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Reviews, Open-Ended 4E D&D Adventures, “Larvik 2” and Too Much Plot

Posted by snake on Aug 10, 2011 in 4ED | 0 comments

I haven’t posted any news in a while so this one is a bit of a biggy. I’m not sure if I’ve posted this before, but I effectively leapfrogged 3rd Edition D&D completely. In fact, most of the adventures I played for that rule set was using online games, specifically Atari’s Temple of Elemental Evil and Bioware’s Icewind Dale II. I bring this up to make this point: the bulk of my D&D experience was based on 1ED rules. In fact, the The Haunting of Larvik Island has its...

Mini-Review of The Haunting of Larvik Island

Posted by snake on Aug 3, 2011 in 4ED | 0 comments

Mini-Review of The Haunting of Larvik Island by Ed McIntosh Impressions regarding the module “The Haunting of Larvik Island”. Review published on ThickSkullAdventures.com with Ed McIntosh’s permission. What could be improved: The back cover includes giant seagulls, kinda cheesy. (Okay, they are supposed to be Albatrosses, but they don’t look heroic either way.) Felt back cover has better art than the front cover Some typos in a few places of text Hmmmm, so the...

Thick Skull Adventures at book signing

Posted by snake on Jul 10, 2011 in Inside the Thick Skull | 0 comments

On July 9, 2011, we had the opportunity to do a promotional signing of the new adventure, “The Haunting of Larvik Island” at the Game Kastle in Santa Clara, CA. Game Kastle was holding one of their regular “Flea Market” events where folks come and sell old & new games, minifigs and other goodies; we setup a table to promote the new module. It was a really great experience and a great opportunity to meet with many of the local gaming fans here in...

Haunting of Larvik Island PDF updated to 1.02

Posted by snake on Jun 30, 2011 in 4ED | 0 comments

Faithful adventurers, I have updated the .pdf version of “Haunting of Larvik Island” on RPGNow.com to version 1.02. This version fixed some rendering issue with the “wood plank” banner graphic used on section headings. Apparently this graphic was rendering dark on iPads and Mac OS X’s Preview application. For anyone keeping score, here’s the change log for the version of the file: 1.02: fixed wood plank graphic, added Michael Murdock as a...

Behold, the cover!

Posted by snake on Jun 24, 2011 in Uncategorized | 1 comment

I’ve been holding off on publishing the cover until we were closer to print, but as the b0oks are now being folded and stapled as we speak, and will be in bookstores within a couple of weeks, I’m feeling confident enough to now share. Please join me in thanking my fabulous artist Mr. Antoni Layos Tira and fabulous (and long suffering) graphic designer Catherine Harkins, without whom, this project would have never seen the light of day....