Most well seasoned Judges Guild collectors (Even newbies) know about the most sought after Wilderlands playing aids like the City State sets (CSIO and CSWE) and the Wilderlands Sets too, each of which included at least 4 large brown two sided maps (Counting Judges and Players copies).
But not as many of us pay much attention to some other less well-known products that Judges Guild produced for the Wilderlands.
The Wilderlands Series Books are a set of five separate playing aids (Books), which map in greater detail certain areas of the wilderness surrounding the City State of the Invincible Overlord.
All five of these books use the Campaign Hexagon System and the Wilderlands Campaign Map One.
Each book contains about 25 Five Mile Hexes (some more, some less) taken from various areas surrounding the City State of the Invisible Overlord with hex maps included inside each book.
All maps covered by each book are included inside the book, and none of the books had separate maps.
It was assumed that you already have a copy of Campaign Map One, although that map is not needed to insert the data in the books into a larger campaign or as a stand alone adventure set.
The books contain details of those hexes, including at least 1 adventure scenario (most have 2 or more).
Also included are details for the towns, cities, or villages inside the region of the detailed hexes, with gobs of information on major NPCs and monsters too (including Lairs, or dungeons).
These books offer a lot of adventuring for a harried
DM looking for a quick adventure for the group.
As a combined City State Campaign they are awesome and easy to use as ALL of them take place inside the area covered by that single Campaign Map...
Like most other Judges Guild products, these books are very easy to use, and easy to insert into any campaign scenario as side adventures, or even as a part of your larger campaign.
These can also be inserted into other systems with a bit of tweaking by the
DM ahead of time.
Mines of Custalcon (111) Wilderlands Book One.
Spies of Lightelf (270) Wilderlands Book Two.
Shield Maidens of Sea Rune (1010) Wilderlands Book Three.
Pirates of Hagrost (1020) Wilderlands Book Four.
Witches Court Marshes (1090) Wilderlands Book Five.
Many of you have one or more of these books in your collection, but have you read them and have you used them?
If not then give them a read.
Try one out in your campaigns or even in pickup games.
If you do not have any I highly recommend that you look for one of them (any of the five will do as a start).
Each of these books can commonly be found for sale on E-Bay for less than $10 (though Witches Court Marshes is sometimes listed higher than the others and I have no idea why).
Despite the low cost for these books, they offer so much for your adventuring needs.
