "The original Four Against Darkness was a booklet written in a weekend." A weekend!

I bought that weekend project soon after it was released. And what it lacked in clarity and structure was more than made up for by what it offered. A blueprint to infinite adventures with a party of four. Barbarians, elves, dwarves, wizards. "In 4AD, as a nod to old-school role-playing design, a PC's race and class are fused to reinforce classic archetypes," Andrea explains a few pages into the new edition. "If you want to keep things separate, reskin any class, or rename it to fit your concept."

Reskin. Rename. Your imagination. This is 4AD's greatest strength. Instead of reinforcing rules, this system, arguably one of the finest fantasy solo-RPGs ever made, offers a scaffolding to support players' whims and dreams. Throw whatever you want at 4AD, and it won't break or complain.

It will thrive and grow.

Expanded indeed.

Epic tier rules.

Song of the Absolute.

I've visited this.
This expanded edition, in the works almost since the game became Ganesha Games' biggest title, has finally addressed some of the rough spots in the booklet while augmenting others. The original eight classes are now labeled "core" and joined by twelve more. Norindaal gained seven pages of worldbuilding for those who want it, and a map no longer hidden in a barely indexed website.

Highest Character Level (HCL) and resting are explained. Animal companions are explained. Dungeon environments were created. Range attacks during surprise ambushes no longer feel like dubious shots in the dark for rulebook archaeology, thanks to clear initiative rules. Again, nothing is set in stone. Take the Save rule for the new Light Gladiator PC, "As a warrior or a rogue. Choose on a case-by-case basis."

Choose.

Juggling new friends.

Barbaric.

Light killing.

The preventor of bad.

Equipment given form.
It comes with two short adventures, one procedural, the other map-based and narrative-driven. Just to get a taste of what is possible. A sample of the fecundity of supplements published in the last nine years.

This new edition is compatible with everything.

You decide, your suprise.

Yes, she's deadly. I confirm.

A book to rest with.

Classic crawl.

Priceless, but dangerous, tables.

Dungeon blocks.

New fungi rewards.

Old foes.

Fiendish is back.
Perhaps the greatest expansion is the section dedicated to bringing 4AD to traditional multiplayer sessions, with or without a DM. In the original booklet, the few sparse pages at the back offered little guidance. Yet, even in that first afterthought, I've seen couples and families using 4AD as a traditional RPG.

It marked my first step into solo RPGs, just as it has ushered many into role-playing with others.

Hippie wizard.

I will. I always do.

Honoured to flip this pages.

A new house of heroes.

Thank you Andrea.
My definition of fantasy now includes pencil marks on a dungeon grid. Smudged corridors. A party called to life at midnight. The hum of procedural fate and the friction of dice against paper. It lives in improvisation and tabletop solitude. Somewhere along the way, the genre stopped being something I consumed and became something I authored. Four Against Darkness didn't repaint the picture. It handed me the pen.

The darkness was always there, but now I get to draw it myself.

⭐⭐⭐
One year ago: ...a new radar...One year later: N/A

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by Rachel

Liberty , Death, or Taxes has a hook box, but the rules were too little to read, so it has a rules sheet too and now the box is just a pretty box. The game is now complete :geek_grin:.

That said, the box was a nightmare. But 4 BSODs later and I do have an actual box :whistle:...

Boxes are now in-progress for The United Cards of America, Lincoln's Cat, and Fireworks for the 4th. I'm tired and my March 1st deadline is loaming... gah!

Sent some more VGG of the Week messages too, I really want that sorted... double gah!

Game Over On borrowed time...

Happy Thursday and happy playing!
-Rachel

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by ericdes

$30.00 for Board Game: Legacy of Dragonholt
Condition: Like New
Location: United States