The Garrison of Greassnggraus aka All About Adventuring in the Wilderness by John Josten is a role playing game supplement published by Board Enterprises. This is part of the Small Bites series, and is the ‘World Walker’ version; the full version is available to Patreons and is more than double the length.
This is a 23-page PDF that is available for free from DriveThruRPG. One page is the front cover.
The Introduction explains that encounters in the wilderness will be different, because of the lack of walls, and that this is going to consider adventuring the borderland. It also references The Keep on the Borderlands, albeit not by name. This is followed by a brief Table of Contents.
Fletnern Wiki contains several articles from the wiki, covering groups, legends, tribes, cities, animals, individuals and cultures, all generally connected to the city of Rhum.
The Sounding Board is a selection of reproduced blog articles. How to Craft Your Fantasy Cities says that, when the author started working on Fletnern, he originally started working on the city of Brinston, with a population of 1 million. Then moved onto Rhum, with a population of 40,000, after discovering how big a job that was. Then changed how he was creating the city, which started out as designing every single person and where they live, changing to describing neighbourhoods and major landmarks.
How to Craft Your Fantasy Cities – Part 2 – Businesses continues on this theme, again with some changes in direction, both using a GM aide that uses historical data for London and using a phonebook to add businesses. Neither worked in a way he was happy with, so a new direction was taken.
Are the X-Men the Perfect FRPG Party? examines the X-Men, from Giant X-Men #1, as an adventuring party, reskinning them in a fantasy setting and suggesting superhero teams as a source of inspiration.
Economics of Adventuring is on why adventurers adventure, because the wages don’t cover costs. It’s the loot that does.
Lower Level Bad Guys is on the creation of a small, low-level group of bandits.
Lifestyles of the Magical and Mundane has The Garrison of Greassnggraus, detailing how this garrison of Rhum’s is set up, organised and what those stationed there do. There are five garrisons, all very similar. In this section is also a brief bit on the Rhum Army.
Rhoric Farm has how a farm is set up.
News of Fletnern has the History of the Rhoric Hills, how the Goblin Empire collapsed after civil war, becoming the Ogre Nation, the rise of Rhum in the area, the creation of the garrisons and a map showing their locations.
Where the Buffalo Roam is on troubles buffalo hunters are having with ogres.
The Good Life starts with how the garrisons are reached. The Rhoric Plains details the region around Rhum. Woodcutter vs. woodsman covers the differences between these two professions. Slang & Superstition has some local slang.
What’s Missing covers two pages and lists what’s included in the full version.
In Conclusion wraps it up and has various links.
The final page is a player’s map of the area around Rhum.
The Garrison of Greassnggraus aka All About Adventuring in the Wilderness in Review
The PDF is extensively bookmarked with major and minor sections linked. The Table of Contents is not as thorough and is hyperlinked. Navigation is very good. The text maintains a two-column format and some minor errors were noticed. There are a number of stock black and white illustrations and some partly coloured maps. Presentation is okay.
As with the other supplements in this series, this is a collection of disparate articles on a generally connected theme. In this version, the theme is more that of Rhum than it truly is of adventuring in the wilderness. It does cover the borderland areas of Rhum, and the garrisons guarding them and. In places, as is typical of the author, the thinking on world creation goes to a deeper level than perhaps most would consider doing. The Garrison of Greassnggraus aka All About Adventuring in the Wilderness is still an interesting collection of articles and it can be downloaded for free by clicking here.
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