This is one of those, omg I’ve just updated this site not realising how out of date some sections are, sort of posts.

If you are a long-time visitor, the Products page has had a big update, since it was about four years out of date and didn’t reflect the large number of books I’ve put out over that time. Oh and it was still showing OpenQuest 2nd edition as a thing, and we are comfortably one year into OpenQuest 3rd edition being out.  So if you are not sure what I do as D101 Games in the fantasy tabletop space check out the following page.

• D101 Games Products page

The links to Fiendish Friday and UK OSR category pages have gone since I’ve not been creating content for either for an embarrassing amount of time.  This has got me thinking about what I should be writing for the blog. I think the most obvious one, apart from talking about my own stuff is things like the series of reviews I’m planning for Mythras. Also, the BOSR review seems to have fallen by the wayside over the last couple of months. Also, I think a general where I’m at with the OSR sort of blog post is in order.

Looking at the archives, The Sorcerer turns twelve this coming September, and its heartwarming to see there’s life in the old blog yet 🙂

It struck me the other day, It’s been a while since I’ve read any of the Mythras books I’ve been quietly buying and putting away on my shelves. So to give me a push and vote now!  I’ll check back in a week or so 🙂

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And if you missed my review of Mythras.

• Mythras review.

I’ve done a big restock of the D101 Webstore, which means that all the Crypts and Things, OpenQuest and other OSR titles I publish (such as Tales from The Sorcerer Under the Mountain and The Road to Hell).

• Visit the D101 Games web store

To celebrate, until the end of July, all titles are 10% off. Just enter the code summerfun10 at check out.

OpenQuest Dungeons by Jon Hodgson

The Road to Hell, cover by Jon Hodgson

OpenQuest 3rd Edition is currently 10% off in print via Drivethrurpg.com as part of its Best In Print sale until May 2nd.

• OpenQuest 3rd Edition is on sale at DriveThruRpg.com

also available in print and pdf is the newly released OpenQuest Companion.

• OpenQuest Companion

These titles and many other OpenQuest releases are also available directly from me via the D101 Web Store.

• OpenQuest at D101Games.com

A quick change from our usual diet of Fantasy gaming here.  I’m bringing my cyberpunk RPG, Reboot the Future, to Kickstarter this coming Monday (1st November).

The Kickstarter page is currently a prelaunch page, where you can sign up to be notified when it launches.

• Reboot the Future, Cyberpunk Roleplaying in the 23rd Century, on Kickstarter 1st November. 

And if you want to learn more about the game, I’m posting a series of preview posts over at the Sorcerer’s sister sci-fi blog, To the Stars.

• Reboot the Stars Previews over at To the Stars.

RuneQuest Glorantha? I’ve come to the conclusion I like it.

When it came out, I plunged right in and ran it several times as a convention game. The epic Lunars on the run from angry animal riders, looking for the last moon boat home that is Dry Run in Prax. I even ran it online as a mini-campaign with a mix of newbies and old hands. All the new subsystems and new lore overwhelmed me, to the point of overload. And I’m a Gloranthan GM of 30+ years experience! So when the OpenQuest Kickstarter blew up in my face with its success, I switched to running that. Partially because I craved simplicity system-wise, I also had to take care of business and get some last-minute play-testing done. Since then, OpenQuest Thursdays, as that group is known, has firmly established itself as a long-running home campaign 🙂

On reflection, though, it was very clear that the players had a great time because those new subsystems gave them options and power at the table. I’m thinking Runes and Passions especially. They can read all that new lore in the rulebook or when I shove the Gloranthan Sourcebook in their direction. We were playing Lunar Tarsh characters, so we had whole sessions discussing Lunar Theology and mythology since the players were curious and it was relevant to their characters, who are questioning their faith after the downfall of Pavis.

I’m making a small return to RuneQuest via conventions, and when I do, I shall be keeping things simple on my side of the fence and letting players focus on all the bits I find fiddly. If you want to use Passions in my game, great, but you work out when you want to use them and how.

Finally, I love the fact that Gloranthan Fandom has got a shot in the arm due to its release. People are picking up RQG and are staying and running campaigns. Lots of fan-made stuff on the Jonstown Compendium, and while the official releases are slow, in a sense, there’s no regular release schedule, there’s still a large chunk of playable stuff out there already.

This post came about because of this thread over at the RPGPub forum, where I chime in on page 2. Also, it’s in lieu of a long-overdue review of RuneQuest Glorantha itself, which is this long epic thing in my head being a long time RQ/Glorantha fan 🙂 

OQ 3 is now on general release after being sent out to Kickstarter Backers and pre-orders.

You can get it in pdf and Print with free pdf from my web store.

• OpenQuest 3rd Edition from d101games.com

The print version I’m selling there until it sells out is the last of the Signed and Sent version that was offered to Kickstarter backers. It has sewn pages, endpapers, colour plates and a ribbon.  Stocks are already running low.

Here’s a quick run-through.

If you have a previous edition and are curious about what has changed, I created this page for you.

• OpenQuest 3rd Edition Changelog

Also, its gone on sale via drivethrurpg.com

• Get OpenQuest 3rd Edition from drivethrurpg.com.

The Kickstarter funded a number of supplements and the planned list of books and progress on them can be found on this page.

• OpenQuest Releases