Aquilus is an annual OSR zine for use with traditional role-playing games and their modern editions.

Aquilus #3 looks further into the strangely exotic world of Aquilus, offering numerous flavor elements and random tables. We delve into concepts inspired by science-fantasy, sword & planet, bronze age, far future, and post-apocalyptic genres, all infused with a hallucinogenic fantasy overtone.

Inside:

• Two new character classes, the Starchild and Florian.

• New gods & deities which exist within the immaterial realms of symphonic music, and who worships them.

• A table for generating colossal megastructures.

• Rare and dying languages spoken in Aquilus.

• A table for generating engineered viruses and plagues, which are created to perform some very unusual tasks (not what you think!).

• Commercial tourism and leisure activities within the various astral and hyper-dimensional planes.

• A table for generating fantastic localities and the entities that populate them.

• And much more!.

Writing and layout by Vasili Kaliman
Art by Jane Corrigan, Jacob Fleming, Huargo, Mark Lyons, Chris Malec, Stefan Poag, and Andrew Walter
Published by Singing Flame, Summer 2023
zine, 36 pages, softcover, saddle stitched, full color throughout
8.3 × 5.8 in. / 21.0 × 14.8 cm

PDF included with purchase. Download link to Drive Thru RPG will be emailed once order is shipped.

DNGN #1 is the first issue of a serialized zine that takes place in a megadungeon. Each issue will cover ten levels of the dungeon. It's cover-to-cover of classic B/X monsters, magic items, encounters, secret doors, and old-school fun! It is a quick and easy resource of adventure material that a referee can use at the gaming table with no prep. DNGN is designed to work as a complete megadungeon adventure, or for levels be dropped directly into your pre-existing campaign setting.

Influences
The layout of DNGN is inspired by the one-page dungeon format, with one level fully described on a two-page spread. DNGN is influenced by ideas from weird-fantasy, sword & sorcery, sci-fi, and post-apocalyptic genres. The history of megadungeons in the OSR were also an influence, including campaigns such as Stonehell Dungeon (2009) by Michael Curtis; Anomalous Subsurface Environment (2012) by Patrick Wetmore; Gunderholfen (2020) by G. Hawkins and The Halls of Arden Vul (2020) by Richard Barton.

Rules Compatibility
DNGN is designed for use with Old-School Essentials, and can easily be used with other OSR systems that are derived from the original B/X rules.

Inside:

• 44 pages.

• 10 dungeon levels, each with a map, random tables and room features.

• 80+ rooms to explore, filled with monsters, features and encounters with a weird-fantasy vibe.

• A bonus four-page dungeon ‘HUSK’, with maps by @skullfungus.

• Random tables for encounters and loot!

• Beautiful graphic design and page layout.

• Ease of use, a two-page spread contains a dungeon map and descriptions of all the keyed locations.

• Designed for ease of use at the table, so a referee can run the dungeon with little or no preparation.

Risographic Printing
DNGN is produced using a risographic printer. Risography is a print process that gives the zine a retro, hand-made look and feel. It will also make the zine very collectible. The risograph process prints solid colors on stunning vellum paper, and is an environmentally friendly way to produce printed matter.

Writing and layout by Vasili Kaliman
Art by Jacob Fleming, Huargo, Ken Landgraf, Chris Malec, Diogo Noiguiera, Stefan Poag, and Andrew Walter.
Published by Singing Flame, Autumn 2022
44 pages, softcover, saddle stitched
2 color risograph, scarlet and federal blue, cover and text printed on Accent Smooth
8 x 5 inches (20.3 x 12.7 cm)

PDF included with purchase. Download link to Drive Thru RPG will be emailed once order is shipped.

NOTE: This is Xanadu for Dungeon Crawl Classics. Click HERE for the Old-School Essentials version.

An adventure for Dungeon Crawl Classics, for character levels 1–2.

Welcome to the cult temple of Xanadu, an atmospheric temple-crawl for use with DCC.

A cult in the temple of Xanadu has opened a portal to another dimension. It was activated by adjusting the hands of three pendulum clocks in a particular sequence. Once the veil of reality was ruptured between this world and another, The Tooth Fairy stepped through, a winged creature from a dimension made of sweet stuff. The Tooth Fairy slaughtered everyone in the temple for their teeth, which she extracted and ate like candy. Rumors are circulating about unusual happening involving the temple, many are concerned. The Tooth Fairy is currently in her dimension, her appetite is ravenous, waiting to be summoned again. Rewards and riches may await those who venture forth to explore the temple, or dare to perform the ritual!

• Explore for treasure and magic items.

• Solve how to complete a ritual that summons The Tooth Fairy.

• Encounter and defeat some horrible foes.

• Discover unusual books and maps, useful as hooks for further adventures.

• Suitable for character levels 1-2.

Inside:

• All locations described in convenient 1 or 2-page spreads.

• New monsters.

• New magic items.

• Numerous random tables.

• Very easy to run!

Writing and layout by Vasili Kaliman
DCC conversion by Julian Bernick, Editing by Hank Wong
Published by Singing Flame, Winter 2022
zine, 36 pages, softcover, saddle stitched, full color throughout
8.3 × 5.8 in. / 21.0 × 14.8 cm

PDF included with purchase. Download link to Drive Thru RPG will be emailed once order is shipped.

A weird-fantasy roleplaying game setting. Compatible with Old-School Essentials, for character levels 2–3.

Night Land is a realm where the sun has extinguished and its ashes lay strewn across a landscape. One after one, the stars in the universe are entering their ultimate stages of life, and existence is evaporating into memory. Night Land may take place far in the future, or even in the past. It is a dream-like realm existing without plot, which referees can weave to their will.

Point Crawl
Night Land is presented as a pointcrawl, where players travel between nodes on the map representing situations and locations of interest. The points can represent adventure sites, major encounters, or unusual landmarks and geography. The pointcrawl is an abstract system of organizing a map to keep land-based adventuring simple. Referees can adjust it for traditional hex-based play if preferred.

Inside:

• 17 locations described in convenient single-page spreads.

• 14 original illustrations by Andrew Walter, many in full-color.

• Fully-illustrated map.

• 7 new monsters.

• New magic items.

• New spells.

• Numerous random tables to generate encounters, rumors, cults, spells, NPCs, classes, and treasure.

• 2 relationship matrices describing links between factions, beasts, and locations.

Writing and layout by Vasili Kaliman
Art by Andrew Walter
Cartography by Benjamin Marra
Published by Singing Flame, Summer 2021
48 pages, softcover, saddle stitched, full color throughout
8.3 × 5.8 in. / 21.0 × 14.8 cm

PDF included with purchase. Download link to Drive Thru RPG will be emailed once order is shipped.

Aquilus is a biannual OSR zine for use with traditional role-playing games and their modern editions.

Issue #2 contains a hex-crawl in the region of Ostaria, with detailed descriptions of 6 keyed locations. This issue also details the city of Halgarth, with numerous random tables to generate ideas, situations, and adventures.

Inside:

• A detailed, full-color hex map of Ostaria.

• Random tables to use with the hex map, including landmarks, encounters, and weather.

• 6 detailed locations in Ostaria, each with descriptions, random tables, and suggestions for further adventuring.

• Random tables to generate the city of Halgarth, including encounters, rumors, city life, factions, and magic schools.

• 18 new magic spheres.

• An appendix detailing links and connections between all locations of the hex map.

Writing and layout by Vasili Kaliman
Published by Singing Flame, Winter 2021
zine, 36 pages, softcover, saddle stitched, full color throughout
8.3 × 5.8 in. / 21.0 × 14.8 cm

PDF included with purchase. Download link to Drive Thru RPG will be emailed once order is shipped.

NOTE: This is Xanadu for Old-School Essentials. Click HERE for the Dungeon Crawl Classics version.

An adventure for Old-School Essentials, for character levels 2–3.

Welcome to the cult temple of Xanadu, an atmospheric temple-crawl for use with OSE, or similar old-school RPGs.

A cult in the temple of Xanadu has opened a portal to another dimension. It was activated by adjusting the hands of three pendulum clocks in a particular sequence. Once the veil of reality was ruptured between this world and another, The Tooth Fairy stepped through, a winged creature from a dimension made of sweet stuff. The Tooth Fairy slaughtered everyone in the temple for their teeth, which she extracted and ate like candy. Rumors are circulating about unusual happening involving the temple, many are concerned. The Tooth Fairy is currently in her dimension, her appetite is ravenous, waiting to be summoned again. Rewards and riches may await those who venture forth to explore the temple, or dare to perform the ritual!

• Explore for treasure and magic items.

• Solve how to complete a ritual that summons The Tooth Fairy.

• Encounter and defeat some horrible foes.

• Discover unusual books and maps, useful as hooks for further adventures.

• Suitable for character levels 2-3.

Inside:

• All locations described in convenient 1 or 2-page spreads.

• New monsters.

• New magic items.

• Numerous random tables.

• Very easy to run!

Writing and layout by Vasili Kaliman
Published by Singing Flame, Fall 2020
zine, 36 pages, softcover, saddle stitched, full color throughout
8.3 × 5.8 in. / 21.0 × 14.8 cm

PDF included with purchase. Download link to Drive Thru RPG will be emailed once order is shipped.

Aquilus is a quarterly OSR zine for use with traditional role-playing games and their modern editions.

Issue 1 highlights the remote village of Ager Sonus, with descriptions of seventeen keyed locations. There are also are a number of ideas that relate to the greater campaign setting of Aquilus.

In this issue:

• Random tables.

• New magic items.

• Faction rumors.

• The Riverfolk, a new beast.

• Stats for The Sister, a major NPC.

Writing and layout by Vasili Kaliman
Published by Singing Flame, Spring 2020
zine, 36 pages, softcover, saddle stitched, full color throughout
8.3 × 5.8 in. / 21.0 × 14.8 cm

PDF included with purchase. Download link to Drive Thru RPG will be emailed once order is shipped.