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by Rachel Carpenter

foiled by a would-be BSOD that I think was caused by my computer just not getting along with Component Studio for today :shake:.

Yep, that's been my day. A forced shutdown followed by disk clean-up, disk optimization, and disk defrag.

I successfully updated the box for The United Cards of America, but I could go no further. Phooey. I just wanted to put a little "Made in the USA" on each outer box. The files were corrected for Lincoln's Cat and Liberty, DEATH, or TAXES too, but I couldn't upload the new files to The Game Crafter because trying to update Fireworks for the 4th brought everything to a screeching halt. Maybe tomorrow :whistle:. In the meantime, I got some off-computer work done on 10 Minutes to Midnight and a spin-off that I'm tentatively calling Done is GOOD! after the end of semester lists I used to make in undergrad. The math is mathing.

Anyway, I hope you had nice, relaxing and/or productive weekends. Mine was a bit of a mixed bag.

Also, Happy Mother's Day to all the Geeks celebrating today.

Happy Sunday and happy playing!
-Rachel

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by Spelspul

€17.95 for RPG Item: Challenge of the Ashen One
Condition: New
Location: The Netherlands

by sdonohue

Circles of Eire is a 2024 release from Frontier Gaming It was written, illustrated, and edited by P. G. Harrington and is intended for use with Ancients of Gaia Although not mentioned in the text, it is noted as containing AI in its DriveThruRPG entry. I'm sure that's the cover and only slightly less sure it's the content.

Presentation
This is available as a 6 page pdf in full, if muted color. It measures 10" x 7.5" wide, which makes the use of a single column layout somewhat less inconvenient.

Content
This is intended as a solo adventure for Ancients of Gaia. It starts with a brief table of contents, then moves right into some rules for the adventure. For this adventure, the character is created using the standard rules, then gets to roll on the profile table which will give them an advantage in the game; some of these are bonuses to tasks and others are meta-game bonuses like being able to make some rerolls during play.

The adventure starts with an introduction which tells us the tale of two Irish tribes, the Fir Bolg and the Tuath De, each of which holds sway over a large part of Ireland. The Tuath De are strong with magic and the natural world while the Fir Bolg are renowned for their military prowess. Two English tribes, the Dobunni and the Iceni, have set their sights on Ireland and plan to take it over; their longships are off the shore of Ireland. Into all this strides Heliodora, a Greek sorcerer of the underworld who hopes to subjugate all of them with powerful magic.

You start the adventure in a sacred grove where Heliodora is casting some sort of spell. There are four story points: the Tuatha De are readying their own magics to fight Heliodora, the Fir Bolg prepare to defend their homeland with military prowess, Heliodora is powerful and has a hypnotic voice, and you are descended from the Tuatha De and feel a strong connection to the land; Heliodora would like to make you an apprentice.

This is followed by the Afterword which explains that this adventure may provide background for future adventures.

Evaluation
Here's the obvious stuff: this is a 6 page product, but 4 of the 6 pages are identical to the other solo adventures for this game. The cover is different and the story points are different. That's not much. This has no stats and not enough information. Can I talk to the leaders of the tribe and try to convince them to work against Heliodora? Maybe, but there are no names and no suggestions for what any of them are like. What happens if I join Heliodora as an apprentice? Is Heliodora a man or a woman (in different places her title is either sorcerer or sorceress. It's really not a lot to ask that the only named NPC in the whole module would have a clear sex, even if it doesn't matter.

Solo adventures usually require more guidance for the player than adventures which will have a gm. This really feels like the notes you might have for encounters that you would then flesh out. I'm a pretty improvisational gm, but I would start with more notes than this even in a homebrew game.

If you're looking for a scenario, I would keep looking. This will not make anyone happy that was hoping to sit down and play. I can't say with certainty that I spotted any AI content, but they do acknowledge it's there in the drive thru listing and honestly, i feel like the 2 pages unique to this scenario could be AI generated and the other 4 are pretty clearly a cut and paste.

by Spelspul

€27.95 for RPG Item: Wasteland Adventure #01: Caravan Guards
Condition: New
Location: The Netherlands

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