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The Sanctum Secorum podcast plumbs the depths of Appendix N as it applies to DCC RPG. Each show reviews one piece of Appendix N media — be it literature or film — and then discusses how to bring aspects of it to the table for your DCC game. We explore how the selected piece might already easily fit into particular modules and DCC settings, and we highlight one specific DCC module that really ties into the Appendix N material.

Enter the Sanctum Secorum… and be inspired.

Road Crew – April 1st, Around the Table Gamer Pub, Lynnwood, WA

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Saturday, April 1, 2017 from to Around the Table Gamer Pub (7600  196th St SW Ste 300, Lynnwood, WA (We’ll have a big table in the front!)

Crave Adventure?  Desire Danger?  Okay with a critical hit table for Monsters that can leave players disemboweled and struggling to pull in their intestines for d6 turns?

Welcome to Dungeon Crawl Classics!

Around the Table regular Bren is hosting a “drop-in friendly” weekly role-playing game (RPG) where players both frequent and sporadic will venture out together from the mysterious Silver Chest Inn to all parts of the world seeking to become more than the Gong Farmers they were born as.

Players will start as 0-level Player Characters(PCs).  Like these:

  • Over time, they may well gain enough experience to hold their own and actually survive their weekly excursions!

    Pre-made PCs will be available or can be rolled up before the session starts.

    Bring your courage!  You won’t have it for long.

 

DCC Road Crew

Sanctum Secorum #22 – Gary Con Special Part 2 – Hiero’s Journey

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Per Hiero Desteen is a priest, a telepath — and a highly trained killer. Five thousand years after the holocaust known as The Death destroyed civilization, Hiero explores the mutant-infested wilderness of Canada and North America, riding a mutated, telepathic moose named Klootz. The Abbey has attempted to establish colonies, but the evil Brotherhood of the Unclean was waging all-out war against the few remnants of normal humanity, determined to wipe out all traces of its emerging civilization. Hiero’s task was to bring back a lost secret of the ancients that might save the humans. His eventual allies include Gorm, a telepathic black bear, and Luchare, a princess from the distant kingdom of D’alwah. But his path lay through the very heart of the territory ruled by the Unclean and their hordes of mutated, intelligent, savage beast followers…and the Unclean were waiting for him!

Welcome to the Sanctum Secorum podcast. Tonight is part two of our marathon-long Gary Con special episode! Ernie Gygax rejoins us as we discuss Hiero’s Journey before moving off into the realm of DCC.

As a programming note, the Companion ‘zine for the Gary Con special will release POST Gary Con (likely within 48 hours of this going live).

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News – show delay

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It was our firm intention to release the second half of our Gary con special this evening while attending the convention. However upon further review the episode that managed to get into the wild prior to release was filled with technical errors. We are unable to correct these errors in time to release for this evening.  We have pulled the prepared episode, and will release the second half of our Gary Con special upon returning from the convention on Tuesday. We apologize for the delay.

 

 

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NEWS – DCC RPG, Portuguese Edition in its last hours

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At the time of this writing, ten hours remain in this crowdfunding effort and an amazing bevvy of stretch goals have been hit: Sailors of the Starless Sea; The One Who Watches from Below; Frozen in Time; Masks of Lankhmar, Through Ninguable’s Cave, Patrons of Lankhmar; and even a Judge’s Screen! If you are interested in this edition, now is the time to hop on over to the crowdfunding page.

DCC RPG by New Order Publishing

Need the page in English? There is an option at the bottom right of the page.

Note: Pledges are taken immediately.

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News: The Umerican Survival Guide Kickstarter is live!

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Fans of the ‘zine Crawling Under a Broken Moon, and all those who love the trippy post apocalyptic world of mid 80’s cartoons, rejoice! The kickstarter has a modest, and very realistic goal. The goal is so realistic in fact that it is almost halfway there already. Beyond that, stretch goals!

Some great stretch goals available AND they are being handled in a fashion that won’t financially ruin the kickstarter (as has happened to many an enthusiastic start-up). One of those stretch goals, the Twisted Menagerie Manual, is slated to have content by the Sanctum Secorum’s very own Bob Brinkman. Other DCC community members contributing to the spectacular add-on content are Sean Ellis (frequent contributor to  Crawl!, Crawljammer, and Crawling Under a Broken Moon) and Forrest Aguirre (of the Glowburn Podcast).

So, hop on over and check it out.

The Umerican Survival Guide Kickstarter

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Technical Difficulties

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Strange sounds have been heard outside the library. We’ve sent the dwarves out to look into the problem. We are sure that they can handle it. After all, dwarves are the tech support of the fantasy realms….right?

(Wouldn’t you know it, our host updated some things server side and now we are unable to upload the latest episode. Hopefully we will be back in working order by morning.)

 

The Battle of Five Armies is by Edu Rodríguez.  Some rights reserved. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

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Sanctum Media is pleased to announce that we are working in partnership with Axe Cop co-creator Ethan Nicolle in an effort to bring his latest project to life. Bearmaggedon tells the story of a group of slackers and a mountain man caught up in an ursine war on humans. Bearmageddon News Network covers the world’s news of this war, including bear attack tips.

Through their partnership with Ethan Nicolle, Sanctum Media will be bringing a number of the nightmarish creations of the Bearmageddon to life and materials found in Dickinson Killdeer’s Guide to  Bears of the Apocolypse: Ursine Abominations of the End Times and How to Deafeat Them will also be featured. Sanctum Media, and the Keepers of Mysteries, are proud to be bringing the denizens of this unique setting to life in a fashion that can be used by DCC Judges who are looking for something wholly outside of the mainstream.

Ethan Nicolle (http://www.ethannicolle.com) is an Eisner Award nominated comic book creator, writer, and artist. He has also worked with his younger brother, Malachai, to create Axe Cop – a web comic turned comic, turned animated series.

Sanctum Media (http://sanctum.media) produces the monthly Sanctum Secorum podcast (featuring Jen Brinkman, Marc Bruner, and Bob Brinkman), devoted to Appendix N literature and its inspiration and use in within the Dungeon Crawl Classics Role Playing Game. Sanctum Media also publishes the Sanctum Secorum Companion, a free e-zine filled with playable content for DCC RPG.

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Sanctum Secorum #21 – The Dying Earth

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 “The six stories that make up the the first volume of the Dying Earth are all set in an undefined far future Earth, when the sun is nearing the end of its life. The sky ranges from pink to deep blue, lit by a dim red sun, and many strange plants and animals exist. Much of the story is set within the forested country of Ascolais*, and in the ruined cities that dot the landscape. Seekers of wisdom and beauty include lovely lost women, eccentric wizards and man-eating melancholy deodands. Twk-men ride dragonflies and trade information for salt. There are monsters and demons. It is a world where each being is morally ambiguous: the evil are charming, the good are dangerous.”

Welcome to the Sanctum Secorum podcast. Tonight’s episode takes you across the Dying Earth of Jack Vance, introduces you to the new Keeper of Mysteries, and announces the winners of our Tarzan content contest!

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