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OpenQuest 3rd Edition Now Available to Pre-Order

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I’m pleased to say that the main OpenQuest 3 rulebook is done and off to print proof, so it’s time to open up a pre-order.

I’ve set up two options for pre-ordering OpenQuest 3rd Edition if you missed last year’s Kickstarter.

OpenQuest 3 Signed and Sent (£25) – Better quality print, ribbons, endpapers, and five colour plates, signed by myself and sent directly to you.

OpenQuest 3 Print on Demand (£10) – Print on Demand via drivethrurpg.com.

Both come with immediate pdf downloads of the book, along with the OpenQuest Quick-Start: The Lost Outpost.  Also when it is ready you will also receive at no extra cost the OpenQuest Companion in PDF and at cost Print on Demand.  Also, purchase of either of these entitles you to buy a selection of Add-ons that were available to Kickstarter backers.

This pre-order closes on Sunday, May 9th 2021.

The Lost Outpost – The OpenQuest Quickstart

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I am pleased to say the free pdf version of the OpenQuest 3rd Edition Quick-Start, the Lost Outpost is now available.

This pdf is designed to get players and Referees up and playing OpenQuest, with the minimum of preparation.

It contains the following sections.

  • Characters. A rundown of what an OpenQuest character is made up of, both in terms of numbers and concepts.
  • Quick Rules. A concise version of the OpenQuest rules, enough to play the adventure.
  • Combat. The rules for physical combat.
  • Magic. The basic approach to magic, known as Personal Magic.
  • The Lost Outpost. An introductory adventure set in OpenQuest’s example setting, the Empire of Gatan.
  • A set of six pre-made characters. Players should pick one and get ready to play.

Here’s the cover by Jonny Gray.

The Lost Outpost, art by Jonny Gray

Grogzilla 2 on Kickstarter now!

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I’m back for ZineQuest 3, with Grogzilla issue 2 which funded twelve hours after its launch.  It has got a mini adventure for Crypts and Things, a short introductory article for Monkey the RPG, with the big feature being The Duck Crusade a one-shot adventure with premade characters for OpenQuest.

If you missed out on the OpenQuest 3 Kickstarter, there’s an opportunity to get hold of the book, either as a POD copy or the Signed and Sent print copy, plus the first supplement The OpenQuest Companion as an add-on.

The Kickstarter is only open for two weeks until March 10th.

 

OpenQuest 3rd Edition is coming soon!

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I’m in the final days/weeks of development of OpenQuest 3rd Edition, a task that began in earnest at the end of last summer and was kicked into the high gear due to the success of the 2020 Kickstarter last September.

I’ve just passed the art complete fully laid out layout draft to its editor (Paul Mitchener) and its proofreader, and I anticipate that the pdf will be available to backers in the next couple of weeks, which will allow me to do some form of pre-order. This will include the option to buy the printed version as well as the POD version, which will have endpapers, ribbons and colour plates of all the upcoming OQ 3 supplement covers by Jon Hodgson. 

Also the Quickstart rules and Adventure, the Lost Outpost has been passed over for proofing and checking and should be available shortly for people to get their first taste of the game, and its default setting the Empire of Gatan.

Here’s Jonny Gray’s cover for it

The Lost Outpost, art by Jonny Gray

Moreover at OpenQuestRPG.com and more of the moment frequent updates on Twitter using the #OpenQuestRpg tag.

 

Dark November Sale Now ON!

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We don’t do this Black Friday or Cyber Monday nonsense here at D101 Games, but we do Dark November, a celebration of all our wonderful British Old School Renaissance titles.

Until 30th November we are having a sale where the following titles are discounted from 50%-10% off. P&P to UK addresses is free on orders over £10.

Perceforest: A High Chivalry Campaign for Mythras

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Aeon Games who publish/distribute Mythras here in the UK have put together their own setting for the game, called Perceforest.

It’s available at a 20% discount until the end of the month.

More about it from the promo-email I just received.

Perceforest is a feudal fantasy world of high chivalry and magic. There are evil sorcerers and enchanter-knights, damsels steeped in secret lore and witches weaving spells. The land is strewn with wonders — invisible castles, magical swords, men made of iron, and even fish on horseback!
The saga opens with the Twin Kingdoms ruled by ailing kings and in a state of lawlessness. Take up up the fight against injustice and help to keep the kingdom safe until the king recovers!
AVAILABLE IN 2 WEEKS!

OpenQuest Dungeons

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With five days to go, we are currently funding the next stretch goal OpenQuest Dungeons.
“Are you going to do an OpenQuest conversion of D&D?” is a question I get asked a lot. I’m like “Nah if I want to go play D&D, I’ll play D&D!” OpenQuest has an intrinsically different style of play, which I hope I get across in the main rulebook. But I understand why people ask because OQ got picked up early by the OSR blogs and I do have people coming from D&D pick up OQ as a less complicated D100 game. Also back in my teenage years, I remember us coming straight from D&D and playing a handful of sessions of D100 Fantasy just like we did before we realised it played differently.
So, with this in mind, here’s the content’s of the book.
D100 Dungeons. A short article that explains how dungeons and dungeon exploration works in OpenQuest. How small is deadly, and everything has a meaning and a story behind it. It advises the Referee on how to leverage the OQ skill test system to make the player’s feel that they are trapped underground and with danger all around them. It also explains how to use the usual play-style of dungeoneering to transition players coming from D&D into the possibilities of OpenQuest.
The Eastern Imperial Borderlands. I’ll be introducing this mini-setting in the Quickstart adventure that I’m currently writing for release after the end of the campaign (The Whispering Warrior). This gazetteer will expand on the information given there, explaining the opportunities amongst the ancient ruins that are found in this area.
The Village of Spearing. A base village for the characters that details a settlement full of ex-adventurers who provide services, goods and training.
Deep in the Hole. A Quest, the lord of Spearing’s son has gone missing down a local cavern system known as the Hole. A reward is posted for his safe return
Both .of the above have previously appeared in the out of print OpenQuest Adventures supplement. They will be getting a full revision and rewrite.
The next two Quests are entirely new material.
Snake Bite Pass. Another Quest this time entirely focused on an adventure location, the rocky mountain pass of the title and its living inhabitants all worshipers in various forms of the Serpent Cult (which is detailed).
Fools Rush. Suposbly a dead and abandoned dungeon, but since it was once a shrine to the Trickster god known only as The Fool, who knows what surprises it may hold.
The adventurers may go there looking for a trove of gold left by the Fool’s priests, but what they find instead is entirely unexpected.
To help this fund faster, I’m adding another special one of a kind unique Backer Level, which if it funds will see an additional dungeon added to the book.
Mistress/Master of Dungeons (£300)
This is a special one of a kind pledge level that helps to fund OpenQuest Dungeons and adds an extra adventure into the book.
  • All the OQ patron rewards plus the following:
  • a hardcover of OpenQuest Dungeons signed, sent and dedicated to you.
  • drafts of work in progress and option to feedback to authors as the draft develops.
  • copy of each version of OQ – 1st, 2nd, Refreshed, + all the OpenQuest Classics, signed and sent to you.
I’m also opening up ten more OpenQuest Patron spaces (at £100) since they have proven to be popular and sold out much quicker than I expected.
So far the campaign has already funded the following books:
  • The Main rulebook
  • The Saga of the Savage North
  • The Clockwork Palace
  • The Book of Duck (working title)
  • The OpenQuest Companion

So for as little as £10 (pdf/POD) you get all five books in pdf with the option to get in Print on Demand at cost + p&p.

One week to go on the OpenQuest 3rd Edition Kickstarter

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We are in the final week of the campaign, and just about to hit the OpenQuest Companion stretch goal – which will present a selection of extra and alternative rules for the game in a single book.

As a thank you to the backers who have stuck with the campaign during its slow period (or the slump as us publishers call it), they will now all be getting a Duck based adventure with six pre-generated characters called Angry Ducks. This has now been upgraded to a full book, with the working title of The Book of Duck, which has been upgraded by the generosity of a backer who within minutes of me posting the following update pledged at the special or of a kind Mistress/Master of Ducks level.

Also related to this sudden bout of Duck craziness is this post on openquestrpg.com, which explains why I’m so captivated by Ducks as a non-human race.

In short the campaign has funded the following books.

  • The Main rulebook
  • The Saga of the Savage North
  • The Clockwork Palace
  • The Book of Duck (working title)

and we are but a short distance from funding the OpenQuest Companion.

Thank you so much 🙂

OpenQuest 3 Kickstarter about to get a new set of stretch goals

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Cross-posted here the latest update from the  OpenQuest 3 Kickstarter, where we are smashing through the stretch goals.

Good Morning Glorious Backers and Curious Onlookers,

Monday, start of week 3, and nearly halfway through the campaign. So it’s time once again to take stock.

OK as far as the current funding goals are concerned, you’ve smashed it.

So far you’ve successfully backed

1. The main rule book, that will be out just after Christmas.

2. A QuickStart adventure, the Whispering Warrior, that I’m aiming to get out before the campaign end, or shortly after it slips. If you were an Early Bird backer, or an Art Patron or an OpenQuest Patron.

3. An Online SRD which I’ll be looking to get done by Easter 2021.

4. The Saga of the Savage North, which is a setting book full of frozen northern Swords and Sorcery action, with three adventures will be due out next Summer.

And Paul Mitchener’s The Clockwork Palace isn’t far behind.

At this point, I could say, that’s it and walk away. I’ve got the main rulebook coming out, and you’ve got some extra books and the online SRD.

But while the campaign is still funding, its time to make up for some lost time. You see after OpenQuest Refreshed in 2016 I had plans to move forward and a lot of new content got written but never complexly finished. Life just kept on taking me way from OpenQuest. Now I’ve got the time and with your help the money to get at two books worth of OpenQuest material done.  These can easily be made available as stretch goals, and you’ll get a year’s worth of OQ support. There’s even a final stretch goal which will make fans of Paul Mitchener’s work very happy.

So we are going to have to have another set of stretch goals which will take us  I shall reveal them when we reach £6500.

Finally, if you want a break down of what’s changed from OpenQuest 2/OpenQuest Refreshed to the 3rd edition, I’ve just thrown up this changelog over at OpenQuest rpg.

Happy Funding

;O) Newt