"Go to the sign of Marvel's Axe, a dubious inn on the edge of the Thieves Quarter, in the City of Greyhawk, and look to your own wrist. If you perceive a bracelet and dangling dice, watch for the next throw in the war between Law and Chaos and be prepared to follow the compelling geas." -Signal

Friday, January 3, 2025

Battlesystem Fantasy Combat Supplement (1985)

From the back of the box:

An exciting new direction for AD&D(R) and D&D(R) games!

Create fantastic armies with miniature figures or die-cut counters and fight incredible battles against the forces of evil!

The BATTLESYSTEM(TM) game is fully compatible with any official AD&D(R) or D&D(R) game spell, monster, or plane of existence - no matter how obscure! You can create your own battles or play the exciting scenarios - including an epic DRAGONLANCE(TM) adventure battle!

The BATTLESYSTEM(TM) game uses an innovative mass combat system and allows the use of field artillery, flying, magic, invisibility, and illusion! AD&D(R) and D&D(R) characters can earn experience points by commanding armies or fight as individual heroes!

Lead your armies into the ultimate fantasy war with the BATTLESYSTEM(TM) Fantasy Combat Supplement!

Here's What You Get!
A. 1 32-page rule book
B. 1 24-page scenario book
C. 1 16-page guide to miniatures
D. 2 Player Aid Cards
E. 2 Metal Miniature Generals
F. 3-D ADVENTURE FOLD-UP Figures
G. Army Roster Sheets
H. 801 die-cut counters


 

Thursday, January 2, 2025

Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting (1987)

From the web:

It is a world where the gods have walked and fantastic armies clashed. It is the home of Elminster, Alias, Azoun, Khelben, and Drizzt the dark elf. It is the most popular fantasy campaign in history. Well met, traveler, and welcome to the Forgotten Realms! Designed for the AD&D 2nd Edition game, the new FORGOTTEN REALMS Campaign Setting is a major expansion and complete revision of the original, best-selling boxed set. This set contains everything that a player or DUNGEON MASTER needs to launch into a world of adventure and imagination. The new campaign setting contains:

A Grand Tour of the Realms - a 128-page book, concentrating on the Heartlands, the land of the Dales, Cormyr, and Waterdeep, and chock full of useful information about other significant Realms locations on the continent of Faerun.

Running the Realms - a 64-page guide to the Forgotten Realms for the DUNGEON MASTER, showing how to create a Realms campaign, and giving details about secrets, NPCs, and deities of the Realms.

Shadowdale - a 96-page book, presenting the most important town in the Realms as the basis of an ongoing campaign, including a new introductory adventure, "Beneath the Twisted Tower."

8 MONSTROUS COMPENDIUM pages covering the deadliest creatures of the Realms:
 • Aballin
 • Bonebat
 • Dracolich
 • Gambado
 • Gibberling
 • Lock Lurker
 • Nishru
 • Skum

6 card sheets showing nearly 100 signs, trail glyphs, symbols, magical sigils, and religious symbols of the Realms in full color.

4 all-new four-color maps, 2 of eastern and western Faerun, and two smaller-scale, detailed maps of the heartlands of the Realms.
 

Wednesday, January 1, 2025

Menzoberranzan (1992)

From the back of the box:

Home of Drizzt Do'Urden and famed city of the drow of the Underdark...

Ruled by the feared and respected Houses and their Matron Mothers, Menzoberranzan is a place of great nobility and great treachery. The priestesses of Lloth, the Spider Queen, demand (and receive) complete respect from the citizens of this mighty city. But what of the common folk—the drow of non-noble birth, the humans, and others? What is their lot in life, in this magnificent den of intrigue?

Three books in this boxed set explain the ways of Menzoberranzan in detail. Book One: The City gives the reader a tour of the streets and districts, a wealth of information on various practices and customs, and an overview of daily life for each class of citizen (and non-citizen). Book Two: The Houses presents all eighteen major and minor Houses of the city, including the Matron Mothers and their immediate families, as well as any important advisers and associates. Book Three: The Adventure gives players a chance to take their characters into the web of deceit and intrigue woven by the denizens of this famed city.

Additionally, this boxed set includes:
> four connecting poster-size maps of the city proper;
> one poster map of the House Baenre compound;
> a poster showing the rivalries and alliances among all eighteen major and minor houses;
> a 16-page House Do'Urden retrospective and the collected essays of Drizzt;
> twelve cardsheets containing in-depth statistics on main characters from Houses Nurbpnnis and Millithor, and small maps for use in the adventure; and
> a full-color poster of the stunning box cover art by Jeff Easley.

This boxed set is suitable for all levels of play.

 

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