Free RPG Day


FRDTopCorner19.pngLast year, there were no stores in town that signed up for Free RPG Day. The nearest being across the border in Burlington, so I wasn't too hopeful when I went on to the website to look this year.  Thankfully, there were 3 stores in town who had signed up, and one, Ménard Comics, which I had never heard of before, is just across the bridge from us.


I went along on the day, with the intention of getting the Kids on Bikes adventure supplement, however, the store I went to had not recieved any copies of that book, and it's not like they ran out, as I was there 5 minutes after opening. I'm a little put out by that, as that is really the one thing I wanted from this year's line up, but I guess I'll have to wait and see if they release the PDF.

The good news is that I did get to pick up Outbreak Undead, which does look a little dice heavy, but I think we'll give it a go.

I also got the DCC quickstart guide with 2 adventures ( 1 level 0 adventure and a Lvl 1 adventure). I won't run this myself, but I did recently play a game of DCC, and have a friend who would run these adventures.

Finally, I got the Dungeons and Doggies adventure, Raiders of the Lost Bark. This apparently runs on the D&D 5e rules, so a quickstart version of that is required, and of course it is a vehicle for selling their minis, but they do have a few pdfs on their site to get you going.  The Free RPG Day booklet is an adventure, with 4 pregens and a bunch of pull out full colour floor plans, so as a product it,s pretty neat. This might be a fun one for the kids to play.

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