Vintage RPG

Same tasty words and pictures (with one exception, I’ll get to that in a minute), but totally different candy coating. This is the DELUXE edition of Monsters, Aliens, and Holes in the Ground, published by @MITPress and on shelves now. ¶ As you can see, we have a clothbound book and slipcase, stamped with both gold and black foil. There is a dramatic increase in the number of skulls on display. We also have an entirely different piece of @kylepattersonillustration ’s art set in as a medallion on the cover there. There is a sewn-in ribbon bookmark (natch), the pages are gilt, and the inside of the slipcase is lustrous gold. As I said, the interior is essentially the same, but with one key difference: this one has custom end pages in the front and back — those shelfies. That was a last-minute addition in the production, and I legit forgot about them until I opened the book for the first time, and they look so dang cool. It’s the little things. ¶ Also, because there is nothing worse than having to forgo rad regular art for the special edition, they included an 8.5x11-inch card stock print (sans text) of Kyle’s painting for the standard edition inside the slipcase. ¶ Hit the linktree in my bio to snag it! ¶ #RPG #TTRPG #TabletopRPG #RoleplayingGame #DnD #DungeonsAndDragons #MonstersAliensandHolesintheGround #MITP

Hey! HEY! This is my book, Monsters, Aliens, and Holes in the Ground, and it is in stores, thanks to @MITPress . I recommend using Bookshop.org for online orders in the US, as I have been impressed at their packaging skillz, or any local shop! ¶ What is the book? It’s a look at the history and development of tabletop RPGs, one product at a time, arranged in chronological order across five decades. It’s sort of like this Instagram feed, actually, but way more polished, and, you know, on paper. I covered the classics, but this is also very much an exercise in expanding horizons — I hope for every reader there is at least one game featured that they have never heard of. To that end, there are lots of lesser known games, weird games, silly games, even a couple of board games. All pulled from my collection, all illustrated with something like 350 photographs. ¶ There’s original art, too. @kylepattersonillustration did the amazing cover, somehow transforming my deeply silly post-it sketch (last slide) into a canny encapsulation of the RPG experience. He did a two-page spread introducing each decade and effortlessly captured their various essences. He also did a handful of gorgeous spot illustrations. All of Kyle’s art makes me low-key angry. How dare he be so talented? I’ll share more of it and some sketches later on. You’ll be annoyed by his talent, too, I guarantee. ¶ We (that’s myself and @DerekKinsman , who did the layout) also filled some empty spots with rights-free art from @amandaleefranck , evlynmoreau and @natetreme , which is pretty rad - Amanda did the wizard van in the next to last slide - and also some Giovanni Battista Piranesi, cuz that dude had aesthetic for days. ¶ And there you go, a first taste of 450-something pages of full-color RPG goodness. Check my bio and go snag a copy now, yea? (Worth noting, this is the Standard edition. I’ll show you the Deluxe edition tomorrow.) ¶ #RPG #TTRPG #TabletopRPG #RoleplayingGame #DnD #DungeonsAndDragons #MonstersAliensandHolesintheGround #MITP

Oh wait, this is supposed to be a podcast about roleplaying games? This week on the Vintage RPG Podcast, we're talking local news, Daniel Cohen books, new phones and more, pretty much everything but RPGs. Sometimes that happens!

Chivalry and Sorcery, third edition core rules. 15USD. I have a lot of 1e C&S for sale, too, holler if you are interested! Call dibs. First come, first served. DM to negotiate. Asking price derived from the average of five most recent sold listings on eBay (or more arcane rubrics if there is not enough data on eBay). Pay via PayPal or Venmo. All sold items ship the following week (er, or so, I am a little behind at the moment, sorry!).

SOLD! Berserker board game based on Saberhagen's excellent SF novel. Partially punched but I believe complete. $20 USD. Call dibs. First come, first served. DM to negotiate. Asking price derived from the average of five most recent sold listings on eBay (or more arcane rubrics if there is not enough data on eBay). Pay via PayPal or Venmo. All sold items ship the following week (er, or so, I am a little behind at the moment, sorry!).

Space 1889. Colonialism the game, but in space! $50. Call dibs. First come, first served. DM to negotiate. Asking price derived from the average of five most recent sold listings on eBay (or more arcane rubrics if there is not enough data on eBay). Pay via PayPal or Venmo. All sold items ship the following week (er, or so, I am a little behind at the moment, sorry!).

Last week was the silly Star Wars holiday, so hey, I did a week of Star Wars RPG posts. Hop on over to the site to check out all the words and art!

Pile o' Fading Suns! 9 books, plus the screen and weapons guide. The majority of the 1e game (you would need the core rules, the merchant book and Dark Between the Stars to round out the set). $150. Call dibs. First come, first served. DM to negotiate. Asking price derived from the average of five most recent sold listings on eBay (or more arcane rubrics if there is not enough data on eBay). Pay via PayPal or Venmo. All sold items ship the following week (er, or so, I am a little behind at the moment, sorry!).

Pendragon core rulebooks! 5.0 from Arthaus (boar) and 5.1 from Nocturnal (sword). Boar for $65, sword for $45, take 'em both for $95. Call dibs. First come, first served. DM to negotiate. Asking price derived from the average of five most recent sold listings on eBay (or more arcane rubrics if there is not enough data on eBay). Pay via PayPal or Venmo. All sold items ship the following week (er, or so, I am a little behind at the moment, sorry!).

Land of Eem week. Rather than a bunch of products, this is five posts looking at everything from one lone, massive crowdfunding campaign. I’ve got an overview of the Deluxe Land of Eem set, then posts on the core rulebook, the bestiary, the Mucklands campaign guide, and finally the comics series and the young readers novels. It’s a lot, but it’s pretty magical and lives up to the tagline “The Lord of the Rings meets The Muppets.”

In which I make the baseless argument that this is the first Monster Manual. This week on the Vintage RPG Podcast, we're going back in time to 1887 to check out J.W. Buel's unhinged tome of natural history, Sea and Land. 800 pages, with 300 illustrations depicting the natural world at its hungriest. A glorious thing.

Time & Time Again, a not very good time travel RPG. $35. Call dibs. First come, first served. DM to negotiate. Asking price derived from the average of five most recent sold listings on eBay (or more arcane rubrics if there is not enough data on eBay). Pay via PayPal or Venmo. All sold items ship the following week.