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Judges Guild
Judges Guild is a game publisher that has been active since 1976. The company created and sold many role-playing game supplements, periodicals and related materials, but became best known during the late 1970s and early 1980s as one of the leading publishers of ''Dungeons & Dragons'' related materials. Its flagship product, ''City State of the Invincible Overlord'', was the first published RPG supplement to feature a fully developed city environment. The supplement was followed closely by numerous ancillary cities, maps, and other materials published by Judges Guild. History Judges Guild was founded on July 4, 1976, utilizing concepts developed by co-founder Bob Bledsaw, in his home ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (''D&D'') campaign. Bledsaw, along with partner Bill Owen, travelled to Lake Geneva, Wisconsin to visit the headquarters of Tactical Studies Rules (TSR), publishers of ''Dungeons & Dragons'', on July 17, 1976. Bledsaw and Owen had hoped to convince TSR to publish some of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tunnels And Trolls
A tunnel is an underground passageway, dug through surrounding soil, earth or rock, and enclosed except for the entrance and exit, commonly at each end. A pipeline is not a tunnel, though some recent tunnels have used immersed tube construction techniques rather than traditional tunnel boring methods. A tunnel may be for foot or vehicular road traffic, for rail traffic, or for a canal. The central portions of a rapid transit network are usually in the tunnel. Some tunnels are used as sewers or aqueducts to supply water for consumption or for hydroelectric stations. Utility tunnels are used for routing steam, chilled water, electrical power or telecommunication cables, as well as connecting buildings for convenient passage of people and equipment. Secret tunnels are built for military purposes, or by civilians for smuggling of weapons, contraband, or people. Special tunnels, such as wildlife crossings, are built to allow wildlife to cross human-made barriers safely. Tunne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goodman Games
Goodman Games is an American game publisher best known for the ''Dungeon Crawl Classics'' series of adventure modules and role-playing game, the ''Dragonmech'' role-playing game, and the ''Etherscope'' role-playing games. The company produced licensed adventures for ''Wicked Fantasy Factory'', ''Judges Guild'', ''Xcrawl'', ''Iron Heroes'', ''Castles and Crusades'', and ''Death Dealer''. History Joseph Goodman started Goodman Games in 2001 and took advantage of the new d20 System license by publishing his first RPG, '' Broncosaurus Rex''. Goodman Games released a series of ''Complete Guides'' beginning with ''Complete Guide to Drow'' (2002), and another 10 books after that, several of which focused on unusual races that were not being covered by other publishers, such as ''Complete Guide to Doppelgangers'' (2002), ''Complete Guide to Rakshasas'' (2003), ''Complete Guide to Treants'' (2003), and ''Complete Guide to Wererats'' (2003). Despite success with ''Broncosaurus Rex'' a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castles & Crusades
''Castles & Crusades'' (''C&C'') is a fantasy role-playing game published in 2004 by Troll Lord Games based upon a stripped-down variant of the d20 System by Wizards of the Coast. The game system is designed to emulate the play of earlier editions of the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' game while keeping the unified mechanics of the d20 System. History The game's name comes from the Castle & Crusade Society, founded in the pre-''Dungeons & Dragons'' era by Gary Gygax. The title is in homage to the role-playing industry's birth. The game was first released in 2004 in a boxed edition containing three digest-sized booklets, dice, and a crayon. It featured artwork by artist Peter Bradley of a knight on horseback. The reason for the box set was to have something on hand for sale at Gen Con in August 2004 as the finished ''Players Handbook'' was still four months away. A boxed set was chosen for its resemblance to the earliest versions of ''Dungeons & Dragons'', which could be found, depend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilderlands Of High Adventure
Judge Joseph Dredd is a fictional character created by writer John Wagner and artist Carlos Ezquerra. He first appeared in the second issue of '' 2000 AD'' (1977), which is a British weekly anthology comic. He is the magazine's longest-running character. He also appears in a number of film and video game adaptations. Judge Dredd is a law enforcement and judicial officer in the dystopian future city of Mega-City One, which covers most of the east coast of North America. He is a " street judge", empowered to summarily arrest, convict, sentence, and execute criminals. In Great Britain, the character of Dredd and his name are sometimes invoked in discussions of police states, authoritarianism, and the rule of law. Over the years, ''Judge Dredd'' has been hailed as one of the best satires of American and British culture with an uncanny trend to predict upcoming trends and events such as mass surveillance, the rise of populist leaders, and the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2011, IGN ranked ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adventure Games Publishing
An adventure is an exciting experience or undertaking that is typically bold, sometimes risky. Adventures may be activities with danger such as traveling, exploring, skydiving, mountain climbing, scuba diving, river rafting, or other extreme sports. Adventures are often undertaken to create psychological arousal or in order to achieve a greater goal, such as the pursuit of knowledge that can only be obtained by such activities. Motivation Adventurous experiences create psychological arousal, which can be interpreted as negative (e.g. fear) or positive (e.g. flow). For some people, adventure becomes a major pursuit in and of itself. According to adventurer André Malraux, in his ''Man's Fate'' (1933), "If a man is not ready to risk his life, where is his dignity?". Similarly, Helen Keller stated that "Life is either a daring adventure or nothing." Outdoor adventurous activities are typically undertaken for the purposes of recreation or excitement: examples are adventure racing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Mishler
James Mishler (born in April, 1969) is an American writer and editor, working mostly in the adventure game and comic book industries. Career James Mishler was previously the associate editor of '' Comics & Games Retailer'' and ''Scrye'', and later the managing editor of ''Comics & Games Retailer''. Mishler formed a new company called Adventure Games Publishing with Bob Bledsaw. The company picked up the license to Judges Guild's Wilderlands setting after the license with Necromancer Games expired in late 2006. Mishler published Wilderlands books from 2007 to 2010, naming it the "Wilderlands of High Adventure", expanding the scope of the campaign setting and intending to refocus its swords & sorcery feel to an epic high fantasy campaign. Mishler shut down Adventure Games Publishing on March 8, 2010, after publishing ''100 Street Vendors of the City State'' (2010), of which he said only two print copies and 13 PDF copies were sold. During his career in the adventure game industry, J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caverns Of Thracia
''The Caverns of Thracia'' is an adventure for fantasy role-playing games published by Judges Guild in 1979. Written by Jennell Jaquays, it was compatible with ''Dungeons & Dragons''. A revised edition—compatible with ''Dungeons & Dragons'' 3.5 edition—was published in 2004. Contents ''The Caverns of Thracia'' is a scenario with a Greek mythical background that describes an intricate dungeon complex and lost city. The upper levels are for low-level player characters; lower levels are more difficult. This supplement represents a series of rooms and caverns which have had many previous owners. Long ago they were a religious center for lizard men but were taken over by humans worshipping Thanatos, the god of death. The humans used beast men (gnolls, minotaurs, dog brothers, etc.) for slaves. The slaves rebelled, and the caverns changed hands again. The beast men chose an intelligent minotaur to rule them. His descendants still reign. The caverns are now in the hands of the minot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilderlands Of High Fantasy
''Wilderlands of High Fantasy'' is a supplement for fantasy role-playing games published by Judges Guild in 1977. It is part of the same world as their earlier ''City State of the Invincible Overlord'' setting materials. Contents ''Wilderlands of High Fantasy'' is a campaign setting that describes the locations of five large maps (Wilderlands Maps 1-5). The regions described are as follows: City State of Invincible Overlord (#1), Barbarian Altantis (#2), Glow Worm Steppes (#3), Tarantis (#4), and Valon (#5)acaeum.co"Wilderlands Campaign Maps"/ref> and are shown in full detail on the judge's maps and are roughly sketched out on the players' maps. The booklet describes and gives the location of many of the villages, castles, islands, ruins, relics, and monsters. Publication history ''Wilderlands of High Fantasy'' was written by Bob Bledsaw and Bill Owen, and was published by Judges Guild in 1977 as five large maps (judge and player versions), a 12-page booklet, and a 16-page boo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pegasus (game Magazine)
''Pegasus'' was a gaming magazine published from 1981 to 1983 by Judges Guild. Contents ''Pegasus'' was a magazine containing a 32-page supplement in each issue, plus articles on AD&D variants, new magic and monsters, tips on gamemastering, fiction and reviews. History After failing with new licenses and computer games, Judges Guild rebooted its magazines with ''Pegasus'' #1 (April/May 1981), again by Mike Reagan. The first issue was 96 pages, larger than Judges Guild's old magazines, and returned to the pulp-quality pages and covers of the previous magazines. The first issue included a 36-page city-state campaign installment, "The Black Ring" by Dan Hauffe. Guild membership just got members a subscription to ''Pegasus'', and with issue #3 (1981), that also included a 10% discount on some products, highlighted in each issue of the magazine. Over its lifetime, ''Pegasus'' would feature articles for ''D&D'', '' Arduin Grimoire'', ''Champions'', ''The Fantasy Trip'', ''The Morrow Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dungeoneer
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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