Well, the numbers are a little off, but that's ok, it shifted during development--

There are 7 adventures for characters level 1 to 12. We managed 8 NPCs and 6 locations, and I think there are another two NPCs who snuck into location write-ups.

-Ben.
--
Streets of Zobeck Lead Designer
and
Kobold Quarterly News Minion

There's an adventure in there called Rust which has some very shady types I hear.

Enjoying having a read through this. I almost want to see the chaos that would occur if the party did bring the paladin along...

Oh, and here's a web preview of the Old Stross Bathhouse. I love the locations in here - it's a great set of unusual city environments.

This book is worth buying for the art alone.

The art is great! There's a sneak peek of some of it in the first review (by Robot Viking).

My favorite bit from the review:

I’d go so far as to say that any Pathfinder campaign that spends a lot of time in urban environs needs this book. The characters, locales and adventure hooks are all designed to give a gritty verisimilitude to a fantasy city. There aren’t really good guys and bad guys, just a bunch of shady characters, every one of them on the make. It’s a lot like film noir if film noir had ghouls and death cults.[/url]

The art is great! There's a sneak peek of some of it in the first review (by Robot Viking).

My favorite bit from the review:

TheRobotViking wrote:

I’d go so far as to say that any Pathfinder campaign that spends a lot of time in urban environs needs this book. The characters, locales and adventure hooks are all designed to give a gritty verisimilitude to a fantasy city. There aren’t really good guys and bad guys, just a bunch of shady characters, every one of them on the make. It’s a lot like film noir if film noir had ghouls and death cults.[/url]

I haven't finished reading it yet. But so far I really like it. I got a very theives world novel series feel from it. Which is a compliment as I really liked that series of books.

This book is worth buying for the art alone.

The art is fantastic! These are the kind of images you can look at three or four times and still find new stuff. I think Glen did a great job capturing the kind of B&W imagery you'd get from noir material, like "Sin City."

-Ben.
--
Lead designer on Streets of Zobeck

I too was impressed by the artwork! As good as any RPG publication. But that's just icing on the cake. I was a patron of the design project and if I do say so myself it is very good! I'm not just saying that. The writing is first rate and -- yes, Richard Pett wrote the spooky and dangerous "Rust" adventure. With SIX complete adventures, FIVE locations and a dozen NPCs this is a great buy for the GM who needs gritty material for his game. Oh, and the guy who came up with the Stolen Identity spell and the Shoes of the Shingled Canopy wondrous item should really be commended for his creativity and design aplumb! :^ )

I haven't finished reading it yet. But so far I really like it. I got a very theives world novel series feel from it. Which is a compliment as I really liked that series of books.

Good to know. I bought the Green Ronin slip boxset about this time last year. When I got my copy of SoZ it should help to convert my TW D20 material.

Print/PDF Bundle now available!

Print/PDF Bundle now available!

Awesome! Thank you so much!

-Ben.
--
Lead Designer for Streets of Zobeck

You know who else likes it?

Geekdad.

Just saying.

-Ben.
--
Lead Designer for Streets of Zobeck

YES! The GeekDad writeup is both fun, and right on target.

Feels odd to see Streets next to Legos and the inevitable chunky watch.

And Berin Kinsman likes it, too! ;)

-Ben.
--
Lead Designer on Streets of Zobeck

I'm currently waiting for my senior patron print copy to finalize my review. :)

And we got another review today from the folks at Stargazer's World!

Looks like a hit! :D

-Ben.
--
Lead Designer on Streets of Zobeck.

Reviewed.

Nice review, D_M!

Nice review, D_M!

Thanks... so where's your review? :)

My 2nd review ever.

Nice review Erik. You should consider doing more reviews.

@ D_M: Before you ask, I'm on it. Perhaps by this weekend I'll have one ready.

Nice review Erik. You should consider doing more reviews.

@ D_M: Before you ask, I'm on it. Perhaps by this weekend I'll have one ready.

*cracks the whip* Faster. :)

Yes, so I lied a little. But it isn't my fault! Being a minion sometimes takes more time than predicted. Even Demon Lords have deadlines... (that their minions must make).

Oh, and Reviewed!

Yes, so I lied a little. But it isn't my fault! Being a minion sometimes takes more time than predicted. Even Demon Lords have deadlines... (that their minions must make).

Oh, and Reviewed!

No excuses.

Oh and nice review. :)

My 2nd review ever.

My thanks to everyone who's taken the time to review this. I greatly appreciate it!

-Ben.

Finally reviewed here and sent to GMS magazine. I'll also devote a post on RPGaggression to it this week and it features in my top-10-list of 2011.

Oh yeah.

And this is officially my 500th review here on Paizo, meaning that I wrote 250 reviews in about half a year. O.O

All the best,
EZG out.

Wow, thanks for the insightful words, End. I appreciate the time you've taken to post all these reviews and I'm thrilled to have Streets as your 500th review!

-Ben.

Thanks for the kind words, Ben - it's nice to see all the work appreciated!
I have wanted to do this review for quite some time and wanted Streets to get a special slot in my reviewing history. :)

See you make me look sane when doing reviews.

Yeah, I get this "make me look sane"-angle in a lot of aspects of my life ... :D

Wait. Is that a good thing? oO

Nicely revewed, Endzeitgeist! I think Ben did an excellent job in pulling all the noir bits together. I'm still having fun with this supplement in my home campaign.

Thanks, Christina!

I really enjoyed some of the ideas in your adventures, Christina! That's one of the reason why I immediately jumped on board for your project. :)

Thanks for your review and kind words Endzeitgeist.
I just got around to seeing this.
-Matthew Stinson

Nominated for an ENnie Award as Best Adventure!

Congrats to lead designer Ben McFarland and all the authors who contributed to making this such an amazing book.

Awesome!!!

Congrats, Kobolds!

Outstanding news! Congratulations!

Yes,great news Ben! This is your second ENnie nomination right?
-Matthew Stinson

Yes,great news Ben! This is your second ENnie nomination right?

This is! The first was for the Tales of Zobeck 3.5 anthology which won Silver for the E-book. I'm very excited and hopefully this'll have a shot against the big kids. Pelgrane Press and WotC are not small fanbases.

-Ben.

Congrats, Ben!!!!

Rock on, Ben!

It's official: Streets of Zobeck won the Gold ENnie as the Best Adventure of 2012!

Silver went to Wizards of the Coast for Gardmore Abbey.

Congrats to Ben McFarland, Christina Stiles, Matthew Stinson, Mike Franke, and Richard Pett for delivering the best adventure of the year!

I still can't believe we pulled it off. Wow! :D I can't thank the fans of this book enough!

If you pick this book up, play it like you stole it! ;)

-Ben.

:D

I can't believe I had to hear it on the web.

Congrats all around.

::applause::

I still can't believe we pulled it off. Wow! :D I can't thank the fans of this book enough!

If you pick this book up, play it like you stole it! ;)

-Ben.

yes it was awesome to watch ben win,

play it like you stole it indeed.

Updated product description—Streets of Zobeck won the Gold ENnie for Best Adventure! Way to go y'all!

Devoted my first post on NERD TREK to posting my review of it there!