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'''''Dreadmire'''''<ref>http://mywikibiz.com/Directory:Spellbinder_Games/Dreadmire</ref>. (ISBN 0977338339) is a campaign setting for the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' role-playing game, printed by publisher [[Spellbinder Games]], and created by author, game designer and publisher [[Randy Richards]]. The book used the D20 System/3.0 edition of the rules.
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'''''Dreadmire''''' (ISBN 0977338339) is a [[campaign setting]] for the ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' [[role-playing game]], printed by [[Spellbinder Games]], and created by author, publisher [[Randy Richards]]. The book used the [[D20 System|d20 system/3.0 edition]] of the rules.
 
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[[Image:DreadmireBook.jpg|thumb|200px|right|''Dreadmire'', published in 2005]]<!--fair use rationale: book cover used to note the book itself and to illustrate its subject in compilance with WP fair use policy.-->
 
[[Image:DreadmireBook.jpg|thumb|200px|right|''Dreadmire'', published in 2005]]<!--fair use rationale: book cover used to note the book itself and to illustrate its subject in compilance with WP fair use policy.-->
 
   
 
   
The author used this phrase to describe the book:
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The author, [[Randy Richards]], used this phrase to describe the book,
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"Think of Dreadmire as the ''Atchafalaya Swamp'' meets ''Lord of the Rings'', with Cajun halflings, undead mosquitoes, weregators, giant cockroaches, fungus demons, man-eating plants, slime dragons, cannibal elves, sunken ruins, mud dwarves, dark water, and evil trees thrown into the mix."
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"Think of Dreadmire as the [[Atchafalaya Swamp]] meets [[Lord of the Rings]], with [[Cajun]] [[hobbits]], weregators, undead mosquitoes, monstrous plants, fungus demons, and giant cockroaches thrown into the mix."
 
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Dreadmire is a guidebook to a large swamp setting. The book includes chapters with background material for the swamp, detailed encounter tables, new spells, character classes and magic items.  The book has several adventures to get chracters started in an extensive swamp setting, enough to form the basis of a long campaign, and also presents advice for runnning adventures in a swamp or marsh environment. 
 
  
Dreadmire was distributed in the U.S. through Alliance Games and in Europe via Esdevium Games Ltd., but is now out of print.  Copies are sometimes available on eBay and Amazon.com.
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Dreadmire is a guidebook to a large swamp setting that forms the basis of a campaign. The book includes chapters not only with background material for the swamp but detailed encounter tables, new spells, character classes and magic items.
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There are three adventures contained within the book. One serves as an introduction to the setting and the others offer more advanced campaign-style play. A number of locations are noted but not detailed within the book so a GM can develop either more involved campaigns based in their own home-brew setting or develop the remainder of the areas on their own.
  
==Book Reviews==
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The goal of the book is to provide a setting for which many adventures can be played out and offer advice on how to run a typical swamp adventure.
* A review in Knights of the Dinner Table magazine<ref>http://www.kenzerco.com/product_info.php?cPath=22_23_24&products_id=366</ref>, via Kenzer & Company. The review itself is not available online, but it is listed as being in the magazine (near the bottom under the heading "Departments" and then "Brian's Small Press Picks")
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[[Image:DreadmireBookBackCover.jpg|right|thumb|200px|The back cover of Dreadmire.]]<!--fair use rationale: book cover used to note the book itself and to illustrate its subject in compilance with WP fair use policy.-->
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* SpeilXpress, a gaming magazine in Germany. The review<ref>http://www.spielxpress.com/download/06_06/P17_dreadmire.pdf</ref> is available both in their magazine and online.
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==External Links: Reviews==
 
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*[http://www.kenzerco.com/product_info.php?cPath=22_23_24&products_id=366] A review in [[Knights of the Dinner Table]] magazine, via [[Kenzer & Company]]. The review itself is not available online, but it is listed as being in the magazine (near the bottom under the heading "Departments" and then "Brian's Small Press Picks")
* A staff review at EN World<ref>http://www.enworld.org/forum/reviews/244338-dreadmire.html?ltr=D</ref>.
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*[http://www.gametrademagazine.com/PDFS/GTM_74_PDFs/GTM74_GAMES.pdf] Game Trade Magazine, the gaming industry's leader in game books and accessories, featured Dreadmire as a "Spotlight Item" on page 38.
* Game Trade Magazine, the gaming industry's leader in game books and accessories, featured Dreadmire<ref>http://www.gametrademagazine.com/PDFS/GTM_74_PDFs/GTM74_GAMES.pdf</ref> as a "Spotlight Item" on page 38.  
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*[http://www.gamingreport.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Reviews&file=index&req=showcontent&id=2110] an internal company review at GamingReport.com, an industry leader in game reviews.
 
   
 
   
* A staff review<ref>http://www.gamingreport.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Reviews&file=index&req=showcontent&id=2110</ref> at GamingReport.com, an industry leader in game reviews.
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*[http://www.gamingreport.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Reviews&file=index&req=showcontent&id=2055] a fan review at GamingReport.com, an industry leader in game reviews.
 
   
 
   
* A fan review<ref>http://www.gamingreport.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Reviews&file=index&req=showcontent&id=2055</ref> at GamingReport.com, an industry leader in game reviews.
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*[http://www.readerviews.com/ReviewRichardsDreadmire.html] at Readers Reviews, in independent book review company.
 
   
 
   
* Readers Reviews, in independent book review<ref>http://www.readerviews.com/ReviewRichardsDreadmire.html</ref> company.
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*[http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?t=259512] RPGnet Reviews, an open fan site with some reviews and discussion of reviews.
 
   
 
   
* On Amazon.com, primarily an online book store with reviews<ref>http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/worldofgreyha/0977338339/qid=1133364328/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/002-2600850-9005646?s=books&v=glance&n=283155</ref> by customers.
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*[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/worldofgreyha/0977338339/qid=1133364328/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/002-2600850-9005646?s=books&v=glance&n=283155] at Amazon.com, primarily an online book store.
 
 
==External Links==
 
*Dreadmire on the publisher's author site: [http://www.Dreadmire.com Dreadmire.com]
 
**For more extensive Dreadmire information, visit the Dreadmire Wikia: http://dreadmire.wikia.com/wiki/World_of_Dreadmire
 
 
 
==References==
 
<references/>
 

Revision as of 22:23, 18 April 2009

Dreadmire (ISBN 0977338339) is a campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, printed by Spellbinder Games, and created by author, publisher Randy Richards. The book used the d20 system/3.0 edition of the rules.

File:DreadmireBook.jpg
Dreadmire, published in 2005

The author, Randy Richards, used this phrase to describe the book,

"Think of Dreadmire as the Atchafalaya Swamp meets Lord of the Rings, with Cajun hobbits, weregators, undead mosquitoes, monstrous plants, fungus demons, and giant cockroaches thrown into the mix."


Dreadmire is a guidebook to a large swamp setting that forms the basis of a campaign. The book includes chapters not only with background material for the swamp but detailed encounter tables, new spells, character classes and magic items. There are three adventures contained within the book. One serves as an introduction to the setting and the others offer more advanced campaign-style play. A number of locations are noted but not detailed within the book so a GM can develop either more involved campaigns based in their own home-brew setting or develop the remainder of the areas on their own.

The goal of the book is to provide a setting for which many adventures can be played out and offer advice on how to run a typical swamp adventure.

File:DreadmireBookBackCover.jpg
The back cover of Dreadmire.


External Links: Reviews

  • [1] A review in Knights of the Dinner Table magazine, via Kenzer & Company. The review itself is not available online, but it is listed as being in the magazine (near the bottom under the heading "Departments" and then "Brian's Small Press Picks")
  • [2] Game Trade Magazine, the gaming industry's leader in game books and accessories, featured Dreadmire as a "Spotlight Item" on page 38.
  • [3] an internal company review at GamingReport.com, an industry leader in game reviews.
  • [4] a fan review at GamingReport.com, an industry leader in game reviews.
  • [5] at Readers Reviews, in independent book review company.
  • [6] RPGnet Reviews, an open fan site with some reviews and discussion of reviews.
  • [7] at Amazon.com, primarily an online book store.