What is it?
Crypts & Things is a Swords and Sorcery game based upon the class/level based Old School roleplaying game rules from the late 1970s, with the rules modified to emphasise the genre in play.
Its a game where the players play Barbarians, Fighters, Magicians, and Thieves struggling to survive in the dying world of Zarth. Looting long dead cities, tombs and battling Serpent Men and their demonic allies. It is a world where action and exotic adventure is the name of the game.
It takes its inspiration form the works of Clark Ashton Smith, HP Lovecraft, Michael Moorcock, Robert E. Howard and the gaming material of the early British role-playing publications of the 70s-80s.
It is 150 pages long and is copiously illustrated with black and white pictures.
Where can I find out more?
Here at the game's webpage
Check out this 15 page preview pdf which has pretty much every chapter sampled.
What you'll get
Every pre-order gets a PDF copy of the rules, when its ready (late Oct).
In addition higher levels of preorder get
- At Level 5 Soft cover printed version of the rules.
- At Level 8 and higher a Hard cover printed version.
- At level 10 and higher, a limited edition T-shirt of the front cover
- At level 20 your book will be signed by the Author + name mentioned in the book as a benefactor.
Printed versions of the game will ship shortly after the Pre-order ends.
Please note shipping is included in the the price.
If we exceed the goal : Blood of the Dragon
Everyone who has pre-ordered a copy of the game will either get a free PDF (Levels 1 and 5) or Print version (Level 8 and higher) of Blood of the Dragon, the first adventure module for the game, which I shall make my immediate priority to complete and get out by the end fo the year. Everyone who took part in the Crypts & Things pre-order will be listed as a benefactor in the book.
Blood of the Dragon is a low level sandbox campaign, aimed at beginning Crypt Keepers (the ref in C&T) and neophyte players. It details the Spires, a weird land drowned in the ashes of an ancient volcanic eruption filled with crypts, which holds the secrets of an empire destroyed by the Gods themselves for its hubris.
