Saturday, June 22, 2013

Schwag from last week's Free RPG Day

I had forgotten that last Saturday was the day of the Free RPG giveaway.  In town on other business, I hit the game store not long after it opened and picked up a trio of products, gratis.
One book was a front-back combination, with Shadowrun on one side and a Battletech RPG on the other.  I haven't read it yet, but I might have to give both of these a shot.   
There was also Hall of Bones, an intro adventure and rules from Frog God Games, publisher of the Sword & Wizardry retroclone.  The adventure was pretty short, and not much potential for long-term play.  But it was free, so let's not conduct a dental evaluation of a donated equine.
The final book was Better Than Any Man, an adventure/sandbox setting for Lamentations of the Flame Princess.  This is a 96-page book that details part of what is now Germany during the Thirty-Years War.  It's a historical setting with some  magic and horror mixed in, and this thing could easily sell for $20.  It's also caused a bit of controversy.
Anyone else pick up some of these free offerings last week?  What did you think?

1 comment:

HoldFast said...

I didn't go to free RPG day, sorry I missed it. The free adventures are usually good for a conversion to whatever system you are using. In my case GURPS