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The Ruinous Palace of the Metegorgos

By Evey Lockhart In Search of Games Lamentations of the Flame Princess Level 1-3 Why Go to the Ruinous Palace? 1. Old Gold to be Stolen from Old Places 2. Rumors of Supernatural Fecundity and Ruination. What wizard would not … Continue reading

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Dungeon Magazine #129

Murder in Oakbridge By Uri Kurlianchik Eberron Level 5 This is a murder mystery. Someone is killing people in Sharn. It tries to do the right thing. It’s organized in to locations, murder details, and other events. This is a … Continue reading

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The Ballad of Sally Anne

By Vance Atkins Leicester’s Rambles OSR Low Levels Two generations ago, a tragedy befell a wedding night. The groom was killed on the way to the wedding, leaving his grief-stricken bride to live out her days in heartbreak. Even after … Continue reading

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Beneath the Comet

By Benjamin Ball North Wind Adventures AS&SH Level 6-9 For weeks the Comet has blazed in the sky above Hyperborea, inspiring widespread superstitious dread and fear of some star-borne contagion. Under the light of this harbinger from the Black Gulf, … Continue reading

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Dungeon Magazine #128

Why keep on reviewing Dungeon? Because sometimes, when things are dark, you stumble on The One Ring. Shut-In By F. Wesley Schneider & James L. Sutter Level 2 Danger: I LUV a good urban adventure. This is a DELIGHTFUL adventure! … Continue reading

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Ghost Ship of the Desert Dunes

By Jeffrey Talanian North Wind Adventures Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerers of Hyperborea Level 2-4 Somewhere in the depths of Diamond Desert lie the skeletal remains of Ymir’s Serpent, a legendary Viking longship. In days of yore, Sigtrygg Forkbeard led his … Continue reading

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The Ghost of Jack Cade on London Bridge

By Dominique Crouzet Dice of Might Publishing Dark Albion/OSR Level 1 There’s a spooky ghost on London Bridge! Can the party help? This is a 28 page investigation/social adventure in a pseudo-historical/fantasy urban locale: london bridge. It’s presented in a … Continue reading

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Dungeon Magazine #127

Do you want something other than linear combat adventure? Then Dungeons & Dragons is not for you. After wading through all of these Dungeon Magazines, the Internet shift to the OSR makes complete sense. Why are you still reading these … Continue reading

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Curse of the Shrine Goddess

By Oswald Self Published OD&D Level 1-3 A man built a temple to a woman who died. It became a shrine for those who lost a spouse too soon. Later. Much later. A young couple came. Their tribes warred so … Continue reading

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The Nevermore Mines

By Jon Bertani, Aaron Fairbrook, Mark McAllister Merciless Merchants For Gold & Glory/2e Level 4-7 For generations, bards have enjoyed spinning the tale to honest folk and their children of the lost Nevermore Mines and the Master of Darkness that … Continue reading

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