The Midderlands

Posted on April 16, 2025April 16, 2025 by MonkeyBlood Design — Leave a comment

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.

Massive DTRPG 50% Off Sale

We are having a MASSIVE 50% OFF sale over at DTRPG!

I don’t run sales on DriveThruRPG very often, but this is a BIG one! Don’t miss out on some highly-acclaimed and award-winning gaming material including ENnie Award-winning and nominated titles.
Ends 09:00 CST on Monday 28th August 2023. Get them while they are HOT, HOT, HOT!

The following titles are included!

Setting Materials

The Midderlands – OSR Bestiary and Setting ENnie winning
The Midderlands Expanded ENnie nominated
The City of Great Lunden
The Midderlands – Rivers & Lakes
Midderzine Issue 1
Midderzine Issue 2
Midderzine Issue 3
Midderzine Issue 4
Midderzine Issue 5
Midderzine Issue 6
Midderzine Issue 7
Ascoleth: The Last Great City

Map Symbols & Icons

Havenland Fantasy Map Icon/Symbol Set/Pack
Narrasil Fantasy Map Icon/Symbol Set/Pack
Neath 3D Dungeon Map Components for SketchUp
Myrklund Fantasy Overland Map Icon/Symbol Set/Pack
Murder Knights of Corvendark

HandyMaps

HandyMaps – Towns & Villages
HandyMaps – Buildings & Structures
HandyMaps – Dungeons, Caves & Strange Locales ENnie nominated

Adventures

Behind The Walls
Adventures in Great Lunden
Chewer of Fingers
The Bats of Saint Abbans – Books 1, 2 and 3 plus the Adventure Aid Cards
Rancid Canyons of the Floating Death Sheep (Swords & Wizardry, 5E and DCC versions)

YouTube Content from MonkeyBlood Design

We have really leant into the YouTube content which is hopefully the start of a wider push to create YouTube content rather than having multiple social media apps.

We’ll still keep Facebook and Twitter, but everything else is up in the air, so the best way to keep in touch if you don’t use those is to join our infrequent newsletter (fill out the details below) and/or follow our YouTube channel!

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Thank you for your response. ✨

Here’s a selection of our recent content:

That’s it for now. Thanks for your support.

Glynn

Posted on December 31, 2022December 31, 2022 by MonkeyBlood Design — Leave a comment

DTRPG 50% Off | YouTube Content | CaptCorajus Review

Lots of things to tell you about on the blog post today! Hopefully, the shape of things to come in 2023.

DriveThruRPG Massive 50% Off Sale

We are having a MASSIVE 50% OFF sale!
I don’t run sales on DriveThruRPG very often, but this is a BIG one! Don’t miss out on some highly-acclaimed and award-winning gaming material including ENnie Award-winning and nominated titles.
Ends 7th January 2023. Get them while they are HOT, HOT, HOT!

The following titles are included!

Setting Materials

The Midderlands – OSR Bestiary and Setting ENnie winning
The Midderlands Expanded ENnie nominated
The City of Great Lunden
The Midderlands – Rivers & Lakes
Midderzine Issue 1
Midderzine Issue 2
Midderzine Issue 3
Midderzine Issue 4
Midderzine Issue 5
Midderzine Issue 6
Midderzine Issue 7
Ascoleth: The Last Great City

Map Symbols & Icons

Havenland Fantasy Map Icon/Symbol Set/Pack
Narrasil Fantasy Map Icon/Symbol Set/Pack
Neath 3D Dungeon Map Components for SketchUp
Myrklund Fantasy Overland Map Icon/Symbol Set/Pack
Murder Knights of Corvendark

HandyMaps

HandyMaps – Towns & Villages
HandyMaps – Buildings & Structures
HandyMaps – Dungeons, Caves & Strange Locales ENnie nominated

Adventures

Behind The Walls
Adventures in Great Lunden
Chewer of Fingers
The Bats of Saint Abbans – Books 1, 2 and 3 plus the Adventure Aid Cards
Rancid Canyons of the Floating Death Sheep (Swords & Wizardry, 5E and DCC versions)

YouTube Content from MonkeyBlood Design

We have really leant into the YouTube content which is hopefully the start of a wider push to create YouTube content rather than having multiple social media apps.

← Back

Thank you for your response. ✨

Here’s a selection of our recent content:

CaptCorajus’ Review of The Midderlands Expanded

The brilliant Dave Wile took a look at The Midderlands Expanded and scored it a COLOSSAL 59/60! You can combine this with the massive DTRPG sales above and snag the glorious Midderlands settings for a pocket full of change!

Watch the video review of The Midderlands Expanded here, and remember to thumbs up the vid and subscribe to the captcorajus channel!

That’s it for now, so have a Happy New Year and see you in 2023.

Glynn

Posted on October 27, 2022October 24, 2022 by MonkeyBlood Design — Leave a comment

Fighting Folk of the Haven Isles: ENDS This Sunday!

Fighting Folk of the Haven Isles: ENDS This Sunday!

An old school roleplaying supplement for warriors and fighting folk. Fighting Folk of the Haven Isles is a roleplaying supplement for old school role-playing games. Its focus is on warriors and fighting folk. The book is written for Swords & Wizardry and therefore can be used in all retro-clones and old school roleplaying games with little or no work.

Check out the Kickstarter page here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/monkeyblooddesign/fighting-folk-of-the-haven-isles?ref=deumhw

Physical Product Specification

An A5-sized hardcover (148mm wide x 210mm high OR Approx. 5.8″ wide x 8.3″ high) containing 100+ interior pages comprising 20+ pages of evocative, full colour illustrations.
17 Fighting Folk sub-classes, such as the Arfurian Knight, Barber Surgeon, Coastal Corsair, Fisher Knight, Kiltic Hero, and Queensgrave Club Member. These sub-classes are ‘overlays’ that are intended to be used in conjunction with the fighter class, giving them benefits, drawbacks and flavour.
11 Fighter backgrounds such as the Battlefield Scavenger, Gloomdelver, and Snake Cult Survisor. Unique and flavourful micro-stories that make your fighter unique and explain how they came to practice magic.
20 Weapons such as the Boohoomian Ear Spoon, War Scythe, and Duckfoot Pistol.
10 Magical Weapons and Armour such as Old Bog Iron, Bloodthirsty Spear of Old Lugg, and Lambtown Spiked Armour. Usable in any old school game.
5 Legions of Legend. Elite and unusual military units of the Haven Isles.
Fighting Folk Superstitions
A Glossary
Open Gaming License (OGL)

A typical Fighting Folk subclass provides:

Flavour text,
Rules for play such as requirements, alignments and level-related abilities,
Roleplaying Suggestions,
Fighting Style and,
Suggested Starting Equipment.

Imagery

Check out the Kickstarter page here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/monkeyblooddesign/fighting-folk-of-the-haven-isles?ref=deumhw

We’d love to have your support!

Many thanks,

Glynn [MonkeyBlood Design & Publishing], Richard and Pookie

Posted on October 25, 2022October 25, 2022 by MonkeyBlood Design — Leave a comment

The Midderlands for 5E ON SALE!!

The Weekly Deal from the Frog Pond Frog Face — Hop on this deal before it’s gone!

Frog God Games continues its course of sales that are running throughout 2022. For this week’s sale (through October 30), we feature The Midderlands (for Fifth Edition) for just $24.99 (regularly $44.99)!

Click below to select and save!

The Midderlands is an award-winning, weird world setting for fifth edition (D&D) — a green-hued, dark-fantasy setting and bestiary set in a twisted middle England. It’s late middle ages/Tudor England seen through a looking glass, filled with strange creatures, insidious threats, and the color green. It’s edgy, it’s twisted, and the first thing you should expect is the last thing you’d expect. Looking for a 5e setting completely different from anything you’ve seen before? You’ve found it – now let’s see if you can survive it…

Posted on October 14, 2022October 14, 2022 by MonkeyBlood Design — Leave a comment

Fighting Folk of the Haven Isles: LIVE on Kickstarter!

Please feel free to share the project and crush those stretch goals!

Fighting Folk of the Haven Isles: LIVE on Kickstarter!!!

Check out the Kickstarter page here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/monkeyblooddesign/fighting-folk-of-the-haven-isles?ref=deumhw

There are Early Bird pledges for the first 48 HOURS, so don’t miss the chance to get it for a little bit less!!

Physical Product Specification

An A5-sized hardcover (148mm wide x 210mm high OR Approx. 5.8″ wide x 8.3″ high) containing 100+ interior pages comprising 20+ pages of evocative, full colour illustrations.
17 Fighting Folk sub-classes, such as the Arfurian Knight, Barber Surgeon, Coastal Corsair, Fisher Knight, Kiltic Hero, and Queensgrave Club Member. These sub-classes are ‘overlays’ that are intended to be used in conjunction with the fighter class, giving them benefits, drawbacks and flavour.
11 Fighter backgrounds such as the Battlefield Scavenger, Gloomdelver, and Snake Cult Survisor. Unique and flavourful micro-stories that make your fighter unique and explain how they came to practice magic.
20 Weapons such as the Boohoomian Ear Spoon, War Scythe, and Duckfoot Pistol.
10 Magical Weapons and Armour such as Old Bog Iron, Bloodthirsty Spear of Old Lugg, and Lambtown Spiked Armour. Usable in any old school game.
5 Legions of Legend. Elite and unusual military units of the Haven Isles.
Fighting Folk Superstitions
A Glossary
Open Gaming License (OGL)

A typical Fighting Folk subclass provides:

Flavour text,
Rules for play such as requirements, alignments and level-related abilities,
Roleplaying Suggestions,
Fighting Style and,
Suggested Starting Equipment.

Imagery

Check out the Kickstarter page here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/monkeyblooddesign/fighting-folk-of-the-haven-isles?ref=deumhw

We’d love to have your support!

Many thanks,

Glynn [MonkeyBlood Design & Publishing], Richard and Pookie

Posted on November 12, 2021November 12, 2021 by MonkeyBlood Design — Leave a comment

Two New Books for Other Publishers

Hello everyone!

I just wanted to let you all know that there are two new books added to the webstore. Now, whilst they are on the MonkeyBlood webstore, they are linked to the respective websites of other publishers, who contracted me to create books for them, so here they are:

The Midderlands for 5E (Necromancer Games/Frog God Games)

https://monkeyblooddesign.co.uk/product/the-midderlands-for-5e-print-or-printpdf/

This project was successfully completed a little while back, but I have been very remiss in not blogging about it. The good folks over at Necromnacer Games/Frog God Games contracted me to work on a 5E version of The Midderlands book. Edwin Nagy handled the 5E conversion on behalf of the Frogs, and I handled the new colour artwork/cartography, and layout.

It’s a beautiful book and I am so pleased with how it came out. You can also get a really swanky cloth/foil Limited edition if you are quick (read the webstore product entry to find link).

Staffortonshire Trading Company Works of John Williams, The (Lamentations of the Flame Princess)

https://monkeyblooddesign.co.uk/product/staffortonshire-trading-company-works-of-john-williams-the-print-pdf/

So, why not check them out and head over to the prospective webstores and pick them up. You won’t be disappointed!!

Many thanks, Glynn

Posted on May 27, 2021May 27, 2021 by MonkeyBlood Design — Leave a comment

Midderzines Kickstarter ENDS in just a few days! Over 400% Funded!

Midderzines Kickstarter ENDS in just a few days! Over 400% Funded!

Zines for Old School Games. Compatible with The Midderlands setting.

Also, a great opportunity to pick up all the back issue zines too!

Check out the Kickstarter page here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/monkeyblooddesign/midderzine-issues-6-and-7-zines-for-old-school-games?ref=4soa8p

The Midderzines are an old-school, zine format gaming supplement intended for use with, but not exclusively for, The Midderlands setting. The rules content is written for Swords & Wizardry Complete and therefore can be used in all retro-clones and old school role-playing games with little or no work.

The two new zines contain:

Meet The Midderlander interviews
More juicy rumours from The Haven Gazette.
Gloomium – the lowdown.
Currency thoughts.
Slightly Less Sh*t Lesser Rings and Scrolls
The Lost Wyrld: The world of The Midderlands setting.
Races of the Lost World: A focus on the main S&W races with a Midderlands twist.
Treasure of the Lost Wyrld.
Drakekin – the OSR Dragonborn.
Three Drakekin NPCs.
New Oddities for Drakekin.
Upper Wychbray: A riverside settlement on the edges of Linkern Wolds.

Also, all physical backers will receive this lovely A2 (folded to A5) poster map if we hit the £6,000 GBP Stretch Goal!

Check out the Kickstarter page here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/monkeyblooddesign/midderzine-issues-6-and-7-zines-for-old-school-games?ref=4soa8p

Many thanks,

Glynn over at MonkeyBlood Design & Publishing

Posted on May 21, 2021May 21, 2021 by MonkeyBlood Design — Leave a comment

Midderzine KS is almost 350% funded!

The Midderzine KS is almost 350% funded and we have announced the only stretch goal of the project at £6k for a larger The Lost Wyrld Map (in digital and print formats)!
Get a pile of page content for Midderlands/OSR games.

Get on board here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/monkeyblooddesign/midderzine-issues-6-and-7-zines-for-old-school-games?ref=88x9q3