Merry Christmas from the Oubliette

The team at Oubliette want to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas.

It's been a tough year for us this year and we'd like to apologize for our recent absence.  Oubliette Issue 9 was scheduled for a November/ December release but we've had to reschedule it for release in Spring next year.  The main reason for this is that Marg was diagnosed with severe anemia at the end of the summer, leaving her unable to concentrate, much less get out of bed. It has only been in recent weeks that she has begun to feel more like her old self.  We promise to get back to all things Oubliette related in the New Year and hope to release at least a couple of issues in 2013.

Otherworld Miniatures Dungeon Adventurers Range

Otherworld Miniatures are launching a range of no less than 48 minis in their new Dungeon Adventurer range.  Development of this substantial range is being funded by an Indiegogo campaign.

http://www.indiegogo.com/otherworldDA

The image below shows sculpts of the first four adventurers and I have to say they look really great, with bags of personality and real dungeon-ready equipment.

146+ Reaper Miniatures for $100

Reaper have got an amazing Kickstarter campaign going on at the moment (ends Saturday 25th August), that is smashing through its stretch goals at a blistering pace.  At present, $100 down gets you 146 miniatures delivered in March next year.  However, given the rate at which the stretch goals are being hit that number should easily hit 200+ before the end. 

The Kickstater also has great add-ons for larger figures, paints and cases all of which are priced at around half their expected retail prices.  The campaign is somewhat complex to grasp at first, but that is simply because they have added so much to it over the last few weeks.  Here's a link to the main page:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1513061270/reaper-miniatures-bones-an-evolution-of-gaming-min

Oubliette Issue 8 Giveaway Results

The Oubliette Issue 8 giveaway ended earlier this week. I can report that we managed 1,561 downloads.  That beats the Issue 7 giveaway by just 51 copies so the growth has pretty much levelled off.  I am still really pleased with the numbers though.  There may be a seasonal factor involved too as looking across everything I sell on RPGNow they all sell less over the summer months.

I've started work on Issue 9 and plan to release it late November/early December.  I want Oubliette to run for a long time so I'm happy sticking to 2-3 issues per year, as I think it will be more sustainable at that rate.  There won't be a giveaway with Issue 9, but there will still be a launch promotion to reward existing readers and help attract new ones.

Sales of the Issue 5-8 Compilation are going very well.  I noticed this morning that Lulu.com have a 20% coupon SILVERUK (try just SILVER if you are not in the UK) that ends today, so if you've been waiting for one be quick.

1978 Advanced Character Sheet Redux

Finished!

This character sheet is a reworking of a D&D character sheet produced by Games Workshop in 1978.  I've remade it from scratch in Scribus and exported it to PDF.  It is a great sheet, but a few things struck me as strange whilst I was putting it together.  Firstly, there are no sections for recording Saving Throws or  Movement Rate.  Also Magic Attack Adjustment (Magic Att. Adj. on the sheet) is listed under both Wisdom and Constitution so I removed it from Constitution.  Finaly, there are spaces to record 15 languages and 15 weapon proficiencies, which seems to be overly generous on a sheet that is missing arguably more important sections.  These are not major issues though, as the Notes section can take care of any extra details.  I may take another look at the framework of this sheet in the future.  It would be interesting to see how it would look if it were reworked for Labyrinth Lord and/or the AEC.

Backers of the OSR Character Sheet Campaign will get a copy of this emailed to them at the weekend.  I will also include the PDF as one of the extras in Oubliette Issue 9.  However, as that is a long way off, if any Followers of this blog email me (oubliettemagazineATyahoo.co.uk), then I'll send them the PDF when I do the other emails this weekend.

Last 24 Hours of the Oubliette 8 Giveaway

There is just 1 day left to go of the Oubliette 8 PDF giveaway promotion.  Tomorrow afternoon I'll be putting the Issue back to its normal price of $3.00 so don't miss out if you have been meaning to get it.

http://www.rpgnow.com/product/103252/OUBLIETTE-Issue-8

Can You Tell What it is Yet?

Spent a few minutes setting this out earlier today. It was suprisingly easy to mimic the 1978 version. I think a couple of hours work should see it completed.