The British RPG success story that is Mongoose Publishing is up to edition 76 of their free to download Signs and Portents magazine.
Editor, Charlotte Law, begins the magazine by promising us that the new edition of RuneQuest II will be out soon. I’ve already seen Geek Native search traffic for people searching for Mongoose RuneQuest II reviews so I suspect the fanbase is looking forward to this one.
Here’s some of the banter from the 67-paged mag.
FRIENDS OR FOES describes 36 fascinating characters from all over the world of Dragon Warriors, and interconnects them in a weave of plots and history that can be used to underpin any number of adventures. There are corrupt nobles, weird sorcerers, people cursed by the Fae or tormented by the past, merchants and mercenaries, priests and peasants, and even a selection of notable monsters such as Jasper the Gargoyle and the Silver Stag.
Consider Baron Darcheaux, haunted by the ghost of his dead son; Father Corbin, the man of faith cursed by the lords of the fairies; Rocelin the Minstrel whose songs will chronicle the adventuring deeds of the player characters; Thomas and William the brewing brothers whose rivalry is almost as potent as their beer; or Tuanku, the beautiful diplomat from the southern isles who appears to have a rusty nail embedded in the back of her neck. All characters have full game-stats and a selection of adventure seeds to get them involved in the players’ campaign.
The book also contains GM notes on creating hirelings with personalities, and an alamanac of stats for basic NPCs from bandits and town guards to poachers, pilgrims and primitives. No Dragon Warriors game is complete without FRIENDS OR FOES!
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What you will hold in your hands is a collection of lore related to the Justice Department and the citizens it protects – often from themselves. These volumes will detail the world of the Judges as never before – if it drives, shoots, breathes, sprawls or hides in the shadows of Mega-City One, you will fi nd it in this comprehensive collection.
Volume I: The Justice Department
This volume takes you on a guided tour of the only power great enough to keep the peace in a world gone mad. Within these pages, the training of new Judges is described, luminaries and notable members are discussed and the procedures that maintain effectiveness and discipline are revealed. This book covers the Justice Department from Sector Houses to sequestered archives, from the mechanical miracles of Tek Div to the world-shaping decisions of the Council of Five and the Chief Judge. Here are the halls of power. Here is where rules are made.
This is the Law.
The Justice Department is the start of an exciting new 12 volume series that examines the world of Judge Dredd as never before. Each volume contains a proof of purchase logo that, when all 12 are collected, can be exchanged for a special 13th volume, covering Judge Death and his allies, absolutely free!
Note: This is the only way to obtain the special 13th volume of the Mega City One Archives. It will never go on sale!
