Deck of Old-School Encounters Enters its Last Week on Kickstarter

A detailed illustration features a bear-like creature at the top, surrounded by various fantasy-themed cards displaying encounter descriptions. The cards include titles such as "An Undead Eye Tyrant" and "ID3 Extraplanar Terrors," showcasing unique monsters and scenarios for tabletop RPGs. The text prominently states "Deck of Old-School Encounters Set Four" and highlights that this set includes 72 new random encounter cards for fantasy role-playing games.

Philip Reed’s latest Kickstarter campaign is is now in its final seven days.

The fourth in Philip’s Deck of Old School Encounters series, this set of cards features 72 systemless encounters. Designed to be used with not only any edition of D&D but also any other old school fantasy RPG, these can also be used in any fantasy RPG ‘that includes ogres, orcs, goblins, and the plethora of monsters we’ve grown to love after many years of adventure’.

A card from Philip Reed’s Deck of Old School Encounters features a whimsical illustration of a frogfolk character, depicted in a playful pose. The card includes numbered sections indicating the card number, artist's signature, the illustration, and encounter text, which is systemless and lacks game stats. The background is a light blue, with decorative elements at the bottom, including a skull motif.

The cards themselves include system agnostic encounters texts which indicates where and how many of these creatures might be encountered, how these creatures will react to the party etc. All this information is quick and easy to digest, and won’t bog down your game with needless minutiae.

The campaign not only offers digital and print-on-demand editions of this new deck, but also includes the opportunity to buy the previous three decks: that’s a whopping 432 encounter cards!

See the Kickstarter campaign for more details.