Barkeep on the Borderlands is Available in Print

Jul 27, 2023

Following a successful Kickstarter, Barkeep on the Borderlands has arrived in print from Prismatic Wasteland and Exalted Funeral. The zine presents fantasy bar crawling and carousing as an adventure in and of itself. The 60 page, digest sized zine is available for $25.00 (which includes the PDF) or grab just the PDF alone at DriveThruRPG for $10.00.

About the zine:

Barkeep on the Borderlands flips the script on the tired trope of starting in a tavern. In this adventure, players explore the many taverns of the Keep in search of a missing antidote, getting into shenanigans along the way. The pubcrawl is like a dungeoncrawl but with bars and streets instead of rooms and corridors.

The adventure includes:

20 detailed taverns, with unique premises like a speakeasy run by cultists, an undead dance club, a gambling den for kobold gangsters or a cozy bar in a witch’s cottage
36 character backgrounds for potential pubcrawlers
5 intertwined factions vying for control of the Keep, including a wizard academy, a cult of chaos and an NGO run by goblins
A timeline detailing a precarious political situation that the players can interact with and disrupt
Over 100 full-color illustrations, with some on every page
Grand total of 100 random tables with 745 total results to facilitate endless sessions of adventures in a fantasy city

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