Embedded Files
New Edition published in late January 2025 Here
There is extensive support material available
Material to run games in the Black Mountain District, urban games in the great city of Old Meyoss, and games on the Silk Road
Possibly more settings to follow, at least one of them not by me.Setting bundles include the Core Rules (which is all that a player needs) an encounters book, pre-generated characters for the setting, locations of interest, encounters for that setting, a collection of higher-level heroes and villains and possibly other materials to help the GM create a sandbox with more linear adventures embedded.
I do not foresee doing any more modules. I am not updating the existing modules but an experienced GM could do it without great difficulty.
- This website supports the game's Core Rules, a three-part book that features Combat Equipment and Spells & Powers, the Encounters book, the Game Manager's Guide, and the "twin" introductory adventures "At the High Point Inn" and "In the Pass" and the adventures "Into the Westwood" and "Under the Abandoned Monastery" (each of which has a D20/OSR version).On 3/12/2020, I uploaded "Shapeshifting and Warging," a rules supplement. I just (3/17/2020) uploaded "20 Pre-generated Characters." Today (5/2/2020) I am uploading "Mondragon Keep" and "OSR Mondragon Keep," mid-level adventures in which the characters leave the Black Mountain District. I also posted a short guide to running low-fantasy adventues using Glory Road rules. 8/10/2020, I uploaded Blue Pool on the Silk Road, a description of a new setting and the first adventure in that setting. 8/12/2020 Uploaded the OSR/D20 version of Blue Pool on the Silk Road. 8/26/2020 Uploaded The Spire in the Hills, a higher-level Silk Road Glory Road Roleplay adventure. 9/4 The OSR/D20 version is being uploaded now.
9/8/2020: I just uploaded a free one-page supplement about Brigandine, the most popular armor of the late medieval period, which I had neglected in the Core Rules. It was too important to wait until I revise the Core Rules.
More adventures in and around The Black Mountain District and more adventures in the new Silk Road setting are forthcoming.
9/11/2020: I uploaded Suggestions & Shortcuts, a utility to help GMs and players use an admittedly crunchy system.
9/19/2020: I uploaded 20 Pregenerated Characters for Glory Road Roleplay in the Silk Road Setting.
10/4/2020: I uploaded Overland Travel in the Silk Road Setting, random encounters for GMs running in that setting that can be used in similar settings that the GM designs or finds elsewhere.
10/27/2020: I uploaded a copy of "Suggestions & Shortcuts" with a typo corrected today. In the section on the Attribute Bonus, I corrected where it said that an attribute of 14 would have a bonus of 4. It should have been an attribute of 23.
11/10/2020: Just uploaded A Misplaced Prince, the first adventure designed to be used with Overland Travels on the Silk Road. 11/13/2020: OSR A Misplaced Prince is also uploaded.
11/22/2020: Just uploaded "Targeting & Armor Avoidance." an optional rules subset.
12/9/2020: Uploaded "Overland Travel in the Westwood Setting" a series of random encounter tables for Glory Road Roleplay and OSR/D20 games.
1/29/2021: Rahat Khan's Ride, the second of three adventures about Rahat Khan, just uploaded. The OSR version will be out in minutes. "Rahat's Lance, the third installment will be out soon.
4/11/2021: Just uploaded: Fiends, Foes and Maybe some Friends
This is a collection of encounters for adventures in the Westwood of the Black Mountain District or in a similar woodland setting with fantasy peoples and creatures and accessible to lands inhabited by humans, hobbits, and dwarfs. Elves live in this woodland and some also live in the more settled lands. Some are simple encounters, some or small adventures on their own. Using these as set encounters while drawing random encounters from Overland Travel in the Westwood and from your own imagination can help you create exciting and memorable campaigns for either Glory Road Roleplay or OSR players.
8/4/2021 Uploading "Berserkegang," rage-based warriors in Glory Road Roleplay, the first of at least three releases this month.
8/17/2021 Just uploaded "Azat's Lance," the last installment of the adventures that started with "A Misplaced Prince" and continued with "Rahat Khan's Ride." The D20/OSR version is going up now.
1/18/2022: Just uploaded "Deepwood Vale," a brief adventure in the Westwood in our Black Mountain District setting.
7/16/2022: Just uploaded "Krunch Muscrat," the biography of a player character
9/8/2022: Just uploaded 20 More Characters
9/25/2022: Just uploaded "Is Someone Summoning Demons on Third Street," our first urban adventure.
10/9/2022: Just Uploaded "Ragh's Guide to Camping in Dangerous Country," a system-neutral pamphlet for adventuers
10/31/2022 Just Uploaded "What the Hell is Under Third Street" our second urban adventure
11/21/2022: Just Uploaded "20 Characters for Urban Adventures"
11/23/2022: Just Uploaded "Lifepaths for Human Characters in a Glory Road Roleplay Campaign"
11/26/2022: Just Uploaded "Lifpaths Overview"
11/28/2022 Just Uploaded "Elf Lifepaths
11/29/2022: Just Uploaded "Lifepath for Dwarf Characters" and "Hobbit LIfepaths/"
12/04/2022: Just Uploaded "Urban Encounter Tables"
12/5/2033: Just Uploaded "Search for the Lair of the Griffon Riders"
12/7/2022: Just Uploaded "The Gods of Glon'"
12/21/2022: Just Uploaded "People of the Black Mountain District" and "Dragons of the Black Mountain District"
1/17/2023: Uploading "Locations in Old Meyoss" and "Converting Characters for Use in Glory Road Roleplay"
3/14/2023: Uploaded "Going to a Wedding"
3/23/2023: Uploaded "Free Sampler for Glory Road Roleplay"
3/24/2023 Uploaded "Lair of the Bull Demon"
6/1/2023 Uploaded "Winning Her Spurs
6/4/2023: Uploaded "Wood, Stone, and Bronze" a system-neutral utility for RPGs
9/2/2023: Uploaded "Mundane Classes" a utility for Glory Road Roleplay
12/12/2023: Just Uploaded "Forest Magic"
1/06/2024: Just Uploaded "Dwellings & Holy Places", a brief system-neutral look at the subject
1/11/2024: Just Uploaded "Rolling into Good Harbor"
1/21/2024: Just Uploaded "Up the Canyon"
1/28/2024: Just Uploaded "Some Settings for Glory Road Roleplay," a free utility. It contains descriptions of the settings I have been using, links to utilities to make it easier for GMs to design their own campaigns, and links to the published modules.
2/8/2024: Just Uploaded "Gambling in Roleplaying Games," a system-neutral look at an occasional feature.
2/14/2024: Just Uploaded "20 Non-Human Characters"
3/2/2024: Just Uploaded "20 Mid-Level Villains
All of Our Titles Can be Seen Here
The main titles now available are Glory Road Roleplay, the Core Rules; Glory Road Roleplay, Encounters; Glory Road Roleplay; Game Manager's Guide
The adventures now available are At the High Point Inn; In the Pass; Into the Westwood; OSR At the High Point in; OSR In the Pass and OSR Into the Westwood.; Under the Abandoned Monastery, and, of course, OSR Under the Abandoned Monastery; Mondragon Keep and OSR Mondragon Keep. Blue Pool on the Silk Road, a new setting and the first adventure in the new setting. Also, the OSR/D20 version of Blue Pool on the Silk Road.
New: The Spire in the Hills, a somewhat higher-level adventure on the Silk Road. The OSR/D20 version has just been added.
A Misplaced Prince, an adventure for characters that have finished the Blue Pool adventure. The OSR/D20 version is now uploaded.
New: Rahat Khan's Ride, the second of three Rahat Khan adventures in the Silk Road Setting. the OSR version is also out. The First is "A Misplaced Prince." The third will be "Azat's Lance."
The gaming utilities available are a suggested character sheet and a PDF of 20 Pre-generated characters and "Shapeshifting and Warging", a rules supplement. New: 20 Pregenerated Characters for the Silk Road Setting. There is also a guide to running low-fantasy adventures using modified Glory Road Roleplay rules. There is a one-page supplement about brigandine, the most popular armor of the late medieval period. To help GM's and players use an admittedly crunchy system, I created the free PDF called Suggestions and Shortcuts. Just added: Overland Travel in the Silk Road Setting, AKA The Hexcrawl. Random encounters for the setting. Added: Overland Travel in the Westwood, random encounters and events.
4/11/2021 Added Fiends, Foes and Maybe some Friends
This is a collection of encounters for adventures in the Westwood of the Black Mountain District or in a similar woodland setting with fantasy peoples and creatures and accessible to lands inhabited by humans, hobbits, and dwarfs. Elves live in this woodland and some also live in the more settled lands. Some are simple encounters, some or small adventures on their own. Using these as set encounters while drawing random encounters from Overland Travel in the Westwood and from your own imagination can help you create exciting and memorable campaigns for either Glory Road Roleplay or OSR players.
8/17/2021 Rahat's Lance, the final installment of Rahat Khan's rise. The OSR/D20 version is available
1/18/2022: Just uploaded "Deepwood Vale," a brief adventure in the Westwood in our Black Mountain District setting.
7/16/2022: Just uploaded "Krunch Muscrat," the biography of a player character
9/8/2022: Just uploaded 20 More Characters
9/25/2022: Just uploaded "Is Someone Summoning Demons on Third Street," our first urban adventure.
10/9/2022: Just Uploaded "Ragh's Guide to Camping in Dangerous Country," a system-neutral pamphlet for adventuers
10/31/2022 Just Uploaded "What the Hell is Under Third Street" our second urban adventure
11/21/2022: Just Uploaded "20 Characters for Urban Adventures"
What Others Have to Say
From the Forward to the Core Rules
Arm yourself with dice of many values, paper and pencil and the power of your imagination, and embark on a heroic quest. You will enjoy the trip.
- C.J. Carella
C.J. is a very successful novelist whose Warp Marine series and other works can be found at Amazon and other places the sells e-books . He also developed a arge amount of gaming materials, including several important GURPS sourcebooks, All Flesh Must be Eaten, the Buffy game and the Unisystem.
He still plays with us.
Welcome to Glory Road Roleplay, a multiple-player, tabletop game that's been around since the early 1980s.
Welcome to Glory Road Roleplay, a multiple-player, tabletop game that's been around since the early 1980s.
The cover below is one of the minor improvements made for the third and current upload of the game..
Other Comments
One of the most eminently playable RPG systems I have encountered. While it naturally incorporates some of the best of the past, it's above anything else enriched by the years of game mastering experience of Bill Reich. Highly recommended.
- Simon Reich
The rules always made sense to me.
- Rick Corey
- Ed Rauh
I love that the game is so descriptive, and there is so much world-building that really contributes to the enjoyment of the gameplay.
- Alicia Young
I found suspension of disbelief and immersion easy.
Yes. I really love the magic in the game going with the different book school is a unique ‘n fun way.
- Jeff Sargent
I’ve played Glory Road since 1982 and have enjoyed it immensely. I met the author of the game when he worked in an all-night bookstore and overheard him talking about gaming to another customer. I asked him a few general questions about gaming and since the store was empty he invited me to try it right there. He rolled up a character for me on the counter (dice always at the ready) and I have been a near addict ever since.
- Bruce Fowler (CT Yankee)
Fast-paced, lethal melee-based combat system. Spells that work together to create unique results. Fun fantasy role play system.
- Andy Gister
Features
Features
This is a system that has been played since 1982. It differs from the most popular system of the time in many ways. Some of the more obvious ones.
1: The concrete nature of some of the elements of the system seem to make visualization, narration and thus immersion easier for many players. For example, if you take damage, you know that you are injured. HP, the concept is retained, do not represent an amorphous combination of luck, skill and physical damage. Your character will take damage, probably less often, but it will be damage that is easy to visualize and easy for a GM to narrate if desired: "The Hobgoblin's shete strikes Adork on the upper arm (hit location is optional but this was a one versus one fight) and does nine HP of damage." You, the player, know that your character is hurt. Nine points won't stop Adork but the situation has become more dangerous.
2: Becoming more difficult to hit gives a greater sense of accomplishment than getting another glob of HP (HP are static) Of course, this isn't "realism," there is a factor of diminishing returns that prevents anyone from becoming an unhittable combat god. Target Number (T#) should be impossible to improve after awhile. However, this system feels more real than the abstraction of HP and a GM who wants to make improving T# more difficult or impossible after a certain level is free to do so. At least twelve people have run this game over the years since its inception and none of them have done that.
3: The magic system is somewhat "academic" in structure, with prerequisites and specializations.
4: Initiates and Hedge-Priests get their power from their deities. Powers list differ between the various cults and religions and the GM can pick and choose and make their own.
5: Four attributes, Size, Constitution, Intelligence and Dexterity impact the other six, Strength (impacted by Sz and Cn) Agility (impacted by Dx, by St (positively) and Sz(negatively)) Awareness, Stability, Charisma and (magical) Talent (all impacted by IN)
F: There are two action resolution systems. One is based on a D20 and basically handles situations where players and the GM are resolving actions by PCs and NPCs during an action scene. The other involves D% and is used for crucial situations and for spell-casting.
Core Rules Cover: Fantasy Path Composite
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