I've written some ideas about how to adapt the new Netflix series Below as a nautical horror adventure for my game Dreadnauts, a hack of Mothership. People who've been asking me to talk about the kind of adventure that fits Dreadnauts will have a lot to work with here. But be careful: it contains A LOT of spoilers for the series.
Ahoy!
Here's the newest update on Dreadnauts, my nautical horror hack of Mothership.
See you there!
After months and months of intense design, rewrites and much expectation you can finally embark with me in this Nautical Horror roleplaying game based on MOTHERSHIP rules.
Thank you to everyone who shared a word of encouragement, gave suggestions and even sent me critics.
I'd love to hear your feedback.
You can get your copy at: https://plusoneexp.com/products/dreadnaughts-maiden-voyage
If you happen to be at GENCON, just sail to BOOTH 449 and grab your copy.
And, please, say "Ahoy!" to Tony Vasinda for me!
Cheers!
Luiz Ricon
HALL K - BOOTH 449 - Tony's waiting for you!
Just wanted to share some pictures of the printed book.
It will be available on the Plus One Experience online store in both print and digital format on July, 27th.
You can also catch it at Gencon - Hall K - booth #449 - Plus One Experience / Indie Press Revolution.
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image - actual spread from the book
Ahoy! My nautical horror hack of MOTHERSHIP is finally setting sail.
I'll be releasing a Zero Edition at GenCon, published by PlusOneXP.
If you want to know more about it, please drop a comment or DM me.
This group has always been very supportive of my project.
Thank you! Luiz.
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Hey everybody!
My name is Luiz and I'm new to Shadowdark.
As I was reading the core book and Cursed Scroll #1, I started putting some ideas on paper for a dark frontier setting.
I'm calling the project Trailblazers, and I want to mix folk horror, isolated settlements, tropical wilderness exploration, lost expeditions, and the myths and legends of the colonial Americas.
Movies like The Witch, The Revenant, The Mission, Solomon Kane, and Aguirre, the Wrath of God are some of my main influences.
The core idea of Trailblazers is that the wilderness becomes the dungeon.
Instead of delving beneath the earth, adventurers venture into the Darkwild: a vast unknown territory of jungles, rivers, mountains, forgotten ruins, hidden wealth, and things that should have remained undiscovered.
Mechanically, I'm building it as a hexcrawl-first setting, which seems perfect for sandbox and West Marches campaigns. I'm planning random tables for weather, environmental features, travel challenges, encounters, discoveries, and treasures to make exploration feel dangerous and unpredictable.
Some other ideas I'm experimenting with:
• Gold grants XP, but treasure recovered from the wilderness can also corrupt body and soul.
• Black powder firearms are devastating, but unreliable in harsh frontier conditions such as humidity, rain, and river crossings.
• Rules for diseases, poisons, wilderness hazards, and resource management during long expeditions far from civilization.
• Four new exploration-focused classes, frontier-themed character options, new spells, and magic items.
The goal is to create a setting where every expedition into the unknown feels rewarding, dangerous, and a little unsettling.
Has anyone else experimented with wilderness-first Shadowdark campaigns? I'd love to hear what worked and what didn't.
Also, if anyone has recommendations for Shadowdark 3rd party content, or other books, movies, adventures, settings, historical sources, or anything else that might serve as inspiration, I'd love to hear them.
And if you'd like to learn more about the project, I've written a short article introducing the setting:
https://hexplorerpg.substack.com/p/welcome-to-trailblazers
Thank you!
Luiz – Hexplore RPG
