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Nordlond Sagas for the Dungeon Fantasy RPG

Created by Douglas H. Cole (Gaming Ballistic)

The crowdfunding campaign "The Nordlond Sagas" produced four new books for the Dungeon Fantasy RPG. Get those here . . . and much more!

Latest Updates from Our Project:

Delvers to Grow: The best DFRPG Recruiting Tool
almost 3 years ago – Wed, May 19, 2021 at 04:35:10 AM

I'm running a Kickstarter for Kevin Smyth's book Delvers to Grow.

If you read only a SINGLE post for Delvers to Grow, read this one.

Making a Swashbuckler: Worked Example

This goes through a complete worked example of making an eldhuð ("I'm totally not a tiefling!") swashbuckler in six quick steps using Delvers to Grow for the Dungeon Fantasy RPG.

This is the best quick-start recruiting tool for Powered by GURPS published to date.

One of my patrons went to his Favorite Local Game store yesterday with an advanced copy. Ran a *pick-up game* using the Boxed Set for one total newcomer to RPGs, two D&D players, and someone from his regular group. All had characters quickly, and the game store employees asked him to come back and run a Dungeon Fantasy RPG game in the store *every week.*

If you're already following or pledged: Thank you. If not...this is an amazing book. Most people can make characters in 10-15 minutes. It supports zero-to-hero play starting at 62 points. And it features an adventure tuned to the 125-point characters written by Peter Dell'Orto and Marshall LaPira.

This is an incredible tool to draw people into the Dungeon Fantasy RPG. Please spread the word!

Announcing: Delvers to Grow for the Dungeon Fantasy RPG
about 3 years ago – Mon, Mar 08, 2021 at 10:24:06 PM

Even the mightiest delver started somewhere. An apprentice, a squire or man-at-arms, a backup singer with The Backstreet Bards.
Delvers to Grow allows you to take the part of those starting characters, supporting starting play as low as 62 points.
Further, it provides pre-built modules and packages enabling a player to create a capable, playable character in minutes.
Get gaming. Fast.
Fully compatible with the professional template system in Dungeon Fantasy Adventurers, Delvers to Grow lets you start much earlier in the hero’s journey, letting both players and GMs ease into the full breadth of capability that the professional delvers of the Dungeon Fantasy RPG bring to the table.
Explore different challenges or use the modules to effortlessly assemble henchmen…or create a starting character to replace the dearly departed.
Roll and Shout with Delvers to Grow.

Gaming Ballistic is pleased to announce the next set of products in support of Steve Jackson Games’ Dungeon Fantasy RPG.

Additional volumes which will release simultaneously with the primary Delvers-to-Grow book include worked examples at around 65, 125, and 185 points for multiple archetypes of delver.

Each volume tackles one archetype:

  • The Strong Heroes that are barbarians, holy warriors, knights, and wrestlers
  • The Fast Heroes that are martial artists, scouts, swashbucklers, and thieves
  • The Smart Heroes that are bards, clerics, druids, and wizards

These books feature pre-built and easy-to-assemble “modules” of abilities that can be used to quickly – very quickly – create characters from as little as 37 points (the base 62-point template and a 25-point disadvantage module) to the stock 250-point templates…or beyond.

Perfect for new players and GMs for whom challenging the full range of capabilities of a 250-point “starting” delver seems overwhelming, or a group that wants to see their characters grow from humble beginnings.

Future work from GB will support encounters, adventures, and other playable material at this point level, but that hasn’t been developed or contracted yet.

Look for Delvers to Grow to enter a crowdfunding phase somewhere between late April and mid-May.

Work in Progress Cover. Art by Dean Spencer.

Forest End VTT Maps
about 3 years ago – Wed, Jan 27, 2021 at 01:58:43 PM

This post is for backers only. Please visit Kickstarter.com and log in to read.

TEN DAYS to Des Moines?
almost 4 years ago – Mon, Jun 22, 2020 at 06:04:37 PM

As noted in the last update, a bunch of folks haven't received their books yet. Thus far, every single person who has contacted me has received a reply with a USPS tracking number.

They all have one thing in common, though:

It took TEN DAYS to go from Burnsville, MN - my post office of choice - to Des Moines Iowa's regional distribution center.

That's 230 miles. Ten days. One could have WALKED there in that time.

Not sure what's up with that, but there's naught to do thus far but wait. They are, after all, "in the system."

Woo hoo. :-(

Ten Business Days . . .
almost 4 years ago – Sat, Jun 20, 2020 at 05:56:02 PM

So, today is the "ten business day" limit for USPS after the batch got dropped in the mail on June 8. After today, if your books haven't arrived, please ping me at [email protected] and I'll email you the tracking information directly.

All of the material SHOULD have gone out. So I really mean it: don't wait. If tomorrow comes and you don't have books in hand, email me.