Grimtooth’s Kickstarter is Live

The Grimtooth’s Ultimate Trap Collection Kickstarter campaign is live!

“A 460-page hardcover compilation of all 5 Grimtooth’s volumes & loads of extras! 500+ systems-neutral traps & DCC crossover module! ”

–Grimtooth Kickstarter

I talked about my excitement for this project here, and was fortunate to receive some more info from the book’s artist here.

The idea of a DCC module tied to this project is also both exciting and terrifying. This could potentially be a Tomb of Horrors level character grinder.

 

Updated info on Grimtooth’s Trap Collection

Greetings Programs!

S.S. Crompton, the artist from the Grimtooth’s Trap books, stumbled across the belfry and my earlier post about how Goodman Games will be releasing a complete Grimtooth’s omnibus. He was kind enough to provide the following update:

“Hi I’m the Traps artist (and partial designer) SS Crompton. It’s early December now and I can tell you that all of the original art has been scanned in and that all of the new art and text for Grimtooth’s Ultimate Traps Collection has been finished. I know it has, because I’m the one who did it all. Soon Goodman Games will be announcing the Kickstarter for this. I can tell you that the book will come in 3 versions, a paperback, a hard cover and a leatherette embossed book in a slipcase, so you’ll be able to get this book in the way that best suits your budget. Once the Kickstarter is announced, I’ll try to come back here and post an update. In the meantime, start saving your extra cash – you’ll want one of these – Its a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity…”

Great news and I’m looking forward to seeing the Kickstarter announcement.

 

Grimtooth’s Ultimate Trap Collection

Via the Realms of Chirak blog I learned that Goodman Games and Flying Buffalo have joined forces to release an omnibus hardcover edition of the Grimtooth’s Traps series.

“This 500-page book presents the material in its original, classic form. No updates, no rules revisions, no changes, and nothing to disrupt the entertaining formula that has led the Grimtooth’s line to sell more than 250,000 copies since 1981.”

Goodman Games Press Release

I especially like that they are presenting the books in their original system-agnostic format. Grimtooth’s books have always been about the concepts and adding game statistics just clutters up the book.

Truth be told, I almost never used the material in these books. I may be an evil DM but I do have my limits. The joy of these books is largely in the reading, though there are definitely ideas to be lifted from them.

Although I did use a few traps as-listed. Such as the fake giant spider trap, where the web is composed of fuses leading to powder kegs hidden in the walls. And the Greek fire enclosed in wax bladders attached to the ceiling, where torches can melt the wax and ignite the liquid.

No pricing information is available yet, but this is a book I look forward to seeing.

Also, make sure to watch the video at the Goodman Games page, where they talk about reprinting a lot of classic Judges’ Guild material.