Designer comment: Be sure to grab your free copy of Beyond the Black Gate Compendium 2011. This year's compendium features new magic items, monsters, abilities, class, adventure locales, random charts, and an all-new, never-before-seen adventure set in the Wilderlands of High Fantasy. Be sure to print it "booklet" style for maximum old-school effect. Table of Contents: Magic Items for first-level characters – pg 3 Adventure Locale: The Suppurating Hive – pg 4 Random Table: What’s in the hole? – pg 6 Random Table: Things you find in an Abandoned Post-Apocalyptic Outpost – pg 9 Megadungeon Monsters – pg 12 The Old School Gamer Zodiac – pg 13 New Ability: Morality – pg 15 Megadungeon Equipment – pg 16 An Alternate Way to Generate Magic Items - pg 18 Adventure Locale: The Isle of Green Stones - pg 20 New Class: Musketeer – pg 22 Adventure: The Apocalypse Riddle – pg 24 User summary: This collection of items from Al Krombach's Beyond the Black Gate blog posts is of use in most old-school fantasy games.