20 Things #57: Besieged Castle (System Neutral Edition) by Creighton Broadhurst and Mike Welham is a generic role playing game supplement published by Raging Swan Press.
The supplement is available as an 11-page PDF for $3.75 from DriveThruRPG but was purchased at a reduced price thanks to a special offer. The PDF comes in three versions, two PDFS, one designed for print and high-end devices, the other for mobile and low-end devices, and a plaintext file. Two pages of the PDF are the front and rear covers, two pages are ads and one page is the front matter and Contents.
1: Minor Events has two d10 tables of events that might happen during the siege, one for the day and one for night.
2: Attacks starts with a d12 table of things the besiegers might attempt and a d12 table of defences and counterattacks the defenders may try.
3: Challenges & Complications has two d10 tables applicable for the defenders, one for dwindling supplies and the other for low morale.
20 Things #57: Besieged Castle (System Neutral Edition) in Review
The PDF is bookmarked with major and minor sections linked. The Contents is to a similar level of depth and is hyperlinked. Navigation is decent. The text maintains a two-column format and appeared to be free of errors. There are a couple of black and white illustrations, one full page in size. Presentation is decent.
This is exactly what it appears to be; a simple supplement that can add a range of events to a siege. Nothing is covered in great detail (and, like quite a few supplements in the range, the “20 Things” part of the title is a bit misleading), but there’s a range of possible events, each about a short paragraph in length, covering a range of possible situations that can be used with a fantasy, or likely even an ordinary, siege. 20 Things #57: Besieged Castle (System Neutral Edition) can be found by clicking here.
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