Bill Webb from Necromancer to pen . . .

Troll Lord · Post by **Troll Lord** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 8:36 pm

I am very, very excited to announce that Bill Webb, co-owner of Necromancer Games, is going to write short adventures for Crusader Magazine. Despite being a personal friend of both mine and Davis', Bill is one of the best writers in the RPG community today. Granted his normal fare is d20, but he'll be bringing his vision to the C&C table for Crusader.

This is great news for the magazine and great news for TLG and greater news yet for the fans of C&C!

Thanks and welcome Bill!

Steve & Davis

ps...if you playing it in .... be prepared to Die!
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serleran · Post by **serleran** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 8:39 pm

Most awesome and excellent news!

One question:

Will this be an ongoing thing, or a one-shot?

Tadhg · Post by **Tadhg** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 8:52 pm

Hey that's real cool. I liked Bill's forward to the Heart of Glass module! 8)
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Omote · Post by **Omote** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 10:12 pm

That is some great news. Wow, really just great news.

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Maliki · Post by **Maliki** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 10:27 pm

Great to hear.
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Outsider73 · Post by **Outsider73** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 12:26 pm

Talk him into writing The Sword of Air for the Crusader!

meepo · Post by **meepo** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 12:27 pm

Pretty cool news! Nice networkin', Trolls!

Jyrdan Fairblade · Post by **Jyrdan Fairblade** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 1:46 pm

Brilliant! Yet another must-have.

jman5000 · Post by **jman5000** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 2:19 pm

yippy, adventures for the crusader... now we're creating a magazine with some real meat and value...

cheers to the news. cheers to the trolls!

Cheers,

J.

Omote · Post by **Omote** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 2:26 pm

With all of the new material down the road for C&C, the Crusader will quickly become the magazine everybody wants it to be, it think. Let's see, there will be small adventures, a bit more C&C rules and errata, and all of the good stuff we've come to know and love about the Crusader. Good times and even greater value ahead for the magazine, indeed.

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Troll Lord · Post by **Troll Lord** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 5:34 pm

My understanding after talking to Bill is that he has at least three he'd like to ship in. And folks, I kid you not, Bill is a damn good writer. Now if we can just get Clark to come over . . .
Steve
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meepo · Post by **meepo** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 5:36 pm

Hey Steve, you know you had us at "I am very, very excited"

PeelSeel2 · Post by **PeelSeel2** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 12:20 am

Cool, Cool!!
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Omote · Post by **Omote** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 12:30 pm

If Bill's going to write a few for TLG, then it's only a matter of time before Clark will want to get on that bus. Clark, come on over the water's fine.

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Maliki · Post by **Maliki** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 9:27 pm

Omote wrote:
With all of the new material down the road for C&C, the Crusader will quickly become the magazine everybody wants it to be, it think. Let's see, there will be small adventures, a bit more C&C rules and errata, and all of the good stuff we've come to know and love about the Crusader. Good times and even greater value ahead for the magazine, indeed.

..........................................Omote

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Well said, this will probably push me over the edge and make me a subscriber.
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Treebore · Post by **Treebore** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 9:58 pm

Outsider73 wrote:
Talk him into writing The Sword of Air for the Crusader!

I playtested that at GenCon. Friggin deadly!!

grodog · Post by **grodog** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 5:03 am

Treebore wrote:
I playtested that at GenCon. Friggin deadly!!

Oh? Do tell, Treebore (or did you already do so over on the NG board?).

Treebore · Post by **Treebore** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 6:43 am

Greg Regland was running play tests of Bills Sword of Air at GenCon. I don't know when it will be released, but it is written up enough for playtesting.

grodog · Post by **grodog** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 2:22 am

SWEEET!

miller6 · Post by **miller6** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 9:43 am

Okay...I'll subscribe to crusader so long as it keeps having mods.

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Frost · Post by **Frost** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 12:35 am

So, now that Bill had done a few of these, what is the current opinion of them?
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Treebore · Post by **Treebore** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 7:24 pm

TheFrost wrote:
So, now that Bill had done a few of these, what is the current opinion of them?

I liked them. Strangely I thought they would fit in nicely with Rappan Athuk and/or Tomb of Abysthor.
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Buttmonkey · Post by **Buttmonkey** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 7:44 pm

jman5000 wrote:
yippy, adventures for the crusader... now we're creating a magazine with some real meat and value...

It already had real meat and value! Now it's just real meatier and valueier.

serleran · Post by **serleran** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 8:00 pm

I found the adventure ideas interesting. Short, but to the point.

Lord Dynel · Post by **Lord Dynel** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 12:43 pm

This is some pretty good news.

One question, oh mighty Troll Lord....when will we see the first?

seskis281 · Post by **seskis281** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 2:55 pm

Actually this is a little bit of an old thread, and Bill Webb wrote two adventures that were published in Crusaders 5 and 6 in 2007, and has not written for the mag since. The announcement above was made in 2006, and his arrangement and/or committments may have changed as he hasn't contributed to the more recent editions.

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Frost · Post by **Frost** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 9:15 am

Ah, thanks for the clarification, Seskis. I was under the impression they were still on-going.
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Lord Dynel · Post by **Lord Dynel** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 11:51 pm

Aw, crap...I must have been asleep at the wheel. At first I thought they weren't done yet. Now they've been around a couple years.
I'll have to go back and read them.