The Mail Call Commentary - Campaign Session Commentary Report 1a

So the United States Post Office finally came through on Friday & decided to deliver my order to me from The Collector's Store. Note that this wasn't Covid 19 related but the second time that we're gonna lose your package. I put in a case & everything with the United States Post Office this was after the The Collector's Store screwed up my order with details on my address. The first order is someplace down in Hartford & I can kiss that good bye. Too bad there was a copy of James Ward's Elemental Spells in that package. I did the research & this was solid book to have for the C&C system.  The package for the moment has vanished! I don't think its coming back.



Alright back to my weekend & the fact that Friday my package shows up! Yahh!  The Collector's Store did make it right. The order comes in & everything's there! The order is the lesser of two evils filled with lots of Castles & Crusades goodness plus some 3.5 books to help fill out my collection. 

The order helps fill in some of the gaps for my on going  Tegel Manor campaign. The C&C material is on point for what I've got in mind for this campaign run. The manor has appeared in the middle of an alternative Earth right at the on set of the Franco Prussian war. 

But this is a world with a Steampunk twist with Mike Stewart's Victorious rpg  but there are deep ties into classic Advanced Dungeons & Dragons modules especially the U series of modules & U1 Sinister Secret of Salt Marsh. But the real old school resource is the Slaver series A0-A4: Against The Slave Lords. 



Here's the where the Gonzo campaign connection in works where the Slavers have deals with many of the powers of Venger Satanis's Cha'alt. Weapons, advisors, etc. have been filtered through the Slavers into this Prime Plane. This has been a major pain in the arse for my player's PC's! Now according to Venger on Cha'alt: Fuchsia Malaise kickstarter project this isn't just a small book but a major campaign expansion. There will be an upcoming interview with Venger about this coming up on the blog. But I'm holding back from my players about this for the campaign & keeping this element boiling in the campaign's background. 



But what happens from here?! The events here are following the blood lines of the PC's in the game & their not even aware of it. There is a heavy Gothic/Gonzo element in this campaign with deep ties into Greyhawk. We'll have to see where the party takes this game. Will they survive?! Only time & play will tell! 



Note that using Castles & Crusades has helped to solve a ton of problems as far as the OSR overview on many of the individual issues of the campaign.

The Saga Continues.. Not That One But My Castles & Crusades Ordering Adventure..

The Castles & Crusades saga continues & this time it starts with the collectors store.com. Back on 24th Apr 2020 I was looking for some Castles & Crusades book bargains. Up pops the  the collectors store.com & a bunch of great C&C titles. So I jumped at the chance to own some of these. They really are some great ones.
 I found  Castles & Crusades Death in the Treklant for 3 dollars & fifty cents. Castles & Crusades Elemental Spells for four fifty. Castles & Crusades Brindisium Adventures two dollars & fifty cents & finally Castles & Crusades Mystical Companions for five dollars. I patiently tracked the Castles & Crusades titles until they were delivered not to my  New Hartford Connecticut address  but  into the bowels of Hartford Connecticut. Calling the the collectors store.com I was told that they would have to call me back. Dear readers I was truly looking forward to reviewing these great C&C  titles for my blog.



Since we've been in the middle of this pandemic work has had me on the ropes & a flurry of phone calls & chance meets in the grocery stores has my players kinda hot to play C&C along with Siege Engine again as soon as this pandemic situation lifts. Really kicking myself tonight looking for a bargain instead of waiting to do business with Troll Lord Games. 

Is this situation with the collectors store.com their fault?! Not really its more down to the US Post Office screwing up with their delivery & not be able to tell geography even in the middle of a pandemic.  I've been doing sewing machine repair work like you wouldn't believe & I was looking forward to settling down & reading through these Castles & Crusade  titles for my upcoming campaign & this blog.



This is my first time ordering with  the collectors store.com but will it be my last? Sure the money isn't a huge amount but when you work for yourself every dollar counts. Could I reverse the charges on the order?! Yes but its not really about the money but the gaming every time some order decides to go missing. I know there are literally thousands of gamers that lost orders have happened to. You know the disappointment & manure that goes with planning out a campaign only to have your books vanish into the ether. I'll let you know how this works out gentle readers. Next time I'm sticking with the Trolls & no cock ups..