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Press Release: The Gaia Complex

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MonkeyBlood Design & Publishing are pleased to announce that Hansor Publishing’s amazing cyberpunk/sci-fi RPG, The Gaia Complex, as well as its supporting products, are now available on the MonkeyBlood webstore!

What Is The Gaia Complex?

The Gaia Complex is a cyberpunk RPG set on earth in 2119. At the end of the 21st century, the third world war, known as the Resource War, pushed mankind to the brink of destruction and  ruined the Earth’s atmosphere. Small pockets of humanity survived this horrific war and eventually formed the eleven metropolises . These grew and prospered due to the development of atmospheric processing and significant advancements in technology. Now cut off from each other, these heaving urban landscapes must each face their own difficulties and hardships.

The Gaia Complex focuses on the largest of these metropolises, New Europe. This single sprawling city covers much of what we currently know as mainland Europe. It is a place of street violence, corporate espionage, and vampiric uprisings. Added to this, an overzealous A.I., known as Gaia, functions as the city’s governor and the protector of its citizens.

The Gaia Complex is a dystopian world of urban violence, exploring the age of cybernetic enhancement through a vision of Earth that is somehow ‘changed’. This vision of the future injects both vampires and a strange species of people known as ferals, who are able to enter the minds of animals. In this is game of conspiracy and brutality, players take on the roles of Mercs. These former police officers, hackers, and street-savvy dealers  fight back against the system and ultimately unravel the secrets of The Gaia Complex.

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Ryecroft – An Unforgettable Adventure Ends Soon!

Hello Everyone,

We hope you are all doing well.

The Ryecroft Kickstarter is into the last few days of the campaign and it’s not too late to pledge. We are already funded and have pulled out all the stops to get this product printed and out to backers as soon as humanly possible.

For our loyal US customers: We don’t produce books in China, so you don’t need to worry about getting stung on high tariffs. At time of writing, there is no tariff impact on fulfilment.

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Ryecroft: A Dangerous Cemetery Crawl for OSE and B/X TTRPGs

A dangerous cemetery crawl location for Old School Essentials (OSE) and B/X retroclones. Suitable but challenging for Levels 1 and above. We promise there aren’t a lot of undead!!

ENDS SOON! Back Now on Kickstarter

Ever since the plague and consequent razing of the abbey over one hundred and eighty years ago, Ryecroft has been left to its fate. An overgrown and unearthly place, most that have heard of it, do their best to avoid it. Some say that the dead roam its memorial strewn grounds, but the knowledgeable believe otherwise… Before her savage death, the old abbess swore that the dead would never rise within its boundaries, and she was mostly right. It is not the dead that trespassers should fear. It is the things below…

  • Main Book: An A5-sized hardcover, 224 pages, 120 gsm uncoated interior, smythsewn binding, black ribbon, black endpapers, containing 224 interior pages. Containing:
    • A timeline of events.
    • The detailed village of Woodchurch Eaton from which your PCs can make forays into the cemetery and recuperate.
    • Adventure hooks table.
    • Handling movement around the overgrown cemetery and random wandering monsters.
    • Desecration and atonement rules for disturbing burials.
    • Collectable items: Blueglass shards, Bones of the Saint, and Tombs of the Lost Crescent items.
    • Factions within the cemetery: Woodlings, maggotkin, wormkin, the old abbess, and the golems.
    • Notes on Gamemastering the cemetery.
    • 34 detailed above ground locations.
    • 133 detailed below ground locations.
    • 27 brand new bestiary creatures.
    • 5 new magic items and 1 new spell.
    • 3 bestial playable race-classes: Grubkin, Protector Lice, and Wormancers.
    • 12 tables for generating memorials.
  • Collectables Record Booklet: An A5-sized softcover, 8 pages, 120 gsm uncoated interior, stapled binding, matt laminated softcover.
  • Memorials Record Booklet: An A5-sized softcover, 8 pages, 120 gsm uncoated interior, stapled binding, matt laminated softcover.
  • Maps: Folded to A5. Printed full colour both sides. 150gsm uncoated paper stock.
    • Referees Map: Detailing the above and below ground locations for the referee.
    • Players Map: Detailing the above ground map for the players, as well as the village of Woodchurch Eaton and some cool mood artwork.
  • Card Deck & GM Screen Inserts: Level 3 Reward Tier backers will also get access to ‘at cost’ coupons for the following print-on-demand items:
    • 120-card Memorial Card Deck (Premium US Poker-sized cards)
    • 11-page Portrait GM Screen Inserts (Premium 8.5 x 11” cards)

Our Level 3 Reward Tier…

ENDS SOON! Back Now on Kickstarter
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MASSIVE Webstore 25% Off April 2024 Sale

Promotional image for a webstore sale offering 25% off on selected products, featuring various titles such as 'Erzine' and 'Chewer of Souls'. Includes coupon code 'ryecroft25mania' and a note about the expiration date linked to the Ryecroft Kickstarter campaign.

We are having a HUGE 25% OFF sale on loads of physical titles on the webstore!
Sale ends when the Ryecroft Kickstarter ends (26th April 2025)

Use code: ryecroft25mania

A Selection of Must Have Webstore Products…

We have got some great products in the webstore worthy of your attention.

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Ryecroft is Live Now on Kickstarter!

Hello Everyone,

We hope you are all doing well.

We just wanted to let you know that we have a new Kickstarter campaign now running which might interest you.

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Ryecroft: A Dangerous Cemetery Crawl for OSE and B/X TTRPGs

A dangerous cemetery crawl location for Old School Essentials (OSE) and B/X retroclones. Suitable but challenging for Levels 1 and above. We promise there aren’t a lot of undead!!

Now LIVE! on Kickstarter.

Ever since the plague and consequent razing of the abbey over one hundred and eighty years ago, Ryecroft has been left to its fate. An overgrown and unearthly place, most that have heard of it, do their best to avoid it. Some say that the dead roam its memorial strewn grounds, but the knowledgeable believe otherwise… Before her savage death, the old abbess swore that the dead would never rise within its boundaries, and she was mostly right. It is not the dead that trespassers should fear. It is the things below…

  • Main Book: An A5-sized hardcover, 224 pages, 120 gsm uncoated interior, smythsewn binding, black ribbon, black endpapers, containing 224 interior pages. Containing:
    • A timeline of events.
    • The detailed village of Woodchurch Eaton from which your PCs can make forays into the cemetery and recuperate.
    • Adventure hooks table.
    • Handling movement around the overgrown cemetery and random wandering monsters.
    • Desecration and atonement rules for disturbing burials.
    • Collectable items: Blueglass shards, Bones of the Saint, and Tombs of the Lost Crescent items.
    • Factions within the cemetery: Woodlings, maggotkin, wormkin, the old abbess, and the golems.
    • Notes on Gamemastering the cemetery.
    • 34 detailed above ground locations.
    • 133 detailed below ground locations.
    • 27 brand new bestiary creatures.
    • 5 new magic items and 1 new spell.
    • 3 bestial playable race-classes: Grubkin, Protector Lice, and Wormancers.
    • 12 tables for generating memorials.
  • Collectables Record Booklet: An A5-sized softcover, 8 pages, 120 gsm uncoated interior, stapled binding, matt laminated softcover.
  • Memorials Record Booklet: An A5-sized softcover, 8 pages, 120 gsm uncoated interior, stapled binding, matt laminated softcover.
  • Maps: Folded to A5. Printed full colour both sides. 150gsm uncoated paper stock.
    • Referees Map: Detailing the above and below ground locations for the referee.
    • Players Map: Detailing the above ground map for the players, as well as the village of Woodchurch Eaton and some cool mood artwork.
  • Card Deck & GM Screen Inserts: Level 3 Reward Tier backers will also get access to ‘at cost’ coupons for the following print-on-demand items:
    • 120-card Memorial Card Deck (Premium US Poker-sized cards)
    • 11-page Portrait GM Screen Inserts (Premium 8.5 x 11” cards)

Our Level 3 Reward Tier…

Please feel free to check it out here:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/monkeyblooddesign/ryecroft-a-dangerous-cemetery-crawl-for-ose-and-b-x-ttrpgs?ref=c4vnji

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Ryecroft nears…

It’s finally coming…

On Friday 28th of this month, we finally launch Ryecroft, a dangerous cemetery crawl location for Old School Essentials. It’ll run in most B/X systems easily and nicely in Swords & Wizardry.

Sign up to get notified on Kickstarter

What is it?

A dangerous cemetery crawl location for Old School Essentials (OSE) and B/X retroclones. Suitable for Levels 1 and above.

Ever since the plague and consequent razing of the abbey over one hundred and eighty years ago, Ryecroft has been left to its fate. An overgrown and unearthly place, most that have heard of it, do their best to avoid it. Some say that the dead roam its memorial strewn grounds, but the knowledgeable believe otherwise… Before her savage death, the old abbess swore that the dead would never rise within its boundaries, and she was mostly right. It is not the dead that trespassers should fear.
It is the things below…

We avoided most of the undead tropes and for the most part, undead don’t really play a part.
Also, there’s no AI involved in the project either.

You can get…

  • A 224-page smythsewn A5 hardback
  • Two A5 softcover booklets for tracking collectables, and recording memorials
  • Two A2 posters (folded to A5), one for players and one for referees.
  • In addition, there will be an option for grabbing a deck of memorial cards and also some GM screen inserts (to make the Referee’s life a little easier at the table).

There will be three pledge tiers:

  • (£15) Level 1: Digital files
  • (£40) Level 2: Physical rewards and digital files
  • (£50) Level 3: Physical rewards and digital files, as well as the option to get the cards and GM screen inserts
Sign up to get notified on Kickstarter

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Always Doodling for Future Projects

Sometimes, I get chance to doodle during the evenings whilst my partner watches TV. That’s actually how The Midderlands became a thing—evening TV doodles.

I always draw what comes to mind at the time, or just go with the flow, but I always make sure it’s something that could make it into a future publication. This way, I can build up a collection of assets and use some of them as a basis of encounters, creatures, items, NPCs, etc.

Here are some recent doodles posted to social media feeds…

Hireling: “I’m not going in there first…”
PC: “Why?”
Hireling: “Did you not hear the rumours?”
PC: “What rumours?”
Hireling: “There’s a Terrog down there!”
The Skragh were extremely territorial of any dungeons they claimed for their Necklace Masters.
The Horned Crowns sprouted from the skulls of the Guard-dragons chosen by Arrathraxian herself.
The beggar had said the ancient bathhouse at the edge of the jungle was now home to a giant serpent and the locals avoided the area. Maybe Gergan could finally get his snakeskin armour…

I hope you enjoy them as much as I do doodling them!

Glynn

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Ryecroft: A Dangerous Cemetery Crawl for OSE and B/X TTRPGs

I’ve been working on this project over the years, but life kept getting in front of it. The pandemic, moving house, lots of freelancing, etc. It was close but needed a push over the line and NOW, the Kickstarter prelaunch is finally up.

With an expected lanuch of January 2025, this should finally get MonkeyBlood Design back to doing what it does best…. creating great and memorable products. Bring it on! This is a cemetery like no other!

Click any of the images to take you to the Kickstarter prelaunch page and get notified when it goes live!

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The Encyclopaedia of Incredible Artefacts

I’ve had the pleasure to provide the artwork for 76 unique items for the Encyclopaedia of Incredible Artefacts.
Two volumes of incredible magic weapons, armour, items, and trinkets, usable in any 5E setting!

Presented in two volumes, the Encyclopaedia of Incredible Artefacts is designed to be a tome of legendary magical items for use in any 5E fantasy setting. These items are created so as to be befitting of a campaign’s ‘big bad’ or a fitting reward for the most deserving of heroes.
Rather than simply providing a table of stats and rules, these books provide a rich and detailed look into the heritage, background, and journey of these items. Each item is presented alongside beautifully crafted fiction telling that item’s journey through time. Though each of these stories take their own twists and turns, each is designed to inspire Dungeon Masters/Game Masters to find ways in which to include these incredible artefacts in their games.
Need a valuable treasure for your party to stumble over? Take your pick.
Need a cursed blade for the campaign’s big threat to wield? The following pages have you covered.
Want something that gives high risk for high reward? Pick something that poses the risk of possession and see how the character handles the presence of a dark entity!
Whatever you need, the Encyclopaedia of Incredible Artefacts seeks to inspire!

Launches on Kickstarter 2nd July 2024. Get notified here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thegaiacomplex/the-encyclopaedia-of-incredible-artefacts-for-dandd-5e?ref=e8uf00

More info can be found at Hansor Publishing here: https://www.hansorpublishing.com/eoia

Check out these amazing spreads and product mockups:

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Hârnworld: The Kingdom of Kanday

My friends over at Columbia Games have got the latest Hârn offering over on Kickstarter! Linkage below!

The Kingdom of Kanday is a feudal kingdom in southwestern Hârn. Founded after the collapse of the despotic Theocracy of Tekhos, Kanday now stands as a realm committed to peace and prosperity. The kingdom is ruled by King Andasin IV of Clan Kand from his seat at Dyrisa. Aleath, a chartered freetown, is the largest settlement.

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The Midderlands gets an OSE Fantasy Grounds Conversion

Some great news for those of you using Fantasy Grounds VTT and running Old School Essentials!

The Midderlands (first book) is now converted and up for sale. A HUGE thanks to Kevin Heffernan for all his hard work in making this happen!

GRAB IT HERE: https://forge.fantasygrounds.com/shop/items/1677/view

If you don’t have The Midderlands physical book, why not grab a copy by clicking below?

The Midderlands

The Midderlands

An OSR Roleplaying Setting & Bestiary. A 224-page A5 Hardcover book – Gold Winner – 2018 ENnie Awards – Best Cartography This is the 3rd Printing with revised layout and minor changes. The book includes an A2 (folded to A5) map of The Midderlands setting. The Midderlands is an old-school game setting with bestiary for…

480 in stock

Many thanks, Glynn