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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

A video review of Barkeep on the Borderlands (and one of the cocktails from the bookmark). Bottom line: maybe I should stick to writing adventures and not cocktails

An interview I did earlier this year on The Weekly Scroll to talk shop about Barkeep: 

Thanks so much for this review! You may be one of the first groups (other than the playtesters) to have ran the adventure, and I am glad you all enjoyed it!

I hope you enjoy it!!

My goal was 1 community copy for each itch sale or review, but so far there have only been 63 sales+reviews and I've put out 100 community copies 😅 I will put up a quick 5 more community copies. I hope, as more people get it, more people will be inclined to leave some reviews!

Also, thank you!

There are honestly too many variables to give a good prediction. A party that is single-mindedly dedicated to it (and lucky) may find it in the first day. But I think 6 days are enough for most parties to either find it, or find the ingredients to make their own.

To give an example of how unpredictable it is though, in one of our playtests neither the party nor the Heir found the antidote because they ended up killing the Heir in a case of mistaken identity, trying and failing to ally with the goblins, then went to Watchtower Without Wizard to cut loose the tether and leave the Keep (and their many pursuers) with their heads still attached to their necks!

For a bit more from the early days of creating this adventure, here is an interview I did with Plus One Exp during last year's ZIMO where I pitch Barkeep on the Borderlands and talk about the OSR, and more.

There is an excellent chance of community copies, because I just added some. Go on, take one!

https://prismatic-wasteland.itch.io/big-rock-candy-hexcrawl