Zine Scene News Flash: Primal Tales
The Zine Scene Interviews – Primal Tales By Daniel J. Bishop Primal Tales is a Dungeon Crawl Classics zine that focuses on the creation and use of anthropomorphic animal characters in the game. Used by themselves, anthropomorphic animals are a modern fantasy trend, but seminal beings can be found in the works of Leigh Brackett, Philip José Farmer, Michael Moorcock, Andre Norton, Roger Zelazny, and even Edgar Rice...
Zine Scene News Flash: Phantasmagoria #1
Zine Scene News Flash: Phantasmagoria #1 By Daniel J. Bishop Countless ships sail the sprawling void between planets, loaded with supplies and weapons. Blackguards use relics of a long fallen empire to terrorize civilians, attempting to conquer planets and even entire systems. Governments are in a constant cycle of decay and renewal, with most just being strongmen grabbing territory for themselves. With so much wealth constantly...
Zine Scene Revisited
The Zine Scene By Daniel J. Bishop Last year, Goodman Games brought you A Brief History of DCC Zines. As those of us who love this game know, Dungeon Crawl Classics has an active do-it-yourself community. While this isn’t uncommon in the OSR as a whole, DCC is even more open to the do-it-yourself vibe than most games out there. It is written to both encourage and enforce creativity. Judges need to create new monsters and magic items,...
Best Selling DCC Third Party Publications
Yesterday we reminded you about our Third Party Publishing license. The license that allows anyone to publish supplements, adventures, and whatnot for Dungeon Crawl Classics and Mutant Crawl Classics. It’s a great way to show your love of the game, and to get that idea that has been poking at the back of your mind into print. Today, we want to show you some great examples of folks who have done just that. These are...
Community Publisher Profile: Shield of Faith Publishing
Goodman Games is proud to showcase our amazing Third Party Publishers, and we want to give each of them a moment to shine. That’s the reason for our Community Publisher Profiles. This time up, we’ve got Reid San Filippo of Shield of Faith Publishing! Community Publisher Profile: Shield of Faith Publishing Welcome to Umerica! “Foretold in the ancient calendars, early in the 21st century a...
Community Publisher Profile: Vehicle Mayhem
Goodman Games is proud to showcase our amazing Third Party Publishers, and we want to give each of them a moment to shine. That’s the reason for our Community Publisher Profiles. This time up, we’ve got Jonathan Snodgrass of Tuesday Night Fiend Club talking about Vehicle Mayhem! Vehicle Mayhem is 28 black & white pages in zine format for $5. Inside, you will...
A Brief History of DCC Zines
A Brief History of DCC Zines By Daniel J. Bishop Something about the do-it-yourself nature of Dungeon Crawl Classics has led to a plethora of zines. Whether they are old or new, have put out many issues or few, these zines provide insights into their creator’s visions for that multi-faceted jewel which is DCC RPG. The great-grandaddy of them all, Crawl! Fanzine, came out in May of 2012, hot on the heels of the game itself. Crawl! has...
Community Publisher Profile – World-Quest of the Winter Calendar
World-Quest of the Winter Calendar – A “World-Shaping” Zero-Level Funnel Written by Steve Bean and Julian Bernick with Development Work by Brendan LaSalle and Roy Snyder Introduction to World-Quest of the Winter Calendar Its winter festival week and you and your fellow villagers are out foraging in the snow-clad evergreen forests of your homeland. You come upon an old man dragging a sledge through a clearing. Loaded on the sledge is a...
Community Publisher Profile: Sword in the Jungle Deep
Goodman Games has some amazing Third Party Publishers, and we want to give each of them a moment to shine. That’s why we’re giving them a chance to showcase their product in our Community Publisher Profiles. And right now, if you order any Third Party product, we’ll send you a free DCC Rock God Guitar Pick! This time up, we’ve got The Keep Studios talking about Sword in the Jungle Deep! Driven by the...
Community Publisher Profile: Hubris, A World of Visceral Adventure
All month long Goodman Games has been giving some special attention to our third-party publishers, along with a special promotion that will get you an official ROCK GOD guitar pick FREE with the purchase any Third Party Publisher product from our online store! Offer good while supplies last. Today we turn our attention to Hubris: A World of Visceral Adenture by Mike Evans and DIY RPG Productions. “Legend states that Hubris...
Community Publisher Profile: The Swamp Daughters of Marshsund
We continue to shine a spotlight on our Third Party Publishers, this time turning our attention to Mount Parnassus Games! Oliver Korpilla steps in to give us an overview of their adventure module, The Swamp Daughters of Marshsund. Can you solve the mystery of The Swamp Daughters of Marshsund? Who are these shades and why did they abduct a nobleman’s daughter? Don’t expect much help from the...
Community Publisher Profile: ROCK GOD DEATH-FUGUE
ROCK GOD DEATH-FUGUE is a one-shot adventure that uses the DCC RPG rules to turn players into a rock band on the German leg of its 1st world tour! The PCs are “Rock Gods,” weaving musical “magic” and indulging in all the x dangerous habits and debaucheries of the rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle. To make matters worse, the PCs all show up listening to Writhe Through Shadow — the posthumously released album by the band Atramentous – believed by...