Of Varsks and Winter Witches Module

[Tannen]

Does anybody have a copy of this module?

If so, could you give us a brief synopsis of the adventure. It seems ultra rare and very difficult to find anywhere. My chances of every owning a copy are remote. There is a used copy on Noble Knight games, but they are asking $175 for it!!!

Thanks in advance,

James

[Vicente]

I have seen also the module in NKG, and I would love to add it to my BR collection, but 175$ is too much :p

[AndrewTall]

I thought that it was a promotional comic not a module...

But those prices sound crazy! Darned collectors getting in the way of players/readers!

[Sorontar]

From what I could gather, it was an official TSR release for RPGA adventures with express instructions that it was never to be sold in stores. However, it was expected to be played inside the stores.

See http://www.birthright.net/brwiki/index.php/Of_varsks_and_winter_witches

Sorontar

[AndrewTall]

I am proved wrong :o I was sure there was a promo comic done...

[Sorontar]

I believe the comic was "The Serpant's Eye". The wiki has a pretty complete list of everything officially released relating to Birthright.

http://www.birthright.net/brwiki/index.php/Birthright_publication

Sorontar

[Andrea]

I would buy it, but I can't find the item in Noble Knight web page. Just today I collected every BR miniatures purchasing Llaedra of Lluabraight.

[Vicente]

The search box on NKG is horrible, this is the direct link:

http://www.nobleknight.com/ProductDetail.asp_Q_ProductID_E_2147420274_A_Inven toryID_E_2147679561_A_ProductLineID_E_6_A_Manufact urerID_E_1_A_CategoryID_E_12_A_GenreID_E_

I'm jealous :p

[Andrea]

Io sono geloso della vostra coppa del mondo, Vicente :)

[AndrewTall]

At $175 I'm not :rolleyes:

[Andrea]

One question: Was this adventure written by SKR in any polyhedron magazine too? Is it the same? Which was the #issue?

Thank you in advance.

[Vicente]

Io sono geloso della vostra coppa del mondo, Vicente :)

You have several already! :p

No clue abut the SKR thing, I doubt it as if that was the case it wouldn't be so expensive, but who knows.

[Vicente]

At $175 I'm not :rolleyes:

I would like to have a full BR collection :) I'm missing some minor things like that, or the Naval Rules (but I have the Cities of the Sun expansion). I haven't found anyone that ships the Naval Rules to Spain, amazon copies are USA only :'(

[Tannen]

There was a comic (just one issue). I snagged a copy recently. It's called "The Eye of the Serpent" and is a pretty cheesy story about Marlae Roesone helping the Emir of Khourone to attempt to retreive a magical item from the Isle of the Serpent.

[Sorontar]

There was a comic (just one issue). I snagged a copy recently. It's called "The Eye of the Serpent" and is a pretty cheesy story about Marlae Roesone helping the Emir of Khourone to attempt to retreive a magical item from the Isle of the Serpent.

Thanks for the description but I would like to be pedantic and point out that the title of the comic is "The Serpent's Eye" (no code, http://www.comicvine.com/birthright-the-serpents-eye-/37-145267/birthright1/105-637114/). "Eye of the Serpent" is a non-Birthright AD&D adventure module (coded UK5 #9125, http://rpgmarketplace.com/UK5--Eye-of-the-Serpent-9125-TSR-1984-VF,name,107809,auction_id,auction_details ). If anyone tries to find it, make sure you are looking for the right one.

Sorontar

[Rey]

The search box on NKG is horrible, this is the direct link:

http://www.nobleknight.com/ProductDetail.asp_Q_ProductID_E_2147420274_A_Inven toryID_E_2147679561_A_ProductLineID_E_6_A_Manufact urerID_E_1_A_CategoryID_E_12_A_GenreID_E_

I'm jealous :p
Darn, yesterday on Noble Knight it was for sale and today it's gone! Now I'm angry.

[Andrea]

Yes, I purchased it for 140 Euro :)

[Tannen]

Thanks for the description but I would like to be pedantic and point out that the title of the comic is "The Serpent's Eye" (no code, http://www.comicvine.com/birthright-the-serpents-eye-/37-145267/birthright1/105-637114/). "Eye of the Serpent" is a non-Birthright AD&D adventure module (coded UK5 #9125, http://rpgmarketplace.com/UK5--Eye-of-the-Serpent-9125-TSR-1984-VF,name,107809,auction_id,auction_details ). If anyone tries to find it, make sure you are looking for the right one.

Sorontar

Whoops, brain fade on my part. Thanks for the correction.

[Tannen]

Yes, I purchased it for 140 Euro :)
Nice! Please tell us what it's about once you receive it!

[Andrea]

Yes sir! Can I write it on file.doc for the BR.net/wiki's sake? I would share it with everyone of you. They are only 16 pages.

Ciao,

Andrea

[Rey]

Andrea, you lucky ...
Give us all the juicy details. Actually, I was looking for a much more than that, since I'm trying to write some sort of expansion to Tribes of the Heartless Wastes. :)

[Vicente]

I would really love to see the adventure Andrea, that would be appreciated.

[Andrea]

Finally it is in my hands. I'm readin' it this 16 pages module and I'll tell you what adventure in Velenoye involves.

[Tannen]

Finally it is in my hands. I'm readin' it this 16 pages module and I'll tell you what adventure in Velenoye involves.

Please "spill the beans"!!

[Cargaroth]

I would also be keen to know!

[Tannen]

I wonder how Andrea is going...?

[Andrea]

Hi! I'm here in Rome. In these day I'll give you news about the module. Now I'm endless busy! :(

[Tannen]

any news, Andrea?! :-)

[Rey]

Andrea left us hanging in mid air, waiting to exhale. If he doesn't show up soon, we might explode. It would be a terrible waste to lose so much Blood. :D

I just hope he's OK.

[Tannen]

Merry Christmas Andrea! How was the module?!

[Sorontar]

Dashing through the slain, on a one Vos-harnessed Varsk,
Over corpses we go, Laughing at the task.
Heads on lances sing,
Making spirits fright
What fun it is to laugh and sing
A slaying song tonight.

[Rey]

I've been absent from this site for about 5 months due to work, but it looks like Andrea is even more absent. Now, I will never know what happened in Velenoye and my new Vosgaard campaign expansion will be flawed. :(

[AndrewTall]

I've been absent from this site for about 5 months due to work, but it looks like Andrea is even more absent. Now, I will never know what happened in Velenoye and my new Vosgaard campaign expansion will be flawed. :(

Welcome back. Who knows, at some point Andrea may come back, if he survived the winter witches...

[Arjan]

I contacted Sean Reynolds about it, to see if he can do something to us.
He cannot send us anything, legal rights and loss due a comp crash
part of his reply was:



This adventure wasn't a big deal—it basically was a black & white adventure on photocopier-quality paper, it didn't have any art (not even cover art), and was only about 10 pages long plus six pages of pregenerated PCs. I understand that people are curious about it or want to complete their collections, but definitely do not pay $175 for it in an auction!


ill try to poke rich baker and see if he can do something

[Rey]

Thanks. I was wondering if it had any useful data besides some pregenerated PCs. Like a history event, or notable person, realm info. I doubt that ten pages didn't contain anything of interest.

Maybe to contact the author: Sean K. Reynolds, it mentions his e-mail at the end of the article (http://www.seankreynolds.com/misc/seanfaq.html).

[Arjan]

Maybe to contact the author: Sean K. Reynolds, it mentions his e-mail at the end of the article (http://www.seankreynolds.com/misc/seanfaq.html).

thats what i did 3 days ago, and my post above is the answer i got from him. ;)

Have send an email to wotc yesterday

[Rey]

Sorry, someone's cast a spell of blinding on my eyes. :)

[Rey]

Still no word from Andrea. But seems that I've been missing quite a lot, too.
Anyhow, should've bought it when I had a chance. :D

[Tannen]

I sent Andrea a new email...

[Arjan]

Heya Guys,
After many years i finally managed to track down a copy of "of Varsks and Winter Witches"
thanks to Adrian Newman from the website tsrarchive who scanned for us his copy.

http://www.tsrarchive.com/ag/varsk.pdf

enjoy this long lost piece!

[Fizz]

Heya Guys,
After many years i finally managed to track down a copy of "of Varsks and Winter Witches"
thanks to Adrian Newman from the website tsrarchive who scanned for us his copy.

http://www.tsrarchive.com/ag/varsk.pdf

enjoy this long lost piece!


At last! Awesome! Thanks Arjan!

How did you manage to find it there?

-Fizz

[AndrewTall]

Well done Arjan :D

[einstein_pi]

Wow. I never thought I'd see that adventure. Just before the Silver Anniversary too. Even after I managed to track down copies of the three even-lesser known RPGA Network adventures, I just could not locate a copy of Varsks - I had almost given up hope that it still even existed. What a gift to the community. Thanks for whatever effort it took to finally track it down.

[Arjan]

At last! Awesome! Thanks Arjan!

How did you manage to find it there?

-Fizz

Over the years i looked for it thinking it will surface some day.
Then i found one day a website listing all the RPGA modules, and there was a little thank you note pointing to andrew newman.
found his email on his website and just wrote him to ask whether he got it.
and to my surprise he did and he made the scan for us :)

Even sean Reynolds had been looking for a copy for years, so i send him the pdf as well!

nothing stays hidden forever ;)

[AndrewTall]

Wow. I never thought I'd see that adventure. Just before the Silver Anniversary too. Even after I managed to track down copies of the three even-lesser known RPGA Network adventures, I just could not locate a copy of Varsks - I had almost given up hope that it still even existed. What a gift to the community. Thanks for whatever effort it took to finally track it down.

Can you post pdf's of the RPGA adventures?

[einstein_pi]

Can you post pdf's of the RPGA adventures?

I sent a PM to you.

[AndrewTall]

I sent a PM to you.

Thanks Einstein. Thanks also for pointing out that it is nearly the silver anniversary of BR. Wikipedia has it invented in 1994 and published in 1995, what date are you using?

[einstein_pi]

Thanks Einstein. Thanks also for pointing out that it is nearly the silver anniversary of BR. Wikipedia has it invented in 1994 and published in 1995, what date are you using?

I'd learn towards the publishing date personally. All I know is 1995, haven't delved into an exact month. It won the '95 Origins award for best supplement for example (at Origins in July of '96).

[AndrewTall]

I'd learn towards the publishing date personally. All I know is 1995, haven't delved into an exact month. It won the '95 Origins award for best supplement for example (at Origins in July of '96).

My boxed set says 1995, as does wikipedia, but I couldn't see a month or exact date. I was wondering if you had come across it. Anyone else know?

[splinter]

Heya Guys,
After many years i finally managed to track down a copy of "of Varsks and Winter Witches"
thanks to Adrian Newman from the website tsrarchive who scanned for us his copy.

http://www.tsrarchive.com/ag/varsk.pdf

enjoy this long lost piece!

Thank you so much :-)