Barkeep on the Borderlands: Pub Previews
You have five days left to pre-order Barkeep on the Borderlands. But let’s be real, if you are a frequent reader of this blog, you already know what’s up. So I wanted to put together something that both delights those who have been onboard and ready for the Raves of Chaos since day one and for the people who just randomly turn up here, castaways adrift on the seas of the web. Here are a few previews of spreads of pubs from the pubcrawl adventure. This is just a taste though—you are going to need the whole book to properly sate your appetites. There may be references to other pubs or factions in here that aren’t fully explained, and that is because this is a tight zine and quite interconnected. Enjoy!
1. Our Lady of the Sacred Speakeasy
I previously talked about the cult that runs this bar in this blog post from last year. My colleague Dwiz also wrote a post inspired by his experience playtesting this pub.
2. The Royal Wine Cellar
My post from last month mentions this bar and how it effectively hides “lore” in the wine list.
3. The Birdcage
I previewed this pub as part of the campaign, which preview you can read here. It is cool (to me, at least) to see how it has changed over the process of making the adventure!
4. Ship of Thesis
I don’t think I’ve previously talked about this one, but it is one of the four pubs whose logos are included in the coaster set (along with Our Lady of the Sacred Speakeasy, The Birdcage and a fourth pub that is an adventurer-themed chain bar and grill, Original Tavern)
Go pre-order now! Get some posters and coasters and stuff! (And if you are one of the 8% of backers who hasn’t submitted your survey, do that too.)
These are just a few of the pubs I wrote in the adventure, but there are 20 in total, including pubs from folks like Luka Rejec (Ultraviolet Grasslands), Zedeck Siew (A Thousand Thousand Islands), Chris McDowall (Into the Odd, Electric Bastionland), Ben Laurence (Through Ultan’s Door) and more luminaries of the TTRPG blogosphere!
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