Archive – Historical People, Places, and Events for RPGs is a Kickstarter funded book. by Molten Sulfer Press. It is a high quality paperback with full color photographs and art. 80 people, places, and events from ancient to modern times are presented with the known historical facts, and each topic ends with a section on how it could be used in a roleplaying game.

I backed this because I love history, I have a B.A. in History, and knew of some of the items included, but having the bare facts at my fingertips without having to get lost in Wikipedia appealed to me.

What I Liked:

• It is well presented with a cover to set the tone.
• The physical construction of the book is quite solid for a 266 page paperback. The quality of the paper contributes to its heft.
• The table of contents breaks down to these categories to help you find the type of information you want.
  • Landscapes
  • Cities, Towns, and Buildings
  • Events
  • People
• The photographs and art convey much more than each short entry.
• The concept.
  • The idea of collecting this type of information illustrates what I, and others in the OSR and beyond say about where we get our inspiration. We get it from everything we have ever seen, done, or read.
• There is a PDF, making for searchable text, or you can print out what you need for the table.
  • Both the Table of Contents, and the Index have hyperlinks.

What I’d Like to See:

• More
  • More articles, however what is contained in this book have enough ideas for more than 80 pieces of a campaign. It would take years to exhaust the suggestions here.

The PDF is available on DriveThruRPG [Affiliate Link] for $15.00.