I got a chance to read Plundergrounds 3: The Hoard last night.
Last year I was in Zermatt for a couple days. It was a super rare opportunity to travel for me and I was really hoping to get a glimpse of the Matterhorn. Unfortunately, it was really cloudy and most of the time only a small portion of the mountain was visible. On the second day, during a lovely hike, the clouds opened up and the Matterhorn stood above us in all its glory. I was stunned.
That’s pretty much how I felt looking through this zine!
I love dragons but find myself getting tired of them because of all the mundane “made-for-slaying” beasts that pop up everywhere. Plundergrounds 3 reminded me how much I adore great dragons! Ray Otus really knocked me out with three of the coolest dragons I’ve seen in a long time. The perspective is exactly what I would hope for. Just poking around their stuff is an adventure. These aren’t oafish worms, they’re Le Guin style forces of nature that have dangerous minds and obsessions.
The variations on Jason Cordova’s moves are brilliant and the threats and artifacts left me feeling like I failed a Defy Danger: WIS roll. How can it possibly be this good?!!!
Ray Otus is really knocking it out of the park with these.
Ray Otus is really knocking it out of the park with these.
Jeez. I don’t know what to say. 🙂 That’s quite an analogy and I’m kinda floored. Thank you.
Jeez. I don’t know what to say. 🙂 That’s quite an analogy and I’m kinda floored. Thank you.
i like the search for the staff as sort of a funnel-like setting for a meetup with inconsistent players. have an adventures /mercenary guild looking for it. new players are hired on the spot, no-show players snapped under the pressure and left/took a break, repeat players become veteran looters. let them explore these three environments and occasionally get massacred when a dragon finds them.
i like the search for the staff as sort of a funnel-like setting for a meetup with inconsistent players. have an adventures /mercenary guild looking for it. new players are hired on the spot, no-show players snapped under the pressure and left/took a break, repeat players become veteran looters. let them explore these three environments and occasionally get massacred when a dragon finds them.
How has no one mentioned the art. The art, man! Juan Ochoa​ makes me feel like a kid again, discovering new fantasy books to help me get through hard times.
How has no one mentioned the art. The art, man! Juan Ochoa​ makes me feel like a kid again, discovering new fantasy books to help me get through hard times.