A couple Spawn of Fashan reprints arrived for myself and another Member



Coolly, the author has added an introductory page commenting on the fuss created by the Dragon magazine review and the resulting bit of popularity... overall it's not an easy read - I enjoyed reading the details of the setting more than the rules.

Excellent David! I am wondering if the previous reprints have the blue sticker "limited edition" as well. And the same spiral binding.

smarmy1 wrote:
Would this make you a Fashan victim?

*LOL*  

re: quality of lair of the spider mother

I'm not a huge fan of the adventure (which is why I got rid of the prepub version years ago), but I haven't read it in ages and ages.  So, I'm curious to hear from those of you who've read, played, or run the adventure what you think of it, and whether you think it's worthwhile or not in play/at the table.

Okay. I have the map. My copy has the two maps, one on each side of a sheet, unnumbered and staples into the centre spread between pages 24 and 25.

I don't have the tables, and don't think I've ever seen them with anything else either. Certainly not Lord Farrick's Keep either. So, given the source of these products, the other prepub, and the proximity to the original publisher, I'd suggest you may be looking at some form of inhouse or playtest rules for the campaign.

Is there anything in the tables that ties them specifically to lair of the Spider Mother, or more generally the campaign? There is certainly conguency in the printing and cropping from what I see in the photos that make them feel like they belong there. Are they labelled as being by Mercury Games?

Has anyone else hot these tables in their copies?

It's a damn shame we can't compare this material to that of the prepub.

my lair of the spider mother does have the map, but does not have the other two sheets. i will check to the aid of dwarves and see if there is something similar inside.

My Spider has the three pages that appear to be separate pages tucked inside the booklet, two are tables, one is a double sided map:



My copy of Farrick had 4 sheets/8 pages of maps as the centerfold which are undetached, unnumbered but stapled... they appear to be easily detachable.

stratochamp wrote:well i checked to the aid of dwarves. at the end of the table of contents there is listed: EXPERIENCE POINT CALCULATION SHEET- INSERT
             MAPS-INSERT

Jeff, i think you have my inserts....or i have your module. i'll bring it to the north texas rpg con so we can compare since i just bought my plane ticket and i'm coming down.

Very cool, glad your coming.  I will bring my copy as well  

davidc wrote:My Spider has the three pages that appear to be separate pages tucked inside the booklet, two are tables, one is a double sided map:

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My copy of Farrick had 4 sheets/8 pages of maps as the centerfold which are undetached, unnumbered but stapled... they appear to be easily detachable.

Well, that settles it for me.
My copy deffinately has the map sheet stapled into the book.
Lord Faffick's Keep also has its mapsheets stapled into the cenre pages.
I have Maps 1 through 7 and an unlabeled cavern map. Am I missing any? I haven't read this one yet.  
Maybe a later print of Spider Mother had the map unstapled because they realised people would have to pull it out and they were already including the tables anyhow.

davidc wrote:A couple Spawn of Fashan reprints arrived for myself and another Member

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Coolly, the author has added an introductory page commenting on the fuss created by the Dragon magazine review and the resulting bit of popularity... overall it's not an easy read - I enjoyed reading the details of the setting more than the rules.

wow! how much did the author ask you for this reprint? I assume 50 bucks more or less