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I hand-drew a condensed map of The Hounds of Hendenburgh (by Liam Pádraig Ó Cuilleanáin) for an upcoming Halloween one-shot. It’s one of my all-time favorite modules, so translating it into a single-session layout was a lot of fun.

I’ve also shared a breakdown of how I'm going to run this on my blog for anyone prepping a similar spooky session.

Now I have to go draw it again on my chessex vinyl mat...

I just released a Shadowdark RPG adventure as part of the Mystic Woods OSR Adventure Jam hosted by Redmage GM. And it includes more than 20 hand-drawn, outdoor dungeon tiles like these. You can download the adventure for free right here. Even if you don't like the adventure, you could arrange these dungeon tiles how you like and run your own open-air dungeon crawl.

I wrote a one-page dungeon for Into the Odd this month; it's an ancient lighthouse in a dried up sea bed. The denizens within serve a primordial trickster who intends to resurrect the Great Sea, threatening the nearby frontier town. It's free to download on itch! You can check it out right here.

I'm pretty new to adventure design, so I'd love to hear anyone's thoughts!

An isometric map of a chihuahua den. These yappy beasts have toothless bites; there's no damage, but you must make a save against being charmed!

I don't normally write reviews of adventures I read, but I have been thinking a lot these days about how to make Weird fiction work in rpgs. I came across In a Petal Unlimited while I was reading some pretty weird fiction. It felt like synchronicity and I had some thoughts. Check out my review here.

"Once the players begin their ascent, the module introduces a falling mechanic that made me incredibly jealous as a designer. I can instantly picture the spongy, gentle fall into the black grass, and the elegant way momentum actually makes the landing worse for the player. It’s the exact kind of physics-based hazard that is effortless to make a ruling on because you can vividly see it in your mind’s eye."

I had some fun drawing a gothic Mausritter setting, with the vaguest idea of running an adaptation of Ravenloft using Mausritter. Here we have a windmill and the surrounding misty wilderness: the mice live on the flagstone floor of this abandoned human structure, while their immortal Count--the Vampire Bat--lives in the rafters above the millstone. You can check out some of my ideas for the map here, on my blog, but it's not as detailed as my last setting (the Vacant Lot).

I'm not sure if I'll go back to working on this setting, since I've already run Ravenloft once for my players. If this map inspires you, feel free to use it as you like!

Urban Mausritter hex map called the Vacant Lot.

In the centre is Greenhaus, a village of 500 mice under the protection of the Vixen, Goldenfire.

Edited: Check out the keyed map here, on my blog.

I am already working on a follow up to my recent adventure (the Fading Coast) with a new Deep Water setting. It's going to be industrial-weird--I'm talking dredging for arcana, aberrant sea monsters, maths-sorcerer pirates, mechanical mock-sharks, and floating pubs.

I wanted to share the blank, routes-only map in case it inspires anyone else to get their Players out on the water! You can get a sneak peek of my new ideas on my blog.

Hey everyone, I just finished up a new adventure called The Fading Coast. I wanted to make something that felt atmospheric and Weird, but was easy to run at the table. It's built around a coastal pointcrawl and a vertical dungeon.

You can check it out here: https://bath-imaginable.itch.io/the-fading-coast and download the FREE DEMO with one click. I would love to hear what you think of the setting, it wears its influences on its sleeve like David Lynch, Roadside Picnic, and Resident Evil.