Rackham Vale: Paintbox Edition PDF
“An absolute exemplar of modern OSR-inflected design.” - David McGrogan, author of Yoon-Suin, the Purple Land
Rackham Vale is the award-winning tabletop role-playing game setting featuring the art of master fantasist Arthur Rackham. It's a hidden-vale setting with 27 strange creatures, several competing factions, and 18 odd locations inspired by Rackham's iconic and transportive images. Statted for Old School Essentials, it can be dropped into any fantasy campaign that could do with a touch of magic, mystery, and old-time weirdness. The Paintbox Ediction includes 10 pages of brand-new content, including 3 new creatures, 3 dungeons, and 8 unique magic items.
“An excellent new setting.” - Gavin Norma, creator of Old School Essentials and Dolmenwood
Written by game masters for game masters, this 196-page book features more than 100 of Rackham's illustrations and has been written and arranged to maximize utility at the table and minimize GM prep time. Each of the 18 locations includes Who/What Is Here and What’s Interesting About It sections, plus Encounter Tables—making it possible to run the setting as a sandbox, pointcrawl, or semi-hexcrawl. Each of the 27 bestiary entries includes What It Is, What It Likes, What It Hates, Allies, and Enemies sections, plus role-playing guidance and stat blocks.
“Magnificent! What an incredible work.” - Diogo Nogueira, Ennie-award winning author of Halls of the Blood King
Also included: an original map, handy factions chart, 63 adventure hooks, and 7 tables for generating creatures and locations on the fly. Enter the Vale, discover it’s secrets, adventures, and intrigues, and celebrate the iconic work of one of the greatest fantasy illustrators of all time.
“9/10…it is that good…and excellent addition to anybody’s gaming collection…” – Jeff McAleer, The Gaming Gang
“17/20…my favorite book of 2021…Rackham Vale is amazing…” – PM Schramm, Geas Publications
“An absolute exemplar of modern OSR-inflected design.” - David McGrogan, author of Yoon-Suin, the Purple Land
Rackham Vale is the award-winning tabletop role-playing game setting featuring the art of master fantasist Arthur Rackham. It's a hidden-vale setting with 27 strange creatures, several competing factions, and 18 odd locations inspired by Rackham's iconic and transportive images. Statted for Old School Essentials, it can be dropped into any fantasy campaign that could do with a touch of magic, mystery, and old-time weirdness. The Paintbox Ediction includes 10 pages of brand-new content, including 3 new creatures, 3 dungeons, and 8 unique magic items.
“An excellent new setting.” - Gavin Norma, creator of Old School Essentials and Dolmenwood
Written by game masters for game masters, this 196-page book features more than 100 of Rackham's illustrations and has been written and arranged to maximize utility at the table and minimize GM prep time. Each of the 18 locations includes Who/What Is Here and What’s Interesting About It sections, plus Encounter Tables—making it possible to run the setting as a sandbox, pointcrawl, or semi-hexcrawl. Each of the 27 bestiary entries includes What It Is, What It Likes, What It Hates, Allies, and Enemies sections, plus role-playing guidance and stat blocks.
“Magnificent! What an incredible work.” - Diogo Nogueira, Ennie-award winning author of Halls of the Blood King
Also included: an original map, handy factions chart, 63 adventure hooks, and 7 tables for generating creatures and locations on the fly. Enter the Vale, discover it’s secrets, adventures, and intrigues, and celebrate the iconic work of one of the greatest fantasy illustrators of all time.
“9/10…it is that good…and excellent addition to anybody’s gaming collection…” – Jeff McAleer, The Gaming Gang
“17/20…my favorite book of 2021…Rackham Vale is amazing…” – PM Schramm, Geas Publications
“An absolute exemplar of modern OSR-inflected design.” - David McGrogan, author of Yoon-Suin, the Purple Land
Rackham Vale is the award-winning tabletop role-playing game setting featuring the art of master fantasist Arthur Rackham. It's a hidden-vale setting with 27 strange creatures, several competing factions, and 18 odd locations inspired by Rackham's iconic and transportive images. Statted for Old School Essentials, it can be dropped into any fantasy campaign that could do with a touch of magic, mystery, and old-time weirdness. The Paintbox Ediction includes 10 pages of brand-new content, including 3 new creatures, 3 dungeons, and 8 unique magic items.
“An excellent new setting.” - Gavin Norma, creator of Old School Essentials and Dolmenwood
Written by game masters for game masters, this 196-page book features more than 100 of Rackham's illustrations and has been written and arranged to maximize utility at the table and minimize GM prep time. Each of the 18 locations includes Who/What Is Here and What’s Interesting About It sections, plus Encounter Tables—making it possible to run the setting as a sandbox, pointcrawl, or semi-hexcrawl. Each of the 27 bestiary entries includes What It Is, What It Likes, What It Hates, Allies, and Enemies sections, plus role-playing guidance and stat blocks.
“Magnificent! What an incredible work.” - Diogo Nogueira, Ennie-award winning author of Halls of the Blood King
Also included: an original map, handy factions chart, 63 adventure hooks, and 7 tables for generating creatures and locations on the fly. Enter the Vale, discover it’s secrets, adventures, and intrigues, and celebrate the iconic work of one of the greatest fantasy illustrators of all time.
