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About S. John Ross

Writer/game designer known both for his original work at Cumberland Games, and designs for Guardians of Order, Flying Buffalo, Avalon Hill, Last Unicorn, Hero Games, Wizards of the Coast, Steve Jackson Games and others.

 

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Ring of Thieves
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On a frosty night in the city of Hultog, a magic ring was stolen. Now it's yours, but your partner has been taken in... More > exchange. Can you save her? Can you survive the dangers of the Ring of Thieves?

Ring of Thieves is a solo adventure for Risus: The Anything RPG (included). For those who've enjoyed the free PDF version, this edition features an all-new layout, revised text, and 2.7% additional pure grooviness. < Less
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Ring of Thieves
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On a frosty night in the city of Hultog, a magic ring was stolen. Now it's yours, but your partner has been taken in... More > exchange. Can you save her? Can you survive the dangers of the Ring of Thieves?

Ring of Thieves is a solo adventure for Risus: The Anything RPG (included). For those who've enjoyed the free PDF version, this edition features an all-new layout, revised text, and 2.7% additional pure grooviness. < Less
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Risus Excessively Deluxe
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A 200-page compilation (available in both softcover and hardcover) of every notable Risus PDF, and then some. Find out what... More > happens when a six-page RPG makes a healthy THUNK on your gaming table. The Excessively Deluxe edition of Risus includes the entire Risus library and more - Risus: The Anything RPG, The Big List of RPG Plots, The Risus Companion, A Kringle in Time, Ring of Thieves, the unfinished oddity that is "Geezer," a gallery of Risus images, and sundries. < Less
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Risus Excessively Deluxe
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A 200-page compilation (available in both softcover and hardcover) of every notable Risus PDF, and then some. Find out what... More > happens when a six-page RPG makes a healthy THUNK on your gaming table. The Excessively Deluxe edition of Risus includes the entire Risus library and more - Risus: The Anything RPG, The Big List of RPG Plots, The Risus Companion, A Kringle in Time, Ring of Thieves, the unfinished oddity that is "Geezer," a gallery of Risus images, and sundries. < Less
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Encounter Critical (Softcover)
 More Detail 		Encounter Critical (Softcover) By S. John Ross
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This book includes the entire original text and layout (printed from the clean digital masters) available in both softcover... More > and hardcover. The cover is a full-color wraparound of the original obnoxious-orange “hero prop” scanned to create the PDF version. The True Scientific Edition also features pages of extras, including the armor table, character sheet, a hoax-retrospective article by S. John Ross, a guide to the anagrams hidden in the game, and even some (gasp) poetry. Perhaps best of all, there's a beautiful gallery of more cool Encounter Critical artwork by the original illustrators - outtakes that were drawn for the original game but that didn't squeeze in! Since you can't pry any staples from these books, each also includes single-page versions of the monster chart and map for easier reference. < Less
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Encounter Critical
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This book includes the entire original text and layout (printed from the clean digital masters) available in both softcover... More > and hardcover. The cover is a full-color wraparound of the original obnoxious-orange “hero prop” scanned to create the PDF version. The True Scientific Edition also features pages of extras, including the armor table, character sheet, a hoax-retrospective article by S. John Ross, a guide to the anagrams hidden in the game, and even some (gasp) poetry. Perhaps best of all, there's a beautiful gallery of more cool Encounter Critical artwork by the original illustrators - outtakes that were drawn for the original game but that didn't squeeze in! Since you can't pry any staples from these books, each also includes single-page versions of the monster chart and map for easier reference. < Less
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Fief: A Look at Medieval Society from its Lower Rungs
 More Detail 		Fief: A Look at Medieval Society from its Lower Rungs By Cumberland Games
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Lisa Steele's sourcebook examining the Middle Ages from the viewpoint of
the ordinary farmer, priest and landholder. Enjoy a... More > trip to a world where powerful priests can
charge sinners with the death penalty, and where knights gather for illegal
combat sports . . . where thieves can thumb their nose at the authorities
from within the walls of a church, and where a foraging band of the king's
own soldiers is more dangerous than a pack of brigand outlaws. In the midst
of all this, ordinary people survived to work the land, weave the cloth,
and pray for safety from famine and plague. Visit cumberlandgames.com
to learn more about this book in its original digital form (PDF sampler
available). Researched & written by Lisa J. Steele. Produced &
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Town: A City-Dweller's Look at 13th to 15th Century Europe
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The author of Fief returns to the middle ages with this new self-contained volume exploring medieval town and city life,... More > from the workings of mercantile guilds to crime & punishment, from the urban church to prostitution, from university life to preparations for war (along with appendices exploring medieval Paris, Venice, and York in more detail). Visit cumberlandgames.com to learn more about this book in its original digital form (PDF sampler available). Researched & written by Lisa J. Steele. Produced & indexed by S. John Ross. < Less
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