This adventure collection is inspired by the TSR In Search of Adventure compilation, that took the modules B1-B9 and mashed them together to form several (more or less coherent) campaign arcs using those adventures. This book aims to do something similar, presenting the town of Deepwater as a starting base along with a quintet of adventures designed as a launchpad to adventure. The five adventures are:
Valley of Graves, by James Holloway, in which a teenage boy goes missing.
Gog's Head, by DG Chapman, in which the adventurers sail to the Silver Sea and encounter a strange island, inhabited by hobgoblins.
The Stone Queen's Gaze, by Alex Rinehart, in which a time ship crashes in a remote jungle.
Curse of the Wrathful River God, by Jerod Leupold, in which a merchant hires the adventurers to explore a forgotten temple.
The Spire of Kroxagus, by David Donachie, in which a trapper discovers an ancient complext warded with puzzles.
The five adventures, and the setting information for Deepwater, the starting town, has all been written. I've self-financed the project as much as possible, including paying the authors fairly, but I need to raise more funds for the following:
Final payments to the authors. Everyone has been paid for 2/3 the contracted price.
I'm estimating this will be a 96-page book, and it will be available in three different formats:
PDF. Hypertext linked and bookmarked, fulfilling via Drivethrurpg
Print on Demand (POD). Available in both full color hard and softcover versions. The backer pays for the printing costs as well as shipping. Includes pdf.
Offset. A full color, hardcover book with smyth-sewn binding. Ships from the US.
I've laid out a tentative timeline for the project.
September-October. Project funds. As soon as we hit the funded mark I'll reach out and start commissioning the maps and get final edits over the authors.
October-November. Editing and Cartography.
November-December. Layout begins, and artists are commissioned to provide art for the project.
January. PDFs go out to backers. I'll give it a couple of weeks before ordering print books.
February. Fulfillment begins.
I don't see any real issues with this project. I've got a solid track record with meeting deadlines and fulfilling projects. Everything is written, so barring something unforeseen it should progress roughly as I've got it planned.
A selection of my titles are available as add-ons at roughly a 10% discount off of retail. All offset books are shipped from the US.
