Mysteries of Montreal

Last 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 Lv...

Six and a half years? Has it really been that long? That's when the first discussions and recruitment took place for the Masks of Nyarlathotep Companion over on the YSDC forums . At the time, I was running my New York Campaign, and had started to plant the seeds of the Campaign, by introducing Jackson Elias and preparing myself in other ways. With this in mind, I was hugely anticipating the information, maps, handouts and other additional material that was being discussed for inclusion in this work. I was worried however, that it wouldn't come out in time for me to use in my campaign. I need not have worried, not because of the speed of publication of this document, far from it, it took a lot more time that I anticipated, but for the closer to home reason of my gaming group and CoC game folding for reasons of life getting in the way of gaming (isn't it always the case?). However, I was very pleased to see the following news on the YSDC front page . In the words...

Today is Free RPG Day . Not so much mythos stuff available this year. The closest seems to be a Conspiracy X quick start and adventure by Eden Studios .