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Hi all,

Just sharing something we put together: a free 20 page Shadowdark mini dungeon called Shelter of Husks.

We're a tiny indie studio working on a hexcrawl adventure rooted in Eurasian, Anatolian, and Mesopotamian folk-horror. The full book is taking a while, so we cut the first dungeon out as a standalone teaser and made it free.

Some things you can find in it:

An 18-room underground sanctum that loops on itself. Six original monsters with bonds, pacts, and one that doesn't really die unless you know how. A ritual puzzle where the solution is hiding in plain sight if your players read carefully. A small NPC who carries more weight than his stat block suggests, with a choice that has wrecked a few of our playtest tables in the best way.

Dungeon map and all art is hand drawn, no AI.

Free Download on itch.io!

The full hexcrawl, Cinderwake Vol.1: The Drifting Crown of the Old King, has a Kickstarter pre-launch page up if you want to check:

Follow us on Kickstarter Pre-Launch Page!

But mainly we just wanted to share the demo with the Shadowdark community. Happy to hear thoughts after you read it.

Hey. We're a two-person indie studio working on a Shadowdark hexcrawl rooted in Eurasian, Near Eastern and Mesopotamian folklore.

It's taking a while, so we cut the first dungeon out as a standalone teaser and put it up for free. 20 pages, runs for levels 1-3. Shelter of Husks.

Some things you can find in the teaser:

An 18-room underground sanctum that loops on itself. Six original monsters with bonds, pacts, and one that doesn't really die unless you know how. A ritual puzzle where the solution is hiding in plain sight if your players read carefully. A small NPC who carries more weight than his stat block suggests, with a choice that has wrecked a few of our playtest tables in the best way.

Map is pen-and-ink, all art is hand-drawn, no AI.

Free on itch.io: Download the free Mini-Dungeon, Shelter of Husks!

Full hexcrawl is heading to Kickstarter soon, pre-launch here if you want to follow:
Cinderwake Vol.1 Kickstarter Page.

Mainly though we just wanted to put something out there. Happy to hear thoughts.

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