Thanks to everyone who visited Skirmisher at Gen Con Booth 313! It was great meeting so many new people and spending time with friends, fans, and others who we only get the opportunity to see once a year.


This year Skirmisher shared a large, triple-sized booth with two other great companies, model maker ArmorCast and miniature manufacturer Lance & Laser, and also displayed 5th Epoch's innovative Metal Magic & Lore role-playing game, TerrorWerks T-shirts and other memorabilia, and sculptures by artist Shea Garvin. We also had an active demo table that saw good use by Quactica miniatures wargaming rules creator Steve Lortz, Vito Pandolfo and the rest of the crew from 5th Epoch, and Shea Garvin and his brother Lee. Just as important, of course, was the presence of our two beautiful booth babes, "Con Kitty" and "Loleda"! Other critical Skirmisher personnel included Will Thrasher and a special thanks goes out to Devra Gelfand, who graciously pitched in at the booth.

Skirmisher's editorial and publishing staff was also available to talk with people interested in working with our company and contributing to various projects. Naturally, we also had available our full product line of d20/OGL supplements, Cthulhu Live 3rd Edition books and scripts, tabletop wargaming rules, and our "Quactica" and "Orcs of the Triple Death" miniatures.

Beyond the people mentioned above, we had a great time speaking and hanging out with various other people. These include but were not limited to:

* The ArmorCast and Lance & Laser contingent of Matt Beman, Steve Strnad, Erik Morrice, and Clint Staples.

* The Terrorwerks live action event crew, including Mac McLaughlin, Stefan Rice, Megalon, Ollie Cass, Brendan Cass, Gregg Agostini, Matt Start, Mark Shireman, Jason Arons, Ken Simerara, and Sasha.

* Old and new friends alike, including Jon Reichman, Ricoh, and the always-stunning Amanda S.

* Bob Cahill and the whole Starwind Design crew -- who have been the biggest supporters of our ongoing Edgar Rice Burroughs "Mars" projects -- and Anthony Gallela of Bucephalus, who gave me the creepy rat thing that spooks my wife every time she wakes up and sees its eyeless pupils staring at her.

* Marcy Ganow, Bunkie, and all the other members of the Game Publishers Association, who always make us glad to be members of the gaming community.

* Cthulhu Live LARPers, including Emily Monster, Andrew McNeil, Jason Susalla, that goth chick with the corsets from Nebraska, and Tim, Pat, Megan, and Ryan Ewick.

* Also, a special "Hooah!" to the Gen Con fraternity of 11-Bs, including Varhola, Ken, Shea, and Dimitri (with a nod to our brothers and sisters with FA, MI, MP and other lesser MOSs/branches and services).

* All the fans, customers, and other people who spent time chatting with us at the Skirmisher/ArmorCast/Lance & Laser booth.

Please forgive any omissions, misspellings, or the like and post a reply about anything you catch here so that we can fix it!

On Monday, August 17, thieves broke into and robbed the Green Lake Games game store, at 7509 Aurora Ave. N. in Seattle, Washington.

"We've managed to replace the glass in the door already, but obviously the rest of what was stolen is not as easily replaced," said Anthony.

In an effort to recover from this setback, the store is encouraging anyone who can to come down on Saturday and Sunday, August 22-23, to play some games.

"Bring a friend or the family, play an old favorite or try a new game, check out our newly-expanded role playing game section, or support the store by picking up that game you've been thinking about," Anthony said. "Help us put our recently-expanded gaming area to use. We'll be putting a bunch of stuff on sale, so don't miss out on this opportunity!"

The store will be open both days from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. For more information or to RSVP to this event, go to http://tiny.cc/glg.

Skirmisher will be exhibiting at Gen Con and we hope you will come by and see us at Booth 313! We will be sharing a large space this year with two other great companies, model maker ArmorCast and miniature manufacturer Lance & Laser. Skirmisher will also be displaying products associated with a number of other endeavors, including 5th Epoch's innovative "Metal Magic & Lore" role-playing game, TerrorWerks T-shirts and other memorabilia, and sculptures by artist Shea Garvin.

Several Skirmisher authors and artists will be spending time at the booth and this will be a great opportunity for fans to meet and chat with them. Our editorial and publishing staff will also be available to talk with people interested in working with our company and contributing to various Skirmisher projects. Even more popular, of course, are our two beautiful booth babes, "Con Kitty" and "Loleda"!

We will also have available our full product line of d20/OGL supplements, Cthulhu Live 3rd Edition books and scripts, tabletop wargaming rules, and our "Quactica" and "Orcs of the Triple Death" miniatures. All sorts of discounts and specials will be available, to include free downloads of certain electronic products for people who purchase various hardcopy books or miniatures.

Bring a copy of this newsletter with you to Booth 313 and receive 20% off your purchase of any Skirmisher products.

Skirmisher Publishing LLC has relocated from its former location in Springfield, Virginia to Spring Branch, Texas, about 40 miles northwest of San Antonio and in the heart of scenic Hill Country. The innovative game company is noted as the publisher of the Cthulhu Live 3rd Edition horror live-action role-playing game (LARP), a number of historic gaming reprints as well as some games inspired by them, and numerous d20/OGL products.

“We decided to relocate to Texas for a number of reasons, and it has been good for us in every way,” said Michael J. Varhola, the company’s publisher. “In addition to having outgrown the space available to us in Virginia, the Washington, D.C., metro area is very expensive and did not offer any particular benefits to us as a game publishing company. It is also pretty cool to now be living in a resort area in one of the most beautiful parts of the country.”

Skirmisher’s new headquarters include additional work and meeting space, indoor and outdoor game demonstration areas, and a small warehousing area for inventory and supplies. The company’s offices are available for meetings and other activities by appointment.

A number of notable game companies are located in the same general area, to include Steve Jackson Games, about 60 miles to the northeast in Austin.


Skirmisher Publishing LLC
499 Mystic Parkway
Spring Branch, TX 78070
http://www.skirmisher.com
sales@skirmisher.com

Are your game's Weretigers a bit on the unhealthy side? Are your Mephits not quite as intimidating as they should be? Are your Dark Nagas markedly unskilled? These are just a few of the monsters in the OGL SRD that have errors in their stat blocks, bringing their mistakes into your game.

ENWorld staff reviewer and 3.5 rules guru John Cooper and Skirmisher Publishing LLC have stepped up to address these problems with the Cooper's Compendium of Corrected Creatures series of books. This critical new series of books fixes the problems you may not have even known your monsters had and presents thoroughly revised and corrected stats for the myriad creatures in the v.3.5 SRD.

"This product is a valuable resource for both gamers and publishers of OGL products," writes DriveThruRPG Staff Reviewer Peter Ingham in his 5-star review of the first book in the series. "I'm very pleased with this product and ... it's nice to see the monsters and creatures of the SRD as they should have been presented in the first place."

Skirmisher has just released the third volume in the series, Cooper's Compendium of Corrected Creatures: OGL Monster Stats L - S (Lamia - Swarm) ($6.99, SKP E 0917, 150 pages; John Cooper, Shane O'Connor, and the Skirmisher Game Development Group; artists Sharon Daugherty, Bradley K. McDevitt, and George Sieretski). It is available as a PDF download on several online sales venues, including DriveThruRPG and RPGNow.

Features of this book include:

* Corrected stats for all the monsters in the L - S sections of the v.3.5 SRD that address often-overlooked elements like skill synergy bonuses, size modifiers, and shapechanging abilities. Entries that have received especially painstaking attention in this volume include the various forms of Lycanthrope, skill points for which are almost universally incorrect in the SRD.

* Stat blocks for OGL creatures described or referred to in the SRD but not given statistics there, including the Merrow, Half-Orc 1st-Level Warrior, Sahuagin Mutant, and Sahuagin Malenti.

* Improved organization of material, especially items not listed in the proper order.

* "Cooper's Comments" sidebars throughout explaining particular changes and giving guidance on how to effectively reflect them in the game.

This book and the series of which it is part are designed to be an invaluable resource for OGL game masters, players, and publishers alike. It is fully bookmarked and designed to be printer-friendly and easy-to-use.

Other currently available titles in this series include Cooper's Compendium of Corrected Creatures: OGL Monster Stats A - D (Aboleth - Dwarf) and Cooper's Compendium of Corrected Creatures: OGL Monster Stats E - K (Eagle, Giant - Krenshar). The final title in the series, Cooper's Compendium of Corrected Creatures: OGL Monster Stats T - Z (Tarrasque - Zombie), which will also include corrected versions of the appendices on Animals and Vermin, is scheduled for release in May.

Incorporating all official errata as well as corrections for errors that went unnoticed until now, this book presents the monsters from the SRD as they should be. Fix up your foes and run a better game with Cooper's Compendium of Corrected Creatures!


Skirmisher Publishing LLC
P.O. Box 150006
Alexandria, VA 22153
http://www.skirmisher.com
sales@skirmisher.com

Skirmisher Publishing LLC is pleased to announce the release of Creatures of the Wastelands, a collection of monsters, mutations, and other material designed for use with Goblinoid Games' Mutant Future and other post-apocalyptic games ($7.99, SKP E 0912, 80 pages; authors Derek Holland and the Skirmisher Game Development Group; artists Dragan Ciric and Jeremy Pea). It is available as a PDF download on several online sales venues, including DriveThruRPG and RPGNow.

Subtitled A Menagerie of Mutants and Mutations, Creatures of the Wastelands is fully compatible with Mutant Future, as well as Labyrinth Lord and other games that use the familiar “1st Edition” rules introduced in the 1980s. This collection includes:

* More than 200 new creatures, including the terrible Great Mother, several mutant dinosaurs, the warlike Lumbricid, the insideous Silver Sheet, and the mysterious Smart Stones.

* More than 50 mutations, including the new the Parasite mutation type and a number of Plant mutations.

* Several odds-and-ends, including new terrain types, new materials, and a number of non-creature hazards.

* Original illustrations by fantasy artists Dragan Ciric and Jeremy Pea.

Creatures of the Wastelands is fully bookmarked and designed to be printer-friendly and easy-to-use and includes low-resolution screen-friendly and high-resolution printer-friendly versions both of its cover surfaces and its interior pages.

For more information about Creatures of the Wastelands and to comment either on it or this announcement, go to the section dedicated to Mutant Future supplements on the interactive Skirmisher Forum.


Skirmisher Publishing LLC
P.O. Box 150006
Alexandria, VA 22153
http://www.skirmisher.com
sales@skirmisher.com

Are your game's Aboleth Mages under-average? Are the Greater Barghest's skill points grimly befuddling? Do you find Retriever Demons to be ridiculously dominant against your PCs? These are just a few of the monsters in the OGL SRD that have errors in their stat blocks, bringing their mistakes into your game.

ENWorld staff reviewer/3.5 rules guru John Cooper and Skirmisher Publishing LLC have stepped up to address these problems with the Cooper's Compendium of Corrected Creatures series of books. This critical new series of books fixes the problems you didn't even know your monsters had and presents thoroughly revised and corrected stats for the myriad creatures in the v.3.5 SRD.


Skirmisher has just released the first volume in the series, Cooper's Compendium of Corrected Creatures: OGL Monster Stats A - D (Aboleth - Dwarf) ($6.99, SKP E 0908, 134 pages; John Cooper, Shane O'Connor, and the Skirmisher Game Development Group; artist Alejandro Melchor). It is available as a PDF download on several online sales venues, including DriveThruRPG and RPGNow.

Features of this book include:

* Corrected stats for all the monsters in the A - D sections of the v.3.5 SRD that address often-overlooked elements like skill synergy bonuses, size modifiers, and shapechanging abilities.

* Stats for a number of official OGL monsters mentioned but not given statistics in the SRD, such as the Hound Archon Hero's Juvenile Bronze Dragon mount.

* Improved organization of material, especially items not listed in the proper order.

* "Coopers Comments" sidebars throughout explaining particular changes and giving guidance on how to effectively reflect them in the game.

* Fully bookmarked and designed to be printer-friendly and easy-to-use.

This book and the series of which it is part are designed to be an invaluable resource for OGL game masters, players, and publishers alike. The three subsequnet volumes are currently in development and scheduled to be released on a monthly basis, in March, April, and May. Cover concepts for the E - K, L - S, and T - Z volumes have been completed and can be viewed here.

Incorporating all official errata as well as corrections for errors that went unnoticed until now, this series of books presents the monsters from the SRD as they should be. Fix up your foes and run a better game with Cooper's Compendium of Corrected Creatures!


Skirmisher Publishing LLC
P.O. Box 150006
Alexandria, VA 22153
http://www.skirmisher.com
sales@skirmisher.com