Im Reich der Nibelungen

  Note: This blog-entry is in English, as Cauldron 24 attracted an international audience! I attended  Cauldron - The OSR Euro Con  from Oct. 17th to 20th: about 60 players from 13 countries holed up in a grand old mansion in central Germany, staying overnight from Thursday to Sunday & gaming non-stop (3 sessions per day): Braunstein, Chainmail, OD&D, lots and lots of AD&D 1e and a smattering of other games, including my In the Realm of the Nibelungs , translated just in time for the con and now available at DriveThruRPG in German , French , and English . (Thank you, Canyon, for editing the text as a native speaker!) I gave away a bunch of print versions in all three languages - and got gifted Seven Voyages on Fomalhaut  myself by legend Gabor Lux, following up on his review of Seven Voyages of Zylarthen by Oakes Spalding  - and ran my introductory adventure Gunther Must Die  twice, once in English and once in German, to great success. See the two play reports here (mostl

Note: This blog-entry is in English, as Cauldron 24 attracted an international audience! At Cauldron 24 , I ran Gunther Must Die , my introductory adventure ( Sterben muss Gunther , not available in German) twice. The other play report is available here . Situation: The giantess Lodinga has kidnapped King Gunther, vowing to "slay him within seven days" (which is a softened version of her vow, included as an option in the adventure). Players: Ash, Johannes, Patrick and Viktoria (age 10) played a witch, priest, valkyrie and huntress, respectively. They got their number to seven - as required for travelling in the fairy realm - with two men-at-arms and one hound. SPOILER WARNING - SPOILER WARNING - SPOILER WARNING  I established that Viktoria's huntress had once saved a fairy who had promised to teleport her out of danger in the nick of time in return. Hence, no lethal danger for this character (as is my standard procedure with my own kids, 8 and 11).  After successfully fis

Note: This blog-entry is in English, as Cauldron 24 attracted an international audience! At Cauldron 24 , I ran  Gunther Must Die , my introductory adventure ( Sterben muss Gunther , not available in German) twice. The other play report is available here . Situation: The giantess Lodinga has kidnapped King Gunther, vowing to "devour his manhood within seven days" and cast his corpse to her dogs. Players: Felix, Gabor, Ghoul, Hynek, Iudex, Markus, and Oger. SPOILER WARNING - SPOILER WARNING - SPOILER WARNING  One player, Markus, wrote an enthusiastic play report (scroll down), an overview of the game, and a review , all in Czech. Translate with Google, or for slightly better results, with DeepL. Thank you for the write-up, Markus! SPOILERS END HERE - SPOILERS END HERE - SPOILERS END HERE Congratulations on scoring almost all the XP you could have -- Gunther's death marred your score, but was beyond your control. A respectable 8,500 XP for a middling spot (rank #5 of 7) i