New in the Online Store: OAR #4: The Lost City!
Look what we found. The latest release in the Original Adventures Reincarnated line is now available in our online store: OAR #4: The Lost City! Compiling the original adventure from TSR along with a full 5E translation of the module, OAR #4: The Lost City provides an experience that can be rolled into a full-blown campaign for the willing. Chris Doyle and Tim Wadzinski take the module by Tom Moldvay and turn it into an adventure that...
Designer’s Diary: Hunting for Easter Eggs
Hunting for Easter Eggs By Chris Doyle Publisher’s note: Read this designer’s diary after you have read OAR4: The Lost City! You will appreciate it more that way. One of the best parts about converting classic TSR adventure modules to the fifth edition of Dungeons & Dragons is hiding Easter Eggs. Since my early days writing for the 3.0/3.5 Dungeon Crawl Classics line, I’ve enjoyed placing Easter Eggs. Adventures are all about the...
Designer’s Diary: Inspiring The Lost City
Inspiring The Lost City By Chris Doyle Before I start an Original Adventures Reincarnated project, I often spend a few weeks reviewing the material to give me inspiration. Converting and designing The Lost City was no different. Off the top, here are a few of the more noteworthy sources I drew on for inspiration. I admit I’m not a hard-core Appendix N fan (sorry, boss). I’m a very slow reader, and it tends to put me to sleep. Sure,...
Designer’s Diary: The Process of Converting a Classic Adventure Into An Original Adventure Reincarnated
The Process of Converting a Classic Adventure Into An Original Adventure Reincarnated By Chris Doyle When interacting with the fans of the Original Adventures Reincarnated books, often the first question I get is, “How do you go about converting the module to fifth edition?” (This is usually followed up by, “How can a 32 page 1st edition module end up as a 300+ page homage?”, and “How come a pdf doesn’t come with the book?”). Today...
Designer’s Notes: Exploring the Lost City
EXPLORING THE LOST CITY By Chris Doyle I consider February 2, 1981 as the date I started playing roleplaying games. That is the day when I came home from school and sitting on the dining room table was the Dungeons & Dragons Basic Rules boxed set, obtained from Sears via mail order. This was the set graced with purplish-hued Erol Otus cover art of an underground scene depicting a fighter and a magic-user (before we called them...
Announcing OAR #4: The Lost City
At Gen Con we held our What’s New With Goodman Games Seminar (which you can watch on Facebook, by the way), where we reviewed existing projects and announced several new ones. Over the course of the next several days we’ll discuss these projects and give you some insight as to what and when to expect them. In fact, we’ll start right now with what many people have been waiting to discover: We’re pleased to announce Original...
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