is a big fan of the Age of Sail, and these ships really speak to him - he loves transitional eras, and the Anglo-Dutch Wars was one of those.Skirmisher Publishing LLC is proud to announce the release of Castle Builder Volume 4: Towers, the fourth installment in a ten-part series designed to help Game Masters and players plan their ideal fortifications in a step-by-step format from the ground up. It is written and mapped by gaming author Richard T. Balsley available through DriveThruRPG and other online venues (18 pages, $1.99 USD, SKPE1310).
This installment describes those iconic defense-works that can be used for everything from observation to reinforcing walls to serving as classic homes for wizards. Contents include:
- An introduction to the idea of towers, why people build them, and how they are perceived
- Various functions of such structures
- How to consider the most suitable uses for towers in your game
- Typical locations for towers
- Floorplans and description for a sample three-level wizard's abode, the Tower of Aloysius Wormsthram Severstrom; and
- Floorplans and description for a sample military structure, the four-level Watchtower of the Kithairon Mountains
This book has no specific setting, and is designed to accommodate any technological era that one is likely to encounter in a fantasy campaign setting, from the Stone Age, through the Ancient and Medieval periods, to the Renaissance. It is also fully bookmarked and hotlinked and designed to be printer-friendly and easy-to-use. We very much hope you will enjoy it!