''Death in Freeport'' is a 2000 role-playing game adventure published by
Green Ronin Publishing
Green Ronin Publishing is an American company based in Seattle, Washington. Founded in 2000 by Chris Pramas and Nicole Lindroos, they have published several role-playing game–related products. They won several awards for their games includi ...
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''Death in Freeport'' is the first adventure that was published for the Freeport series.
Publication history
Three companies started
d20 System
The d20 System is a role-playing game system published in 2000 by Wizards of the Coast, originally developed for the Editions of Dungeons & Dragons#Dungeons & Dragons 3rd edition, 3rd edition of ''Dungeons & Dragons''. The system is named after ...
publishing off on August 10, 2000, by releasing their adventures the same day: ''The Wizard's Amulet'' (2000) from
Necromancer Games
Necromancer Games was an American publisher of role-playing games. With offices in Seattle, Washington and Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, the company specialized in material for the d20 System. Most of its products were released under the Open Game Licens ...
, often described as the first d20 product as the PDF was published in the few minutes of August 10 and was the first d20 supplement in wide release); ''Three Days to Kill'' (2000) from
Atlas Games
Atlas Games is a company which publishes role-playing games, board games and card games. Its founder and current president is John Nephew.
History
When Atlas Games did not have the finances to publish '' On the Edge'' (1994), they partnered with J ...
was available for sale locally a week before the convention but only officially went on sale that year at
Gen Con
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which made it the first d20 supplement in print; and ''Death in Freeport'' (2000) was available a few hours later at Gen Con.
Aside from being the first d20 publication from Green Ronin, ''Death in Freeport'' went on sale on the same day that the new ''
Dungeons & Dragons
''Dungeons & Dragons'' (commonly abbreviated as ''D&D'' or ''DnD'') is a fantasy tabletop role-playing game (TTRPG) originally created and designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson. The game was first published in 1974 by TSR (company)#Tactical ...
'' third edition ''
Player's Handbook
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'' (2000) became available, and according to Shannon Appelcline commenting on the first three d20 system adventures, "Of the three adventures, ''Death in Freeport'' may be the most notable. It defined a new campaign setting, the city of Freeport, and was also the first in a connected trilogy of d20 adventures. ''Death in Freeport'' was also a different sort of D&D adventure: it played like d20 crossed with Chaosium's ''Call of Cthulhu'' (1981), complete with cultists, ancient gods, and even player handouts. The crossover was quite explicit, with cultists of Yig and the Yellow Sign being among series antagonists."
The original adventure was soon followed by the rest of the trilogy over the next several months, ''Terror in Freeport'' (2000) and ''Madness in Freeport'' (2001).
Reception
''Death in Freeport'' won the
Origins Award
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s for "Best Roleplaying Adventure of 2000".
''Death in Freeport'' won the 2001
ENnie Award
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for "Best Adventure".
Reviews
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Pyramid
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Polyhedron
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*''Envoyer'' (German) (Issue 67 - May 2002)
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Backstab'' #26 (as "Mort à Freeport")
*''Coleção Dragon Slayer''
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References
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D20 System adventures
ENnies winners
Fantasy campaign settings
Origins Award winners
Role-playing game supplements introduced in 2000