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Judges Guild: Home to the Wilderlands Campaign and the City State of the Invincible Overlord - Founded 1976 |
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August 24, 2005: Now you can see Clark's official adventure from GenCon 2005, a revision of the classic Judges Guild adventure The Lost Temple, originally published in Treasure Maps I. This PDF contains the exact game notes that Clark took to GenCon to run the adventure. Yes, they looked this pretty when he took them to the show. Click Here to download Clark's Adventure Notes now! And here is the map Clark created in Dundjinni, blew up for use as a battle map and had laminated. You can do the same! Click Here to download the Lost Temple Map now!
August 22, 2005: Here is the Player's Packet for Clark's much-anticipated GenCon 2005 Wilderlands Demo adventure. Clark finally revealed the adventure he is running, and it is a revision of the classic Lost Temple from Treasure Maps I! Inside the packet, which the GenCon players receive, is an introduction to the adventure and a description of the pregenerated characters they have to choose from! Click Here to download the Player's Packet now! To go along with the Player's Packet, here are the actual Pregenerated Characters that people playing in Clark's Judges Guild Wilderlands demo game were actually using. Posted by fans, modified by Scott Greene. 100% approved for use in Necromancer Games adventures! Play the PCs the guys at GenCon 2005 played! Click Here to download the Pregenerated Characters now!
Use the links below to download Lenap now:
To pre-order your copy now, just click on the small cover image to the right! Note: Map image resolution reduced to make the download managable.
June 1, 2005: Here's yet another outstanding fan submission, this time by W.R. Fisher and Paul Estrada, called The Village of Dwim! It contains the fully detailed village, complete with a nicely done map. Please visit our Fan Materials Page to download this 6-page goodie now! File size is 2.9 mb, so depending on your connection type it might take a little to download it. Thanks to Bill and Paul for sending this in! Great work!
Also, please note that we are planning to have a limited number of boxed sets available for a pre-release at this year's
GenCon! Cover price will be $69.99 U.S..
Now you can download the 5 level dungeon and the 4 level generic dungeon from the original City State of the Invincible Overlord! Look for the Sunstone Caverns download coming soon! The 4 level generic dungeon is about 3.4 mb (.pdf), the 5 level dungeon roughly 4.5 mb (.pdf), so it may take a while to download them. Check our Downloads Page to get them now!
This download includes all the statistics for NPCs in City State of the Invincible Overlord that got cut from the book in order to save some space. The file is only 155 kb, you should have no trouble downloading it. You need the Product Password from page 1 of the book to open the file! Check our Product Support Page to download it now!
This .pdf file is 883 kb. Click Here to download it now!
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Judges Guild and Necromancer Games to Publish Tegel Manor D20 September 3, 2004 (DECATUR, IL): Judges Guild, developers of the classic Wilderlands of High Fantasy™ and City State of the Invincible Overlord™ role-playing campaign settings, is pleased to announce that it will once again publish Tegel Manor™, a classic Wilderlands adventure module, in conjunction with Necromancer Games. Judges Guild President Robert Bledsaw recently reached an agreement with the former holder of the property, Lou Zocchi, for the return of the copyright to Judges Guild. "I’m pleased as punch to have the rights back to Tegel Manor," said Bledsaw. "Lou and I were able to finally come to a mutually satisfactory agreement for the return of the copyright. It was great to be able to work with my old friend. Along with the release of Caverns of Thracia™ and the impending release of the new City State of the Invincible Overlord™, 2004 is turning out to be a banner year for Judges Guild and Necromancer Games." Tegel Manor™, originally published in 1977, was the first published fantasy adventure module to deal with the haunted house format. It has entered adventure game legend as one of the classic adventures of the early days of gaming. Set in the Wilderlands of High Fantasy™, Tegel Manor™ reflects the adventure game style of the late ’70s and early ’80s - making Necromancer Games, with its "Third Edition Rules, First Edition Feel" the perfect match as a publisher. "Tegel Manor is one of the classic modules, and I’m proud we’re working with Judges Guild to release it for a new generation of gamers," said Clark Peterson, President of Necromancer Games. "With the release of Caverns of Thracia™, Treasure Vaults of Lindoran™, and now Tegel Manor™, we will be well on the way to re-releasing the best adventure modules ever written." Tegel Manor™, revamped for use with the revised third edition of everyone’s favorite roleplaying game, is slated for release in late 2005. Founded in 1975 by game-industry founder Robert Bledsaw, Judges Guild is a Decatur, Illinois-based game developer and publisher dedicated to creating the best classic swords & sorcery adventures and source materials in the adventure game market. Its Wilderlands of High Fantasy™ is the first-ever published fantasy campaign setting. For additional information, visit www.judgesguild.com. Founded in 2000 by Clark Peterson and Bill Webb, Las Vegas-based Necromancer Games publishes award-winning adventures and supplements with "Third Edition Rules, First Edition Feel". Necromancer Games, through a strategic alliance with Judges Guild, has published The Player’s Guide to the Wilderlands™ and Caverns of Thracia™, and will release the City State of the Invincible Overlord™ in early October 2004 and the Wilderlands of High Fantasy™ Boxed Set in 2005. For additional information, visit www.necromancergames.com.
Click Here or on the small image to the right to preorder your copy of Caverns of Thracia™ now. This product will hit store shelves on September 6! Click Here to preorder your copy of City State of the Invincible Overlord™ now. This product is now scheduled to be released on October 4! To find out more about these products, please visit our Products Page.
This .pdf is only about 650 kb, even on dial-up you shouldn't have any problems downloading it! Click Here to check 'em out
now!
Caverns of Thracia will most probably be one of our GenCon 2004 releases! Click Here or on the small image to the right to check it out now!
July 9, 2004: We have just posted some Judges Guild downloads at our Downloads Page! There are some nice CSIO wallpapers for your PC's desktop in different resolutions as well as a .pdf-teaser for our upcoming JG module Caverns of Thracia. Click Here to check 'em out now!
Click Here or on the small image to the right to check it out now!
March 21, 2004: Check our Fan Materials Page for a full 30-page adventure submitted by Michael Proteau. The Tower of Karastal is a short adventure set in the Judges Guild Wilderlands. It includes the description of a small village in Map 1 Hex 2826 just south of Bier on the Old South Road, a harrowing wilderness journey into the foothills, and the ruins of an old wizard's tower. Also included are three maps. Don't miss this!
February 19, 2004: Check our Fan Materials Page for new stuff submitted to us by Judges Guild fans, including Attack of the Plant Monsters!, a short encounter / mini-adventure by Gabor Lux! Check it out now!
January 20, 2004: We received a very helpful calendar sheet for use with your Wilderlands campaign from Kyle Haberman! Check our Fan Materials Page to download it now! This should proof to be very useful to keep track of time in your campaign!
January 18, 2004: Erik Mona of Dungeon/Polyhedron featured the Player's Guide to the Wilderlands in a two page article in the most recent Polyhedron section of Dungeon magazine. Erik loves the setting and the product. Here are a few quotes: "...manages to perfectly fit the spirit of the game's earliest days, providing a glimpse into a fantastic world of high adventure that's a little bit grittier while at the same time a lot more imaginative that many modern campaign settings." "The book speaks seductively to those of us who like our fantasy in the vein of Robert Howard and Jack Vance, urging us to cast aside the glossy, full color setting books we've grown to love and engage in a torrid affair with one of the oldest settings known to gaming." "The book itself is heavy on history but light on modern detail. It's probably most similar to WotC's Living Greyhawk Gazeteer, in that the focus is on story over rules, so a player of 1st Edition D&D might find the book every bit as useful as the greenest 3rd Edition newbie." "...a really great setting." All from Erik Mona!
This handy piece of work was done by Dennis 'The Man' Timm. Thanks a lot for your effort, Dennis!
November 29, 2003: A city that fell to ruins long ago from civil strife between warring gods has been recently rebuilt by followers of the god Mitra. Few citizens worship the goddess for which the city was originally named. Alchemical schools, a market shipping wares to far off lands and tales of sunken chests and submerged temple hordes bring many travelers to this fabulous city! Download the Guide to Modron, a two-part, full-color city map, and the underwater map from our Downloads Page now!
November 25, 2003: The ancient citadel of Thunderhold, now occupied by the dwarves of the Majestic Fastness who were driven by their ancestral home 400 years ago by the great dragon, Analegorn. A staunch ally of the Overlord of the City State, the dwarves of Thunderhold help maintain the Rorystone Road to protect trade between the two cities. Visit our Downloads Page to get the Thunderhold-Download and the accompanying DM's map now!
November 24, 2003: The Rorystone Road download is now available from our Downloads Page. As announced in our newly released Player's Guide to the Wilderlands this download provides a detailed look at the region from the City State of the Invincible Overlord to the dwarven citadel of Thunderhold. Mapped in 5 mile hexes, with all the villages, towns, castles, citadels and lairs detailed in full. It is a preview of the degree of detail and type of content you can expect from the upcoming Wilderlands of High Fantasy Boxed Set. Also, check out the same page to download the hex maps for use in the Campaign Hexagon System. The large overland maps of the Wilderlands setting are mapped in 5 mile hexes. Each five-mile hex can be broken down using these maps into smaller hexes of .2 miles (1056 feet). Using the same maps, those .2 mile hexes can be broken down into smaller hexes approximately 40 feet from side to side.
November 19, 2003: The Player's Guide to the Wilderlands is out and should be available in stores now! To further celebrate the return of the Judges Guild, we have added two new pages to this site. Check out our new Downloads Page and our new Fan Materials Page! The Download Page provides you with official Judges Guild material to support our products and your campaigns, while the Fan Materials Page offers you a chance to have Judges Guild material YOU created posted here on the official site! Check out these new pages! Both are accessible from the menu to the left or via the links provided above.
Click Here or on the small image to the right to see a larger preview of the cover.
Don't miss this issue!
November 11, 2003: In honor of the release of the Player's Guide to the Wilderlands, we have released a free v3.5 compatible character sheet designed specifically for the Wilderlands, created by none other than the Mad Irishman himself. Check it out Here.
Click Here or on the
small image to the right to order your copy today! It is also available in stores now!
October 20, 2003: Here is a section of the newly redrawn City State Judges Map. Redrawn by award winning cartographer Ed Bourelle, the new map captures the feel and spirit of the original map but includes a number of updates and improvements. First, it incorporates all the known errata that have been gathered over the years. Second, it includes a very light grid to aid in mapping the city. The full pull out map will be huge. And best of all the Wraith Overlord map of the sewers beneath the city state are on the back! Click Here to see this great preview of the map now! Look for the City State in January of 2004! Note: This map is copyright 2003 Necormancer Games, Inc., and Judges Guild. It may not be distributed or reposted without permission.
October 20, 2003: Download this excerpt from the upcoming Player's Guide to the Wilderlands detailing the various gods of the Judges Guild Wilderlands setting. Note: This is a pre-press layout .pdf. Minor typos and layout issues have been fixed prior to print. This document is copyright 2003 Necromancer Games, Inc. and Judges Guild. It may not be distributed or reposted without permission. No part of this teaser is open game content at this point.
September 25, 2003: Download this excerpt from the upcoming Player's Guide to the Wilderlands detailing the various languages of the Judges Guild Wilderlands setting. Note: This is a pre-press download and contains several minor typos that have been fixed prior to printing. The download is copyright 2003 Necromancer Games and Judges Guild and may not be reposted or distributed in any way without permission.
Here it is: Click Here to see the ad for the much anticipated Necromancer Games version of the Wilderlands of High Fantasy! Enjoy!
September 17, 2003: The City State of the Invincible Overlord is on track for its end of the year release. With brand new maps from ENnie Award winning cartographer Ed Bourelle and a full revision by our Judges Guild design team, the City State is poised to be a huge hit. The new version will be hardcover and will include all of the content from the hard to find Wraith Overlord. Here is a little teaser: Click Here to see the logo for the upcoming Necromancer Games version of the City State of the Invincible Overlord.
Whether you are a veteran Judges Guild fan or a new player just now discovering the Wilderlands, this Player’s Guide introduces you to the classic Judges Guild epic fantasy setting and provides you with everything you need to begin a campaign in the Wilderlands, including the classic City State of the Invincible Overlord! A Deadly World of Epic Adventure
For a preview of the front and backside cover of The Player's Guide to the Wilderlands, Click Here, or click on the small image to the right to pre-order your copy of the Player's Guide to the Wilderlands now! Also, we have posted a sneak peek at the cover of The Wilderlands of High Fantasy Boxed Set! Click Here
to take a look at this beautiful cover image! Of course, the final cover will be in full color!
September 7, 2003: Download sample pages from the Player's Guide to the Wilderlands chapter on the Cities of the Wilderlands! This four page download gives overview information on several of the larger city states on the first three consecutive pages. The fourth page is non-consecutive and is an example of the detail given to the lesser cities of the Wilderlands. Click Here to download the sample pages (114 kb) now! Note: this download is a pre-press version and contains several small typos that have been corrected in the final version! The download is copyright 2003 Necromancer Games, Inc., and Judges Guild and may not be redistributed or posted on other sites without permission.
July 25, 2003: The Player's Guide is nearing completion so we thought we would take this opportunity to post some of the fantastic player's maps by Rob Lee for the Player's Guide. Included is the Player's Map of the Wilderlands showing the major geographic features and cities and towns. Also included is the Regions Map showing the 18 regions of the Wilderlands. 
 Click on the images above for larger versions of the maps. Please note, that the files are rather big, so it may take a while to load them!
June 20, 2003: I have posted the product information for our upcoming Judges Guild release The Caverns of Thracia! Check it out here: Caverns of Thracia Product Information! Orcus' Little Helper
April 20, 2003: The Players' Guide to the Wilderlands is nearing completion. It is scheduled for an August release, with a special small set of pre-release copies available at GenCon. Until GenCon, there will be a new map freebie here on this site everyday, taken from the classic Books of Villages, Castles, Temples and Islands. All to get you in the mood for the Wilderlands! Download of today: Temple Book I, Map from page 62 (July 24, 2003) Note: There will be no archive page, so don't miss a free map! There will be a new, free map every day!
April 19, 2003: Our first Judges Guild product, the Players' Guide to the Wilderlands, an introduction to the famous Judges Guild campaign setting, is approaching completion and seems to be on track for an August release, with a limited number of GenCon special edition copies available at GenCon. Here is a preview of the contents: Wilderlands of High Fantasy: Players’ Guide™ Welcome to the Wilderlands of High Fantasy! Whether you are a veteran Judges Guild fan or a new player just now discovering the Wilderlands, this Player’s Guide introduces you to the classic Judges Guild epic fantasy setting and provides you with everything you need to begin a campaign in the Wilderlands, including the classic City State of the Invincible Overlord! A World of Epic Fantasy The Player’s Guide includes a large full color fold-out map. You get details on the history and background of the Wilderlands, important cities and geographical features and important groups and organizations. You get information on the gods of the Wilderlands as well as monsters unique to the setting. The Player’s Guide also includes details on the City State of the Invincible Overlord itself and its surrounding region allowing you to run a campaign set in the Wilderlands right away! Retail Price: $19.95 U.S. [may change]
Here is the table of contents with some short descriptions. As you can see, it is designed to be for the players who will explore the Wilderlands. 1. Introduction
Oh yeah, and did we mention that is has a cover by FRANK FRAZETTA?
October 19, 2002: This site is for Judges Guild products that will be published by Necromancer Games. But if you thought that was all there was to Judges Guild you are sorely mistaken! Visit the original Judges Guild site by clicking here!
August 26, 2002: Inside sources reveal that Necromancer Games is attempting to obtain the rights to a cover by world-famous fantasy artist Frank Frazetta for the Wilderlands of High Fantasy boxed set! Click here to see the one they are trying to get!
To check it out, click on the small image to the right!
Clark Peterson will be running a tournament adventure at GenCon based on a classic Judges Guild module. If you are going to the show, come by the booth to sign up for one of the game sessions! But even if you arent going to the show, you can get the very same handout that players at the Con will get! Download the players' handout for the Return to the Caverns of Thracia here. Which of the player characters would you pick? Rumor has it that other Necromancer Games authors--including Bill Webb, Casey Christopherson and Bob Sarvas --will be running their own adventures too!
August 2, 2002, Noble Knight Games, the holder of the rights to the judgesguild.com domain name has reached an agreement to donate that name back to Necromancer Games and Bob Bledsaw. "We obtained the domain because we sell out of print Judges Guild products, but when we saw Necromancer got the license we really wanted to give that domain name back to the fans of Judges Guild and to the company that has the current license," said Aaron Leeder, President of Noble Knight Games. "We were very happy that Noble Knight was so willing to donate the domain back to Judges Guild. They proposed the idea to us! In today’s world of cybersquatting it is refreshing to see a company do the right thing," said Clark Peterson, President of Necromancer Games who hosts the new Judges Guild website. "In that same spirit of cooperation, we ask that fans of Judges Guild make Noble Knight Games their first stop for out of print Judges Guild material," Peterson said.
June 26, 2002, Las Vegas, NV: Beginning in January 2003, Necromancer Games will begin distributing Judges Guild products. Necromancer Games will be updating a number of products-including the City State and the entire Wilderlands campaign setting-and those products that are not updated will be made available for download in PDF format from a Judges Guild web site to be hosted by Necromancer Games. "We are really excited to be bringing back Judges Guild for d20/3E!" said Clark Peterson, President of Necromancer Games. "We have always styled ourselves as a modern day Judges Guild and now with our partnership with them we have truly achieved our goal!" Bob Bledsaw, owner of Judges Guild, recently terminated his relationship with QLI/RPGRealms effective December 31, 2002, allowing Judges Guild to reach an agreement with Necromancer Games. "I am thrilled to be working with the Necromancer guys. We share a common vision of what a campaign world should be," said Bledsaw. "Necromancer Games is a perfect fit for Judges Guild and the Wilderlands campaign." Hunter Gordon of QLI/RPGRealms, busy with their upcoming d20 Traveller project is "happy to pass the torch to Necromancer Games. We love Judges Guild and think Necromancer will do a great job." Necromancer Games will begin in January of 2003 with a Wilderlands Gazetteer, similar to the Scarred Lands or Greyhawk Gazetteers. Planned as a 48 page introduction to the Wilderlands, the Gazetteer will introduce new players and reacquaint old fans with the Wilderlands and City State setting. It will provide an overview color fold out map showing the larger features of the world. It will provide historical and game details unique to the Wilderlands as well as a short summary of the City State of the Invincible Overlord-the main setting location-and the wilderness area around the City State, allowing players to begin a Wilderlands campaign right away. In April 2003, Necromancer Games will release the Wilderlands of High Fantasy Boxed Set, which details the entire Wilderlands Campaign in extraordinary detail. The boxed set contains 18 full sized maps (matching the original set) as well as two soft cover books: the first a Campaign Book, providing details on how to run a campaign in the Wilderlands, more extended background material, prestige classes, new monsters and items; and the second a Map Book detailing all of the contents of the 18 Wilderlands maps in expanded and updated format. "The Wilderlands was the first campaign setting created for Dungeons and Dragons, predating even the published Greyhawk setting by several years," Peterson explained. "And now it is back for d20!" The product is scheduled to be $39.95. In Spring 2003, Necromancer Games will release the City State of the Invincible Overlord Boxed Set. This set will include all the original maps, plus a much expanded and updated softcover book detailing the denizens of the City State, its locations, adventure ideas and NPCs. The set will also incorporate material from the classic Judges Guild product Wraith Overlord, which details the sewers and dungeons beneath the famed City State, as well as material from Pegasus magazines. The product is scheduled to be $34.95. Necromancer Games will follow up those releases with yet another boxed set: The City State of the World Emperor Boxed Set. This set details Viridistan, the city of spices and home of the Green Emperor and his vast legions. It includes detailed maps and an expansive book describing the denizens of the most powerful city in the Wilderlands. Necromancer Games is also set to republish all the original Wilderlands expansion books (Mines of Custalcon, Spies of Light Elf, etc) in one product, called the Wilderlands Expansions. In addition, Necromancer Games plans to publish the other Wilderlands cities and city states-Valon, Tarantis, Modron, and the never-before-published City of Mages. Additionally, Necromancer Games will publish a select few modules from Judges Guild's vast library of content, including Caverns of Thracia, Treasure Vaults of Lindoran, and all the Treasure Maps modules. Necromancer Games will host a Judges Guild web site, complete with message boards and live online roleplaying. Finally, any Judges Guild products that Necromancer Games does not intend to update to Third Edition will be released in electronic format (PDF) from the Judges Guild website. |
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