Bloodstone Pass (Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Battlesystem module H1) [Paperback]

Douglas Niles (Author), Michael Dobson (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: TSR Hobbies (August 1985)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0394548566
• ISBN-13: 978-0394548562
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,702,332 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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MICHAEL SINGER DOBSON, marketing executive, project management consultant and nationally-known speaker, has been a staff member of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, award-winning game designer, and career counselor in his varied career.

He is the author of numerous books on alternate history, project management, and other topics. With his wife Deborah, he has done two video and audio training resources.

Born in North Carolina, Dobson grew up in Germany, attending German public schools, then moved to Alabama through high school. He earned a BA from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, editing the campus literary magazine and managing an annual North Carolina writer's conference.

Under the leadership of astronaut Michael Collins and Walter J. Boyne, the 'dean of American aviation writers,' Dobson helped manage the mammoth development of what became the world's most popular museum, the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum, a Federal government project accomplished ahead of schedule and under budget. His projects there included curatorial design of the museum's Gallery of Air Transportation.

He became a career counselor and coach contributing to two books on the intricacies of the Government job application SF 171 and its successor r'sum' format, and ran a successful consulting practice in Washington, DC, for many years, working with all ranks and levels of Federal employees up to members of the Senior Executive Service and White House 'plum book' appointees.

In 1983, he joined TSR, Inc., publishers of DUNGEONS & DRAGONS, as a game editor/developer, and quickly rose through the ranks to become Director of Game Development and Marketing, responsible for the management and marketing of over 65 creative new product development projects per year plus contract administration. Later, he became Vice President/Marketing & Sales for Games Workshop (US), and then Vice President of Discovery Software International, Inc..

In 1990, he entered the speaking world as a seminar leader working with leading providers including Fred Pryor Seminars, SkillPath Seminars, and Dun & Bradstreet Business Education Seminars. He currently consults as Dobson Solutions and as a senior instructor for Management Concepts, Inc., Project Management Division. A popular seminar leader in project management, communications and personal success, he brings a unique practical perspective to what works in the real world. He has trained people in well over 1,000 organizations on three continents on topics ranging from project management to communications to effective career strategies.

He is a founding director of the Samaritan Chancellor's Medal, an award given by the Israelite Samaritan people for contributions to world peace. He is a member of the Science Fiction Writers of America and a past winner of the H. G. Wells Award (with Douglas Niles.

He is married to frequent co-author and corporate executive Deborah Singer Dobson. He has one son, a tarantula, and his own real space suit.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating, if you have BATTLESYSTEM, July 8, 2005

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Kurt A. Johnson (North-Central Illinois, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bloodstone Pass (Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Battlesystem module H1) (Paperback)

H1: Bloodstone Pass is an AD&D (1st edition) adventure module for five to seven characters of level thirteen to seventeen. That's right, this is a wide-ranging adventure for high-level characters. But, it is not your normal AD&D adventure.

In Bloodstone Pass, the characters begin play as down-on-their-luck refugees, who must come to the aid of the town of Bloodstone, raise armies, fight dread opponents, and save the day. Certain of the adventures that the characters will encounter will be of the standard sort, but others are based on the BATTLESYSTEM rules that allow unit based action.

Overall, I found this to be a fascinating module, with a lot of great action and grand adventure. If you have access to the BATTLESYSTEM rules, then this is a module you should consider. If you don't, then just move along, as large-scale battle are an integral part of the module. I give this 1985 module a guarded recommendation.

4.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating, if you have BATTLESYSTEM, August 15, 2005

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Kurt A. Johnson (North-Central Illinois, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bloodstone Pass (Paperback)

H1: Bloodstone Pass is an AD&D (1st edition) adventure module for five to seven characters of level thirteen to seventeen. That's right, this is a wide-ranging adventure for high-level characters. But, it is not your normal AD&D adventure.

In Bloodstone Pass, the characters begin play as down-on-their-luck refugees, who must come to the aid of the town of Bloodstone, raise armies, fight dread opponents, and save the day. Certain of the adventures that the characters will encounter will be of the standard sort, but others are based on the BATTLESYSTEM rules that allow unit based action.

Overall, I found this to be a fascinating module, with a lot of great action and grand adventure. If you have access to the BATTLESYSTEM rules, then this is a module you should consider. If you don't, then just move along, as large-scale battle are an integral part of the module. I give this 1985 module a guarded recommendation.