I’ve considered publishing RPG stuff in the past and even got to the stage of writing a few things about 12 years ago but never did anything with it.
After interviewing some awesome people as part of our AlbaCon video panels I decided to look into the RPG Writer Workshop.
It’s something I was aware of but not something I’d really considered until talking to people about writing for the DMsGuild specifically.
So, in November 2020 I signed up to take part in the RPG Writer Workshop.
Unsettled Ground is a 4 to 6-hour adventure for 4th level characters.
Content warning: Spiders.
The ruins of Castle Hermitage are shrouded in mystery after the disappearance of Lord Soulis Hermitage some 50 years ago.
In the time since, the thriving village of Bellshall has grown a reputation for its market and specifically for the gemstones that can be bought there.
Unfortunately for the people of Bellshall that supply of gemstones is at risk.
Something is watching the Deep Gnomes who live and work in the mine. Soon it will need to feed.
Are there any heroes who can help defeat this horrible menace, save the Deep Gnomes, and the village’s prosperity?
Contains:
- A 4 to 6-hour adventure for four 4th level characters. With scaling information for other levels.
- A new CR3 monster, the Ettercap Host.
- Print friendly version.
- Accessible version.
- Separate GM & player map images for VTT use (Gridded and Gridless).
I took part in the Storytelling Collective’s RPG Writer Workshop again in July 2021. I mostly did it because they had a Call of Cthulhu track this time around.
From that I published The Oxford Articles as part of Chaosium’s Miskatonic Repository.
What connects a fire at St Michael At The North Gate Church,
a series of missing books and The Order of the Green Gate?
Visit Oxford, England in 1953 and help uncover the truth.
The adventure is for 3 to 6 investigators, and should take between 6 and 10 hours of game play to complete depending on the decisions taken by the Keeper and Players.
Set in Oxford, England in 1953 the adventure leans more towards the 1920s than Modern from an Era perspective.
The investigators are summoned to All Souls College to help an old friend or colleague in solving a confusing mystery.
The following topics are referenced in this adventure and as such I have included them as content warnings: aftermath of fire, colonialism, occult experiences, parental death, rotted corpse, sexism and zombie of dead parent.
A 58 page fully bookmarked PDF in standard and “print friendly” formats.
- Front cover
- 26 page adventure.
- Rear cover
- 30 pages of maps (Keeper and Player versions), handouts and 6 pregenerated investigators.
The download also includes zip files
By some fluke I came up with a mechanic and name for a game about immortals who have swords.
It may have some relation to a certain film of which there were definitely less than two made.
You can pick up Less Than Two, which is a One Page RPG for free (or donation), on Itch here – https://a2ndchapter.itch.io/less-than-two – and on DriveThruRPG here – https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/349436/Less-Than-Two-One-Page-RPG
My 2nd Miskatonic Repository release was in early 2022 when I released Horror in the Highlands.
On Friday 23rd February 1722, something horrible happened in Moy.
It is almost Friday 23rd February 1923 and, once again, Moy will experience something horrible.
The Bodach Glas has come.
There will be Horror in the Highlands.
The adventure is for 3 to 6 investigators, and should take between 6 and 10 hours of game play to complete depending on the decisions taken by the Keeper and Players.
The adventure is set in the village of Moy in the Scottish Highlands during February 1923.
The investigators are invited to a celebration by Lord Mackintosh to commemorate the launch of a new whisky named after his late father.
The following topics are referenced in this adventure and as such I have included them as content warnings: beheading, burning alive, decapitation, occult experiences, and pagan themes.
This 44 page fully bookmarked PDF includes:
- Front cover
- 20 page adventure
- 20 pages of handouts and maps
- 6 pregenerated investigators including sheets, portrait artwork and VTT tokens in separate ZIP.
- 10 NPCs portraits and VTT tokens in ZIP.
- VTT Maps in Keeper and Investigator forms along with other images for handouts in ZIP.
- Rear cover