HYPERBOREA / Rats in the Walls

**Posted by Maezar** 4/10/2014 11:02 pm

Yes, I'd love to get this module in hard copy!

**Posted by Ghul** 4/11/2014 5:40 am

Very soon, my fine fellows! Thank you for your interest.

**Posted by Ghul** 4/13/2014 9:50 pm

To my fellows here, it is now available for purchase: http://www.swordsmen-and-sorcerers.com/store

I'll make a more official announcement soon.

**Posted by Agricola** 4/14/2014 6:46 am

Awesome! Money Order is leaving today!

**Posted by Handy Haversack** 4/14/2014 7:57 am

Transacted!

Ghul, just a question: Do the vendors you use (RPGnow etc.) allow for bundling the print and PDF versions?

**Posted by Ghul** 4/14/2014 8:05 am

Handy Haversack wrote:
Transacted!

Ghul, just a question: Do the vendors you use (RPGnow etc.) allow for bundling the print and PDF versions?

Only when you use their print-on-demand service for hard copies, which I'm not interested in doing.

**Posted by Handy Haversack** 4/14/2014 8:41 am

Gotcha. There's always a catch!

**Posted by Blackadder23** 4/14/2014 10:33 am

Ordered!

**Posted by Handy Haversack** 4/21/2014 8:40 am

Well, it turned out I couldn't wait for this to arrive. Based on where the PCs went on Saturday, I had to jump in to the version printed in Knockspell! They are half(?)way through? I'm sure the printed version will arrive before our next session, but any major differences between the two?

Also, spoilerific campaign-journal-cum-review to follow! You will not believe what happened with those manacles!

**Posted by Ghul** 4/21/2014 5:10 pm

Handy Haversack wrote:
Well, it turned out I couldn't wait for this to arrive. Based on where the PCs went on Saturday, I had to jump in to the version printed in Knockspell! They are half(?)way through? I'm sure the printed version will arrive before our next session, but any major differences between the two?

Also, spoilerific campaign-journal-cum-review to follow! You will not believe what happened with those manacles!

Looking forward to it! Is it possible that your players are actually more foolhardy than mine? ;)

**Posted by Handy Haversack** 4/21/2014 5:57 pm

Ghul wrote:
Handy Haversack wrote:
Well, it turned out I couldn't wait for this to arrive. Based on where the PCs went on Saturday, I had to jump in to the version printed in Knockspell! They are half(?)way through? I'm sure the printed version will arrive before our next session, but any major differences between the two?

Also, spoilerific campaign-journal-cum-review to follow! You will not believe what happened with those manacles!
Looking forward to it! Is it possible that your players are actually more foolhardy than mine? ;)

I can pretty much guarantee it, yes. You'll be happy to know, though, that Annesta's virtue remains intact despite the Amazon pyromancer's best efforts.

**Posted by Iron Ranger** 4/21/2014 10:29 pm

Just received my 3 pack today: Charnel Crypt, Dunwich and Rats. Now to find somebody to play with around here!

**Posted by joseph** 4/23/2014 8:11 am

I picked up the pdf a few days ago and gave it a read. Rats in the Walls takes a classic intro-adventure (rats in the basement) and turns it into a great S&S tale with some unexpected additions. Very cool, single-session adventure! Nicely done, Ghul!

**Posted by Agricola** 4/28/2014 8:16 am

Received this on Friday and got to read it last night. Great little adventure with a nice wink to the original story. Wonderfully twisted and totally has the vibe of Hyperborea that I appreciate so much. Thanks Jeff for making a darkly sparkling little blood jewel of an adventure!

**Posted by Ghul** 4/28/2014 8:36 am

Thanks for all the kind words, fellows.

**Posted by Handy Haversack** 5/20/2014 1:02 pm

By the way, after playing this, I have only one criticism to lodge. Now, it may be just that my players are hopeless degenerates with the minds of twisted and sybaritic twelve-year-olds, but there was absolutely no way to get through the innkeeper's offering his wife's pearl necklace as a reward without all of us losing our sh*t. Perhaps that's a feature, not a bug, though!

**Posted by Scalydemon** 8/08/2016 11:41 am

This is well done if you haven't seen it

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**Posted by Ghul** 8/10/2016 11:36 am

Handy Haversack wrote:
By the way, after playing this, I have only one criticism to lodge. Now, it may be just that my players are hopeless degenerates with the minds of twisted and sybaritic twelve-year-olds, but there was absolutely no way to get through the innkeeper's offering his wife's pearl necklace as a reward without all of us losing our sh*t. Perhaps that's a feature, not a bug, though!

Somehow I missed this post.

**Posted by Ghul** 8/10/2016 11:37 am

Scalydemon wrote:
This is well done if you haven't seen it

This looks fantastic, Scaly! Thanks for sharing.

**Posted by Josh** 8/13/2016 11:15 pm

Interesting, that's the audio version published by Audio Realms, Inc. available in The Dark Worlds of H.P. Lovecraft, Volume 4.

Wayne June's narration is fantastic.

I wouldn't be surprised if this gets pulled from youtube due to licensing, but I'm not going to rat them out.

You can buy it directly from Audio Realms -- for a good price -- or on Audible, from Amazon. I only ever got physical copies of Volumes 4 & 5. For some reason you can only get an mp3 download of Vol. 5 from the publisher, not on Audible. I'm sad I didn't get Vol. 6, At the Mountains of Madness, while the gettin' was good, but I'm thinking of snagging it on Audible now.

To keep this on topic, have you thought about including your Rats in the Walls in the next edition of Hyperborea, Ghul? A starter adventure or sample dungeon a la the DMG might be nice for completeness sake; maybe even Benoist's dungeon unless Scaly is planning a reprint. This is only provided you didn't want to draft up something totally new, or that you have the room. Hmm, could make for another stretch goal idea.

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