248-page hardcover; A5 (Digest) size; deluxe quality sewn binding; 2 ribbon markers; endpapers printed with quick reference info

Author: Gavin Norman, Cover artist: Peter Mullen

Advanced Fantasy Referee's Guide

An advanced game with a rich selection of monsters and treasures. The Advanced Fantasy Referee’s Tome is a complete referee's guide in a deluxe hardcover book:

• Adventures: Full guidelines for designing and running adventures.
• Monsters: A selection of over 300 classic monsters to challenge adventurers of all levels: mimics, piercers, shambling mounds, banshees, coffer corpses, terrible eyes, metallic dragons, liches, drow, deep ones, the terrifying tarrasque and many more classic Advanced era monsters! Includes complete encounter tables for dungeon levels 1–8+ and all types of wilderness terrain.
• Treasures: A hoard of over 300 wondrous magic items: the apparatus of the crab, ioun stones, figurines of wondrous power, the deck of many things, vorpal blades, dancing swords, the mighty holy avenger and many more classic Advanced era magic items!

Old-School Essentials Advanced Fantasy is a "best of" old-school gaming: a complete retelling of the classic 1980s Basic/Expert game expanded with reams of extras inspired by the 1970s Advanced 1st Edition rules.