Between Humble Bundle and Bundle of Holding, it is by no means been cheaper to construct up a really huge library of books for Dungeons & Dragons and different tabletop RPGs. The most recent truckload of PDFs on supply for a pittance features a unfold of D&D 5e adventures and dietary supplements by Goodman Video games, with 35 books plus VTT goodies obtainable for simply $18 / £13.66.
Goodman Video Games is most well-known for the wonderful Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG and its many adventures, which hark again to the outdated days of D&D. Although I have never performed these D&D 5e adventures of theirs, I’ve very a lot loved their work with DCC—based mostly on the previews, these books appear to hold over the identical charmingly old-fashioned paintings, helpful maps, creatively unusual concepts, and complicated dungeon design, so I really feel fairly snug predicting they will be good enjoyable.
I feel that suggestion goes double in case you’re in search of adventures and settings with a really completely different really feel to Wizards of the Coast’s first-party choices. Anticipate much less clear, fashionable fantasy, and extra gonzo sword and sorcery.
As ever there are just a few completely different tiers obtainable. Unusually, the highest tier at $30 / £22.77 truly features a bodily e-book—the softcover of Crypt of the Satan Lich—on prime of all of the PDFs, although watch out of the delivery prices, that are a bit extra hidden on the web page than I might like. When you’re within the US, add one other $13. When you’re outdoors the US… nicely, could God have mercy in your soul—estimates like $55 to Canada or $70 for UK & EU are fairly untenable for one e-book.
I might undoubtedly advocate simply sticking with the purely digital tiers, for optimum financial savings. The $18 / £13.66 tier is a good deal, getting you the whole lot besides the bodily e-book—it will be an extended outdated time earlier than you get by means of all these adventures. The $10 / £7.59 tier will get you 17 adventures whole (plus a coupon for one more order from Goodman Video games)—they do appear to be the older ones on supply however that is nonetheless very low cost for what you are getting.
After which the most affordable tier will get you 4 adventures for simply $1 / £0.75, which is mainly shut sufficient to free that it is most likely value a punt in case you’ve any curiosity in any respect in filling out your assortment.
These books have all been written with the 2014 model of D&D 5e in thoughts—with the brand new model of the sport out this yr, they are going to be a bit bit outdated. However a part of the aim of the brand new D&D core books is to make sure as a lot backwards compatibility as attainable, so the vast majority of the content material ought to nonetheless work, and something that does coNFLict must be simply fixable. So I would not let that maintain you again in case you like what you see right here.
There you go, that is one other few campaigns sorted. See you once more subsequent time somebody as soon as once more blows the TTRPG bundle horn and summons me from my dank lair, whereby I dream upon an unlimited, glittering hoard of PDFs I have never learn but.
