The OpenQuester issue 1

The OpenQuester is an irregular D101 publication, supporting OpenQuest and its derived games (such as The Company and River of Heaven).

Issue 1 should be out by the end of this year in both print and pdf format. Price To be Confirmed.

Lined up for this issue.

“Balstan’s Gatehouse” by Newt Newport, an old skool adventure which pays homage to a certain
Alternative Character Generation methods. by Newt Newport, new   rules for players and GMs who want random character generation in their games.
“Threat assessment” by   Rik Kershaw Moore, an article from the incoming The Company game.
“Is OQ Oldschool?” by Newt Newtport an article summing up the points for and against.
“Step daughter” John Ossoway an article from the upcoming River of Heaven game.
“The Hangman’s Daughter” by Nathan Baron, an   adventure set in the Empires Rising setting.

The Age of Shadow

I feel like a proud Uncle, the first independently powered by OpenQuest game is out 🙂

Ladies and Gentlemen may I introduce you to The Age of Shadow, from Crooked Staff Productions

http://ageofshadow.freehostia.com

From the Game’s webpage
The Age of Shadow is a free role-playing game based upon the OpenQuest system (by Newt Newport of d101 games). As such the game uses a simple d100 rules mechanic to resolve tasks (i.e. roll 1d100 and compare it to the skill being used), and is set in a fantasy world of elves, men, and terrible foes.

Inspired by Tolkien’s Silmarillion, it has some cracking graphics and maps.
I recommend you check it out.

Beer!

This is my favourite beer, Hobgoblin ale brewed by the Wychwood Brewery in the Cotswolds.

Some Newt related triva.

  • On my honeymoon, the good lady took me to the town where they brew it. Unfortunatly they didn’t do brewery tours then, but I had my first couple of hand pulled pints in local pub. I could have stayed all afternoon, but the missus was driving 😉
  • Biggest regret of my attendance at the old GenConUKs held in Loughborough was that we never popped out of the con and went to the Wytchwood pub near the train station on the over side of town.
  • Jon Hodgson who does most of the D101 books covers, including the Savage North and the upcoming Life and Death for OpenQuest, has done several labels for Wychwood beers (although alas not the Hobgoblin himself).
  • I was lucky to have a bottle tonight 🙂

Welcome…

…to a journey through the misty forests, dark mountains and dangerous cities of Old Skool fantasy role-playing from a UK perspective.

So while we’ll be talking about D101’s own OSR products (the D100 OpenQuest and the upcoming Albion Adventures for Level Based Old Skool Dungeon Develing games), there will be a fair bit of discussion about 80s UK publications like; Fighting Fantasy, Warhammer Fantasy First Edition, TSR UK D&D modules and White Dwarf magazine.