After the chaos of the last few weeks, it seems rather comforting to return to the bosom/bowels/embrace of the System Neutral Monstrous Lair line. And what could be more relaxing than a necromancer’s sanctum or a mad hermit’s hideaway? (Of course, the inspiration for the mad hermit’s hideaway comes from B2 Keep on t...
2023-02-03 07:44:40 +0000 UTC View PostBehold—your free and exclusive Mini-Eventure for January!
Attached to this post, you’ll find three editions (5e, OSR and Pathfinder 1) of Drinking at the Three Bells, a Mini-Eventure set in Dulwich. If your characters fancy having a quiet drink in an upmarket tavern with a serial killer this is the Mini-Eventure for...
2023-01-30 15:44:58 +0000 UTC View PostThis week, we have the first two books in the new Urban Locales line. You might recall I posted a sneak peek at these books before Christmas. At the time, the books fell under the OGL. However, given recent events and revelations, I’ve decided to transition this line to full System Neutral status (pending further developmen...
2023-01-27 07:54:56 +0000 UTC View PostThis week, in a change of scheduled plan, Raging Swan Press has a new Dungeon Backdrop for you! This is particularly exciting as I’m also including a first look at what a System Neutral Dungeon Backdrop will look like.
You get the 5e, OSR and P1 editions of Hidden Redoubt of Gilak Urser in the normal way while I have ...
2023-01-20 07:45:00 +0000 UTC View PostWith all the controversy over the upcoming OGL changes and Wizard’s recent statement that supplements already released will be unaffected by the upcoming license (whatever form it takes), it seems jolly sensible that I should bring forward the release of several large compilations we have in the design and development pipel...
2023-01-16 08:40:16 +0000 UTC View PostDo you see what I did there?
I live in Torquay, Devon. But ten miles away or so lies Dartmoor; I love Dartmoor—it’s a magical place, and I’ve set many adventures in rolling moorland. It’s baffling to me, then, that when we originally released the Wilderness Dressing line back in 2013 or thereabouts, we never pub...
2023-01-13 07:52:58 +0000 UTC View PostI’ve received many questions in the last week about the leaked draft of the OGL 1.1 and its effect on Raging Swan Press.
I’ve attempted to set out my thoughts several times. Every time, my reply gets ever longer, and I get lost in the weeds. So, here’s the short version:
Version 1.1 as it stands—in particu...
2023-01-12 11:48:37 +0000 UTC View PostAnd we are back! I hope you had a restful and rejuvenating festive break and that 2023 is already looking like it will be a better year for you than 2022.
At Raging Swan Press, we are diving straight back into gaming doings. We start 2023 with two new Monstrous Lairs to add to your toolbox. Pirates and dark priests are ...
2023-01-06 07:28:17 +0000 UTC View PostIt’s that time again: Christmas is imminently here, and so Raging Swan Press is slipping into a state of quasi-hibernation.
Thank you for your support, trust, and attention in 2022. You enable us to do what we love doing—publishing books designed to make our games better through the inclusion of detail, flavou...
2022-12-23 08:13:59 +0000 UTC View PostI had a surprise earlier this year; when I downloaded a report of all our sales at DriveThruRPG going back 12 years: Portentous Dreams was #19 on our best-seller list! (You might not think that is very good, but we have over 1,100 products for sale at DriveThruRPG). Clearly, this was a book that needed updating for 5...
2022-12-16 07:39:21 +0000 UTC View PostThis week, Raging Swan Press brings you the final edition (for OSR games) of Forbidden Isle of the Nightstalkers as well as a first (preview) look at the Urban Locale line.
In case you missed them the first time around also find enclosed with your codes the codes for the 5e and P1 editions of the Forbidden ...
2022-12-09 07:37:22 +0000 UTC View PostThe schedule is packed this week as I am plotting a week off(ish) over Christmas. (I hope you will also get some time away from work to relax over the festive break). We have two new Monstrous Lairs for you—Werewolf’s Forest and Druid’s Grove—and Wilderness Dressing: Castles (for 5e, OSR and Pathfinder 1 games).
Many, many years ago, we published GM’s Miscellany: Dungeon Dressing (P1) and (System Neutral) editions. A few years ago, we re-released the series with a new layout, new art and an editing polish (or two). This week, we release GM’s Miscellany: Dungeon Dressing (5e). Early next year, the OSR edition wil...
2022-11-25 07:34:54 +0000 UTC View PostAs you no doubt know, every week we release handy one-page GM Resources on our blog. This week, we gather all these handy resources into one place with GM’s Miscellany: One-Pagers I. This book comprises 50 one-page resources ideal for...
2022-11-18 07:52:03 +0000 UTC View PostIf I’d themed this month’s Wilderness Dressing release correctly, it would be called Wilderness Dressing: Wind & Rain. But I didn’t, and so we are off to the lands of Snow & Ice instead!
Of course, your characters don’t have to actually travel into the frigid north (or south) for you to use this...
2022-11-11 07:50:11 +0000 UTC View PostThis week, we return to the Monstrous Lair line and some more monsters we unbelievably missed on our first (and second) run through the Monster Manual. I haven’t had the occasion to use bulettes much in my campaigns, but stirges pop up regularly! (In fact, back in the good old days of 3.5 I had great fun attacking ...
2022-11-04 07:51:16 +0000 UTC View PostThis is one of those rare weeks in which we aren’t releasing any “proper” products into the world. (Raging Swan Press is resting—the Dread Thingonomicon took it out of us, and we’ve just finished the final development of GM’s Miscellany: Dungeon Dressing [5e]) which is coming next month (in PDF and hardba...
2022-10-28 06:39:07 +0000 UTC View PostAs 2022 lumbers toward a close, I’ve started thinking about 2023’s release schedule. I work several months ahead—I have to if I want to keep up with the release schedule—and shortly, I must start plotting January’s books.
I’m thinking about introducing some new lines (and resurrecting some old ones) next yea...
2022-10-27 06:50:44 +0000 UTC View PostI get the occasional email bemoaning the vast amount of products we’ve published over the last 12 years. Fair enough; we do have a fair few knocking about.
One line that could really, really benefit from an index is the Village Backdrop line. The line ran for about eight years. During that time, we published books for...
2022-10-21 06:38:23 +0000 UTC View PostThis week, we return to the Forbidden Isle for the Pathfinder 1 conversion of Forbidden Isle of the Nightstalkers. As you might remember, last month we released the 5e-compatible edition of this adventure. Therefore, this week patrons at the $5 and up levels will also find codes for the module’s 5e edition in their...
2022-10-14 06:53:01 +0000 UTC View PostI wanted to let you know of an exciting development on the Raging Swan Press Discord server.
Discord has recently added a new feature to create Forums on Discord servers. I've enabled this and added several forums to the Raging Swan Press Discord.
We now have Forums for:
Weather is often overlooked in gaming. If an adventure is set underground, weather is not normally a factor. (Although, obviously, it can be.) For wilderness adventures, though, weather can sometimes rear its ugly weather. Some weather is neither here nor there, but sometimes you want to add rainstorms, gales and more into yo...
2022-10-07 06:53:04 +0000 UTC View PostLast month, I forgot to upload your free and exclusive mini-eventure. Luckily, Richard P nudged me over the weekend to correct my error!
So find below September's mini-eventure: Shopping at Nalthra's Jewellery. I hope you enjoy it and can add it to your game!
Again, my apologies
C
PS: Also--tentacles...
2022-10-03 07:09:25 +0000 UTC View PostIt’s Monstrous Lairs week! This week, we once again focus on two monsters we really, really should have featured before this. In fact, I’m not sure (again) how we overlooked them.
I’ve sat down repeatedly with Steve Hood—one of the main contributors to the line—to work out what to feature over the coming year....
2022-09-30 06:31:11 +0000 UTC View PostThe Dread Thingonomicon is upon you! That’s right, this is the week we’ve been waiting for! On Monday, the Dread Thingonomicon goes on general release. I am beyond excited. I hope you get an immense amount of use out of the Dread Thingonomicon and its contents.
I’d love it if you could l...
2022-09-23 06:57:01 +0000 UTC View PostThis week’s release is a new 5e adventure—Forbidden Isle of the Nightstalkers—for 3rd-level characters.
(I’m already at work on the Pathfinder 1 conversion of the adventure and have started thinking ...
2022-09-16 07:10:13 +0000 UTC View PostThis month, the wilderness we dress is the world’s oceans! It’s very hard to dress the actual ocean waves, so instead, we decided to add depth and flavour to your characters’ voyages! I hope you enjoy Wilderness Dressing: Ocean Waves and that you can slip it into your GM’s toolkit.
This month’s wilder...
2022-09-09 06:43:22 +0000 UTC View PostI’m a little bit embarrassed we haven’t done wraiths or lichs before in the Monstrous Lair line. I mean, they are pretty iconic foes. I’m not sure how they slipped through the net. (Well, I know how a wraith would slip through a net—easily!) That said, we haven’t done purple worms or will-o’-wisps wither…but the...
2022-09-02 07:08:09 +0000 UTC View PostSeptember is a big—nay a huge—month for Raging Swan Press. Not only have we got a new 5e adventure for you, Forbidden Isle of the Nightstalkers, but we’ll also release the Dread Thingonomicon. This is our largest and most impressive book to date. I think it will blow your socks off! (And thank you to e...
2022-08-31 10:09:51 +0000 UTC View PostWould you like a copy of the Dread Thingonomicon almost a month before this mighty tome goes on general release? Do you have the time to write an honest review and post it on DriveThruRPG?
If you answered ye...
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