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Hey, I would like to get in contact. Are you on discord or elsewhere I can send a direct message?

Hey, I would like to get in contact. Are you on discord or elsewhere I can send a direct message?

Also, are you on discord or elsewhere I can send a direct message?

Hey, I would like to get in contact. Are you on discord or elsewhere I can send a direct message?

Hey, I would like to get in contact. Are you on discord or elsewhere I can send a direct message?

Hey, I would like to get in contact. Are you on discord or elsewhere I can send a direct message?

Hey, I would like to get in contact. Are you on discord or elsewhere I can send a direct message?

Hey, I would like to get in contact. Are you on discord or elsewhere I can send a direct message?

Hey, I would like to get in contact. Are you on discord or elsewhere I can send a direct message?

Hey, I would like to get in contact. Are you on discord or elsewhere I can send a direct message?

Hey, I would like to get in contact. Are you on discord or elsewhere I can send a direct message?

Hey, I would like to get in contact. Are you on discord or elsewhere I can send a direct message?

Hey, I would like to get in contact. Are you on discord or elsewhere I can send a direct message?

Thanks for following up! I went ahead and snagged it plus some of your other stuff!

Any plans to print this?

Is the physical copy still available? The link appears to be broken.

Hey, I would like to get in contact. Are you on discord or elsewhere I can send a direct message?

Hey, I would like to get in contact. Are you on discord or elsewhere I can send a direct message?

Hey, I would like to get in contact. Are you on discord or elsewhere I can send a direct message?

Hey, I would like to get in contact. Are you on discord or elsewhere I can send a direct message?

Sure thing! I am not exactly sure on how itch works and whether you can literally submit it to the Jam itself, per se, but just send me a message or tag me or something when you do submit. The Barkeep License is perpetual, so you can jam away to your heart's content.  

Is a print version in the works?

(I think you might be missing the PDF download--this looks great though!)

That makes Barkeep officially a “deadly” adventure! Which’ll earn me some OSR street cred

Best of luck to your jolly crew!

I did an interview about Barkeep on the Vintage RPG Podcast a while back, which you can listen to here: 

Now we jammin'!

https://itch.io/jam/barkeep-jam

Heck yeah! Would love to hear how it goes!

Here was the playlist that my friend, Dwiz of the Knight at the Opera blog, put together when he ran the playtests for Barkeep! 

He described it as "a combination of some classic drinking songs, sea shanties, and the most hype dumbassery that are guaranteed to get a crowd singing along. A lot of one hit wonders and annoying pop jams, the kind of thing that's perfect for karaoke"

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7Jr8zCwtHBZUaZp5DdNg7L?si=4XJdjHbpR7GSjGVAU5JZcQ&pi=u-xNEncvx2Q02w

It is definitely something I want to do! As soon as I can find the spare time to devote to organizing it.

Okay, I think I fixed that in the automatic email. But just in case, I also made the map files a "demo file" here on itch, so you (and anyone else) should be able to download those from here anytime!

Thanks for the kind words! 

Thank you! The whole team is pretty thrilled

JP Coovert calls Barkeep on the Borderlands one of the Best Indie TTRPG Adventures!

Woohoo! I am glad you like it and I hope your group does too. Feel free to drop me a line about how running it goes, I'm always curious to hear about that.

Happy gaming and cheers,

W.F. Smith

John,

I think there is an issue with the email you listed on your website (the "att.net" address), because neither of the automatic emails you were supposed to have gotten appears to  have made it, but they have for others since I turned on the automatic download emails. Would you please send me an email at prismaticwasteland at g mail dot com?

Thanks,

W.F. Smith

I love this! All those varied goals are going to be a great engine to drive your sandbox adventures; feel free to keep us updated!

Ben Milton of Questing Beast reviewed Barkeep, and positively too! This short video might be a good one for "pitching" the adventure to your players since it gives a brief overview of the metaplot of the adventure:

And another interview with Tony at Plus One Exp. We talk about some of the inspiration for the adventure and my process for making it, and more:

I did an interview about Barkeep with Hexed Press:

1) It does require a "system", basically any fantasy TTRPG (e.g., a "D&D" or its many descendants). I recommend Cairn, which you can find for free online.

2) So "Xd6" means roll a  number 6-sided die equal to the X and add them. Gold is for gold pieces, the currency/treasure the characters are trying to acquire. Spells here would just be either spells chosen at random or the referee might select specific ones. The "system" you are using tends to provide what spells are available.

No need to apologize! The zine is pretty jam-packed, so does make some assumptions about baseline familiarity with classic, fantasy TTRPGs!

Oh wow, they’re already gone?! I’ll add lots more if Barkeep ends up winning the Ennie for Best Supplement that it’s nominated for