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SWADE core plus the Horror Companion and the Superpower Companion (to make the vampires). I ran the Zhalozhniy Quartet. Highly recommend. Try to incorporate some of the Gumshoe mindset. I also used rhe Nights Black Agents core rulebook, the ZQ adventure and the NBA Resource Guide to build out...

I ended up picking Shadowdark and the Halls of Arden Vul for my OSR experience. So far we’ve had a blast. Except for the SWADE Nights Black Agents game I ran last year this is the most fun I’ve had gaming in years. The thing those two games have in common is player choice and consequences...

Catalyst still regularly publishes both Battletech and Shadowrun fiction. Typically digitally.

I’ve recently started a Shadowdark Halls of Arden Vul campaign. We’ll likely stick with the content for a while. There is a chance we have a system change should we have a tpk. If that happens I might give A5e a spin. I’m curious to see what the Arden Vul experience is like across different...

Weekly, usually Tuesday or Wednesday night. We start at 7 and go until 10. Using Foondry + Discord. Currently three players + GM (me). Right now we are playing Arden Vul using Shadowdark. For a while I was also running a bi-weekly Friday night in person game at the FLGS. That game was Savage...

My current Shadowdark game we use Foundry for exploration maps and I use to display pictures. I do not populate stat blocks or build tokens. My players use their own character sheet and we roll physical dice. I have one token on the map screen. A party token that casts light so they can see...

Shadowdark Halls of Arden Vul Those are some big doors

Shadowdark Halls of Arden Vul: We found a secret entrance.

@Reynard you’re probably correct. I’m new to Shadowdark myself and am really still getting a feel for it. Could treat it as a side effect. If your attack roll beats hits by 5 (or 2, or 3 or whatever threshold) or more you do your damage and get the stunt as an additional effect/bonus...

I thought about this a couple years ago and thought I’d start with RIFTS as the foundation of course there was no sci-fi companion available.

Target AC+5 and then push, disarm, grapple, sunder, trip, or some other combat maneuver would be where I started. Or some kind of 10+ victim relevant stat, say strength to not be grappled, or dex to not be tripped. Let the character make their non-damaging attack against that DC.

This is the dream.

If I wanted to run SWADE as a dungeon crawler I’d grab the Gold and Glory book. It’s an OSR take on SWADE. Regarding AP style adventure in Savage Worlds I strip and combine encounters ruthlessly. Sometimes that means opening up the space involved as well Any I leave that would be a chaff...

I just ran my 4tu session of Shadowdark last night. One of my goals this year is to explore more OSR style gaming. I’m running Tomb of the Serpent King as a test. I haven’t used real time torches. It doesn’t feel right to me. I’ve cribbed a lot of dungeon exploration process from OSE. It...

Shadowdark: Tomb of the Serpent King Fighter failed petrification save.

Awesome! Thanks for the information.

I have a couple of, probably dumb, questions. (1) Is there a way to late-back Monstrous Menagerie 2? I missed the KS (2) Do the Gate Pass Gazette Annuals contain all of the content from the year or just selected content?

Earthdawn too maybe. Use or modify the Theran presence as the BBEG. Insert horrors as desired. It’s constrained, has plenty of factions, tons of lore you could pull at, and a built in BBEG you could use or modify.

I think you could do something with Symbaroum. Ruins of Symbaroum is native 5e. There’s a corruption mechanic you could tie to your BBEG. Plenty of factions you could attach too. Meets the size criteria. Depending on how you envision the BBEG you might could make it work. Especially if you...

I ran the Zalozhniy Quartet in Savage Worlds and Dracula Dossier is in my running for my 2026 big campaign (competing with one of the big Traveller campaigns). The bundle is a great buy, even just the advice in the NBA book about running conspiracies and structuring mysteries/investigations.