A quick update to say that the Barrowmaze II Campaign on Indiegogo just hit 5k! As a stretch goal to 6,000 I’ll add a new field of Barrow Mounds and a deluxe Random Barrow Mound Crypt Generator that will have application to BMII and beyond. Be sure to come chek out the campaign for further details!

The last session report is up if you haven’t read it already.

We are playing again tonight.

I’ve been busy drafting the Indiegogo campaign for Barrowmaze II.

I’ve taken the suggestions here to heart, and tried to incorporate them as best I can.

It’s certainly nice and easy (logistically with the mail) if you live in the US. Being in Canada for this sort of thing creates all sorts of extra hassle, but these aren’t insurmountable obstacles.

I’ve included shipping for Canada, the US, and the UK. If you are outside these countries, I’ll still find a way to work out the postage.

I plan to submit it Wednesday. I don’t know if the site takes time to vet the campaign or whether it just goes live. We’ll see.

The campaign will run for about 50 days. If you have an interest in making Barrowmaze II happen, please be sure to spread the word.

I have some very cool surprises

If you are interested in PbP games, Raven Crowking has two going right now. You can check them out on his blog or via the dragonsfoot forum.

Looting ain’t easy, as the PCs found out this session. Rather than the sword, they used the chisel early and often. You can read about it here.

We are playing Barrowmaze tonight. Woot!

Also I want to publically thank Dead Greyhawk who emailed me a review and a copy-edit of BM. This was exceedingly well done and provided me with a fresh perspective. I wish DG copy-edited my academic monograph a few years ago, that’s how good the review was. So, I just wanted to say thank you, thank you, and thank you.

This is another reason why the OSR is so awesome.

The latest session report is up from March 23

The guys are machines right now in terms of gaming sessions. We played again Wednesday and are playing again tonight.

Just wanted to post an update regarding Barrowmaze and Barrowmaze II. 

First, I’ve just commissioned an artist to redo the Barrowmaze map in both classic blue and black/white. We don’t have a date on this yet, but when the time comes I’ll let you know here and at www.barrowmaze.com. In case you are new, I funded Barrowmaze on my own (being Canadian I can’t use Kickstarter without a US third party) and there just wasn’t enough to do the maps. So, in the spirit of keeping things as reasonable as possible I’ll make the maps available as a download via rpgnow on the cheap. The same artist is also going to do the map for BMII to keep them uniform. They will be done at a high resolution so you can print the whole thing as a poster, or print sections, or put it on your tablet, whatever works for you and your game. Sound ok?

In terms of Barrowmaze II, I can confirm the following sections of the dungeon: The Secret Shrine of Set, The Temple of Orcus, and the Vault of the Unholy Relic – the secret (and deadly) resting place of the Tablet of Chaos! There are other sections but I’m keeping those on the down-low for the moment. The first two flesh out the two primary factions in detail. There are some cool new treasure types as well.

In terms of art, the majority of the artists from Barrowmaze will return, but there will be some new faces too. The cover has been commissioned and is in progress. I’ve also started receiving interior art. I’m totally stoked (already) about the illustrations for this project. 

Next question: So when will we see BMII?

The answer is that I have two dates in mind. The preamble is this – August and September are very busy months for me at work. I’m usually swamped with lecture prep in advance of the school year. So either BMII will drop before then (in July), or it will be in the mid-fall. Either way, I’m commited to getting it done.

If you have things you’d like to see or suggestions, I’m all over it. Let me know in the comments.