Rangers of Shadow Deep Compendiums
I’m really looking forward to the release of Rangers of Shadow Deep: A Gathering of Heroes. You can pre-order in the USA here, UK & Rest of World here and you’ll get the PDF now. Or you can wait to see what kind of deals North Star does with the book and figures. However, the book has naturally raised a lot of questions. These are the same kinds of questions that always come up when dealing with books of collected material – questions that have plagued game publishers for decades.
As I said before, I mainly created A Gathering of Heroes to get a big, beautiful book! I included new material because I had some new exciting material that I wanted to present in the best-looking way, and I included older material both to make the book big enough to justify publication but also to give that material the A-star treatment. I wanted to give people the option to buy the better-looking book, but not force them to just to get the new material – which is why the book will have a low ebook price when it is officially released.
If this book goes well, I hope someday I will do something similar with the 3 supplements that currently aren’t collected (Across the Wastes, Dungeons Dark, and Tenebrous Citadel). I don’t know when (or truly even if) that will be. Now I original made my own Adventure Compendium 1 that collected the first 4 supplements – just to make it easier for people to keep them on the shelf. My question – are there people that would like to see these three supplements collected into an Adventure Compendium 2 (to match the Adventure Compendium 1 that I published?) before the someday-hopefully Modiphius version? This would contain no new material and would literally just be the three books bound together. The only real plus is having them in one book and getting a cover to match Adventure Compendium 1. Let me know your thoughts in the comments.
And just for fun, and for those who might be wondering, here are the 10 Archetypes contained in A Gathering of Heroes:
Red Hawk Knight
Chthonian Mage
River Shark
Servant of Seth
Varakian Archer
Vampire Hunter
Scrollmaster of Melnoth
Encarnoth Delver
Wasteland Firesword
Shadow Deep Survivor or Defector
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Thanks Joe, I’d love to see the remaining missions collected into a compendium. 10/10 would buy
Joseph,
I pre-ordered this book already. I always like hardbound books. I have all your supplements from Drive-Thru RPG and I would absolutely buy a compendium to match this one. Thank you for creating this wonderful world. I enjoy it immensely.
Sincerely,
Paul T – Buda, Texas, USA
Definitely interested in a second compendium, not a doubt. From this point on, will everything ‘brand new’ for Rangers be published through Modiphius?
Good stuff. No, this doesn’t mean everything will come from Modiphius.
Thanks Joe, that’s appreciated.
Is this a supplement to the original book, thus replacing it, or is it an add one we can get to enhance our experience with the game?
This is a completely new book, that gives new character options and lots more missions. You need the original rule book to use it.
Yes! Eagerly waiting for the 2nd Adventure Compendium! Do it Joe!
Will the adventure compendium II again be included in the next expansion?
I like to have all rangers books in paperback/hardcover, but not necessarily the same content three times…
Sorry I don’t like the compendium anymore.
I understand.
Totally up for the 2nd compendium. I bought the first one even though I had already bought most of the content. Gave my original print on demand rule book and those supplements to my little cousins. Will totally be upgrading to this new version too.
I ordered my copy of A Gathering of Heroes last week, enjoying the PDF and looking forward to receiving the physical book. I’d love to see a Compendium 2 with the remaining 3 supplements.
Many thanks. I hope you enjoy it!
I’d also love for the Rescue Trilogy to be released together as a compendium; I’d just really like having the whole saga all together that way.
Would absolutely love more books, omnibuses are great!