hexcrawl
False Prophecies
Concept: An album of dungeon synth and dark ambient tracks with accompanying adventure
Content: A physical manifestation of the Sword of Hailstone game app
Writing: Provides mechanics for navigating the frozen wastes and lore and stat blocks for what you’ll find along the way
Art/design: Masterfully puzzles the game content into the relatively small space of a fold-out cassette case
Usability: Pairs well with Sword of Hailstone materials, which include a fold-out hex map
Content: A physical manifestation of the Sword of Hailstone game app
Writing: Provides mechanics for navigating the frozen wastes and lore and stat blocks for what you’ll find along the way
Art/design: Masterfully puzzles the game content into the relatively small space of a fold-out cassette case
Usability: Pairs well with Sword of Hailstone materials, which include a fold-out hex map
Fathomless Despair
Concept: “Death is the least of your concerns if you are foolish enough to visit this horrible and dark place. The air and soil are filled with the stench of undeath as a lingering evil makes its presence known to all who explore this desolate land.”
Content: A pocket map of the Valley of Unfortunate Undead. Complete with its creatures, and contents.
Writing: A historical account of the valley’s many ruins and follies, and a brief taxonomy of the undead they left behind. Intended to inspire not direct.
Art/design: Efficient grouping, color coding, and placement accommodate each aesthetic flourish.
Usability: Can be folded to fit in your pocket. Designed to minimize flipping. Pre-record the creature stats to truly optimize your experience.
Content: A pocket map of the Valley of Unfortunate Undead. Complete with its creatures, and contents.
Writing: A historical account of the valley’s many ruins and follies, and a brief taxonomy of the undead they left behind. Intended to inspire not direct.
Art/design: Efficient grouping, color coding, and placement accommodate each aesthetic flourish.
Usability: Can be folded to fit in your pocket. Designed to minimize flipping. Pre-record the creature stats to truly optimize your experience.
Frozen Hellscape
“Ever wanted to go to the frozen, colourless wastes of Kergus? Fancy introducing your party of renegades and hopeless vagabonds to an oversized, selfish gangster running the underside of Galgenbeck?”
Hexed Solo Rules to Die For
Concept: “an expansion to MÖRK BORG that allows players and Referees to randomly generate a hex crawl map to explore.”
Content: Rules for hex map generation; tables for environs, weather, and encounters; creatures; three new scvm; and four void dieties.
Writing: Rules as preamble to hexes and tables full of misery fitting a Dying Land.
Art/design: Ornate headers for rules, plain headers for reference. Generated images in a variety of styles.
Usability: References Feretory, Heretic, and Solitary Defilement. Intended for use with a solo oracle.
Content: Rules for hex map generation; tables for environs, weather, and encounters; creatures; three new scvm; and four void dieties.
Writing: Rules as preamble to hexes and tables full of misery fitting a Dying Land.
Art/design: Ornate headers for rules, plain headers for reference. Generated images in a variety of styles.
Usability: References Feretory, Heretic, and Solitary Defilement. Intended for use with a solo oracle.
Holy Artifacts of the Sacred Tragedies
Concept: “The powers and locations of artifacts made from the remains of the Sacred Tragedies... that gives insight into the Order of Her Devoted Midwives sect”
Content: Three single-sheet pamphlet adventures, and one on a new sect of the One Trve Faith.
Writing: A plausibly disturbing take on Basilisk worship which ties the adventures together into a larger optional campaign.
Art/design: A consistent palette makes for a cohesive collection, while exploration of contrast differentiates each pamphlet.
Usability: Well designed for use as a physical prop at the table. Get them in print if you can.
Content: Three single-sheet pamphlet adventures, and one on a new sect of the One Trve Faith.
Writing: A plausibly disturbing take on Basilisk worship which ties the adventures together into a larger optional campaign.
Art/design: A consistent palette makes for a cohesive collection, while exploration of contrast differentiates each pamphlet.
Usability: Well designed for use as a physical prop at the table. Get them in print if you can.
Murkwürst is burning
Concept: “Harsh and bleak, the mining village of Murkwürst is located in a valley of the Wästland... the unfortunate villagers barely survive, barricaded in their unburned house[s].”
Content: A burning village vtt hexcrawl.
Writing: A series of events tables, npcs, and location descriptions to drive the action.
Art/design: Engaging maps and gritty illustrations.
Usability: Integrated with FoundryVTT, references Alles Wird Brennen & Gregor’s Folly.
Content: A burning village vtt hexcrawl.
Writing: A series of events tables, npcs, and location descriptions to drive the action.
Art/design: Engaging maps and gritty illustrations.
Usability: Integrated with FoundryVTT, references Alles Wird Brennen & Gregor’s Folly.
No Country for Old St. Nick
“It is a dark time for Santa Claus, the world will end soon and there seems no point in trying to sugar plum coat it.”
Peas Offering
Concept: “In ancient times, villagers in fear of the Duck God built an altar deep underground, trying to placate it with gifts and sacrifices.”
Content: A subterranean, duck-themed hex crawl
Writing: Includes lore, stats for monsters, and details about the location
Art/design: Clearly laid out using color, typefaces, and bullet points for emphasis, differentiation, and easy navigation
Usability: Pages are in reverse order, but there’s only two of them, so it doesn’t hinder usability
Content: A subterranean, duck-themed hex crawl
Writing: Includes lore, stats for monsters, and details about the location
Art/design: Clearly laid out using color, typefaces, and bullet points for emphasis, differentiation, and easy navigation
Usability: Pages are in reverse order, but there’s only two of them, so it doesn’t hinder usability
Purgatory
Concept: “100 travel encounters, six new classes, skills to expand your characters, and three adventure locations”
Content: The encounters encompass a range of people, happenings, and other … things; classes bring some archetypes and novel concepts to the table; skills add additional depth and features to Getting Better; the two shorter adventures work as one-shots, and Purgatory provides a sprawling landscape for scum to explore
Writing: Not terribly text heavy with alternately descriptive and instructive prose
Art/design: Fairly straightforward layouts with a wide range of art; obligatory yellow and pink
Usability: PDF comes in HD and SD versions to accommodate user needs; also include some hex tiles for exploring Purgatory
Content: The encounters encompass a range of people, happenings, and other … things; classes bring some archetypes and novel concepts to the table; skills add additional depth and features to Getting Better; the two shorter adventures work as one-shots, and Purgatory provides a sprawling landscape for scum to explore
Writing: Not terribly text heavy with alternately descriptive and instructive prose
Art/design: Fairly straightforward layouts with a wide range of art; obligatory yellow and pink
Usability: PDF comes in HD and SD versions to accommodate user needs; also include some hex tiles for exploring Purgatory
Reclaim Your Corpse
Concept:
“Your mind stews in total darkness
“Your mind stews in total darkness
Your ears listen to a busy bone saw
You wake in a meat cart...”
Content: “A quick meat-punk dungeon crawl”
Writing: A straightforward dungeon complicated by a few missing limbs and a follow-on hex crawl with the opportunity to earn a few more.
Art/design: Art and design reconstituted from constituent parts of varying styles.
Usability: Best not to take for granted the limb-itations of your scvm.
Content: “A quick meat-punk dungeon crawl”
Writing: A straightforward dungeon complicated by a few missing limbs and a follow-on hex crawl with the opportunity to earn a few more.
Art/design: Art and design reconstituted from constituent parts of varying styles.
Usability: Best not to take for granted the limb-itations of your scvm.
Slasher Zine / Jam Compilation
18 contributors
“Slasher Jam was a jam I ran over the course of October 2021 that got 20 entries. I have compiled those entries into 2 volumes. Volume 1 contains classes, items, and monsters. Volume 2 contains the adventures of Slasher Jam.” – Michael Mars, ed.
Snotsoil Mire
Concept: “The edge of the Bergen Chrypt is flooded. Into that slick swamp, the ducal twins of Schleswig fled.”
Content: A relatively lean but atmospheric hexcrawl
Writing: Concise but thorough with subtle character
Art/design: Cut-and-paste feel with intense color
Usability: Linear and easy to use; additional mechanics appended for easy reference
Snow on Snow
Concept: “Out in the frozen wastes of Kergüs is the graven image of a dead god… You need to appease the irate Blood-Countess Anthelia of Alliánce. This may be your chance.”
Content: A blasphemously festive hexcrawl. With occult items, frozen foes, and plenty buried beneath the snow.
Writing: An eloquent introduction this sorry excuse of a province. An unsurprising amount of snow (and death) related mechanics.
Art/design: A flavorful variety of illustrations and layouts. All admirably executed.
Usability: Stylish yet easy to read, with strong visual elements aiding in reference.
Content: A blasphemously festive hexcrawl. With occult items, frozen foes, and plenty buried beneath the snow.
Writing: An eloquent introduction this sorry excuse of a province. An unsurprising amount of snow (and death) related mechanics.
Art/design: A flavorful variety of illustrations and layouts. All admirably executed.
Usability: Stylish yet easy to read, with strong visual elements aiding in reference.
Svið in a Ditch
Concept: “Deep within the cloughs of Bergen Chrypt there lies an inverted tower beneath the skull of a basilisk, known only as THEY, and in this inverted tower, at its deepest recess, is the Ljusgvare: a scroll that is said to be able to end the greatest of calamities.”
Content: A high-concept hexcrawl across the Dying Land and through Bergen Chrypt; populated by a wide and colorful cast of characters
Writing: Provides detailed descriptions of locations, insights into NPCs, and creates a sense of interconnection between encounters
Art/design: Text heavy, but necessarily so; color and visual choices keep the pages interesting and lively
Usability: Contains links to other useful supplements; also available in simple and plaintext formats for easier readability
Content: A high-concept hexcrawl across the Dying Land and through Bergen Chrypt; populated by a wide and colorful cast of characters
Writing: Provides detailed descriptions of locations, insights into NPCs, and creates a sense of interconnection between encounters
Art/design: Text heavy, but necessarily so; color and visual choices keep the pages interesting and lively
Usability: Contains links to other useful supplements; also available in simple and plaintext formats for easier readability
Sword of Hailstone
Concept: “As a lone barbarian wielding nothing but your trusty Zweihänder and a few morsels of salted fish, you traverse a dangerous tundra.”
Content: A primarily app-based adventure game built on Mörk Borg mechanics
Writing: Entirely descriptive; mechanics are handled by the app
Art/design: Pixelated depictions of Kergüs and its inhabitants
Usability: Physical copies and digital materials are available but not required to play
Content: A primarily app-based adventure game built on Mörk Borg mechanics
Writing: Entirely descriptive; mechanics are handled by the app
Art/design: Pixelated depictions of Kergüs and its inhabitants
Usability: Physical copies and digital materials are available but not required to play
Sword of Hailstone
Concept: “A TTRPG adaptation of the Sword of Hailstone cRPG app and accommodates the dungeon synth Sword of Hailstone saga”
Content: A hexcrawl through Kergüs in pursuit of the eponymous sword
Writing: A mix of mechanics and description with setting-appropriate imagery
Art/design: Text is economically laid out to accommodate the intended physical format; includes some nice pixel art from the app version
Usability: Will require some scrolling (or page flipping if you print it); includes player maps
Content: A hexcrawl through Kergüs in pursuit of the eponymous sword
Writing: A mix of mechanics and description with setting-appropriate imagery
Art/design: Text is economically laid out to accommodate the intended physical format; includes some nice pixel art from the app version
Usability: Will require some scrolling (or page flipping if you print it); includes player maps
Swordpoint
Concept: “A micro-hexcrawl”
Content: A pair of 10-point tables and a 24-tile hex map with 4 locations
Writing: Establishes a setting and pretext for delivering the 20 quest seeds
Art/design: Fairly intuitively laid out with a suitable map and some neat cover art
Usability: GMs will need to devise and populate whichever adventures the players pursue; note that numbers on the map don’t correspond to table results
Content: A pair of 10-point tables and a 24-tile hex map with 4 locations
Writing: Establishes a setting and pretext for delivering the 20 quest seeds
Art/design: Fairly intuitively laid out with a suitable map and some neat cover art
Usability: GMs will need to devise and populate whichever adventures the players pursue; note that numbers on the map don’t correspond to table results
The Aching Wood
Concept: "Winne-the-Pooh meets MÖRK BORG! "
Content: A hex crawl made in the public domain.
Writing: More melancholic than morbid. A slowly fading innocence that questions whether it existed at all.
Art/design: Delicate corruption of the children’s book style reinforces a sense of flagging innocence.
Usability: You won’t get lost in these woods.
Content: A hex crawl made in the public domain.
Writing: More melancholic than morbid. A slowly fading innocence that questions whether it existed at all.
Art/design: Delicate corruption of the children’s book style reinforces a sense of flagging innocence.
Usability: You won’t get lost in these woods.
The Bridges of Múr and the Endless Sea
Concept: “The Pillar of Múr was found and destroyed. … Creatures called Devourers now make the ground tremble as they crawl from the depths. Scouring the land, they ravenously consume what lay in their path.”
Content: An expansive hexcrawl that includes a bestiary, specialized gear, and optional rules for mounts, chases, climbing, and fighting colossal creatures
Writing: Incorporates general information about the scenario as well as descriptions of and mechanics for elements like monsters and locations
Art/design: Incorporates original and found art into exuberant designs and diverse layouts
Usability: Requires more GM prep and intervention to assemble a narrative arc, but supplies all necessary components
Content: An expansive hexcrawl that includes a bestiary, specialized gear, and optional rules for mounts, chases, climbing, and fighting colossal creatures
Writing: Incorporates general information about the scenario as well as descriptions of and mechanics for elements like monsters and locations
Art/design: Incorporates original and found art into exuberant designs and diverse layouts
Usability: Requires more GM prep and intervention to assemble a narrative arc, but supplies all necessary components
The Death Ziggurat
Concept: “A cosmic necrocrawl at the end of time”
Content: Pre-apocalyptic hexcrawl with random elements
Writing: Fairly elaborate with plenty of horrible imagery
Art/design: Captures the mood, setting, and characters well
Usability: Fun and lethal; separate player and GM maps are quite helpful
Content: Pre-apocalyptic hexcrawl with random elements
Writing: Fairly elaborate with plenty of horrible imagery
Art/design: Captures the mood, setting, and characters well
Usability: Fun and lethal; separate player and GM maps are quite helpful
Bonus: Generate some dialogue seeds for your rot priests at https://perchance.org/rot-priest-thoughts
The Dying Lands
Concept: “play Mork Borg in a sandbox style”
Content: A map and tables for scvm to hex-crawl their way across the dying lands
Writing: Leaves room for encounter tables, monsters, NPCs, and your own personal Miseries. Sometimes, it fills them in.
Art/Design Hex maps in rich yellow, black, and red.
Usability: Available as a variety of flexible layouts, with various levels of structure
Content: A map and tables for scvm to hex-crawl their way across the dying lands
Writing: Leaves room for encounter tables, monsters, NPCs, and your own personal Miseries. Sometimes, it fills them in.
Art/Design Hex maps in rich yellow, black, and red.
Usability: Available as a variety of flexible layouts, with various levels of structure
The Escort
Concept: “Esther will pay you with money, information or a rare cursed scroll. All you have to do is to escort her to the church. That’s it. Really.”
Content: An escort mission. Really.
Writing: “Like, really slow. Painfully slow. Pain. Fully. Slow.”
Art/design: I can tell from the art that Esther is a real charmer. The layout is too.
Usability: Use at your own risk. Players will get impatient. Antics will ensue.
Content: An escort mission. Really.
Writing: “Like, really slow. Painfully slow. Pain. Fully. Slow.”
Art/design: I can tell from the art that Esther is a real charmer. The layout is too.
Usability: Use at your own risk. Players will get impatient. Antics will ensue.
The God of Many Faces
Concept: “HE and SHE must die and a new god must replace them.”
Content: A strange hexcrawl through Galgenbeck’s heretical underbelly; also includes a set of 4 thematic Powers
Writing: Provides some compelling images and scenery in a small amount of space
Art/design: Strikes a strong balance between Mörk Borg aesthetic and the setting’s character
Usability: Efficient layout with helpful checkboxes for tracking the party’s progress
Content: A strange hexcrawl through Galgenbeck’s heretical underbelly; also includes a set of 4 thematic Powers
Writing: Provides some compelling images and scenery in a small amount of space
Art/design: Strikes a strong balance between Mörk Borg aesthetic and the setting’s character
Usability: Efficient layout with helpful checkboxes for tracking the party’s progress
The Hills are Watching You
“Inspired by Wes Craven's 1977 film The Hills Have Eyes”
The Masticator Gate
Concept: “The Vile Court were imprisoned in a black oubliette where they were forgotten. … Through the Masticator Gate, the survivors are now vomited back into the world from which they were banished. Remade and vengeful.”
Content: A three-part campaign, a new class for unlucky PCs, and a lot of monsters
Writing: Lots of description and discussion of the overall situation and locations; more specific locations’ text is broken down into quickly navigable paragraphs and points
Art/design: Tends toward an efficient 2-column layout but breaks from the norm to facilitate usability and accommodate the grim, gritty artwork
Usability: Designed for a fresh game with 0 Miseries; requires The Endless Demon Deck
Content: A three-part campaign, a new class for unlucky PCs, and a lot of monsters
Writing: Lots of description and discussion of the overall situation and locations; more specific locations’ text is broken down into quickly navigable paragraphs and points
Art/design: Tends toward an efficient 2-column layout but breaks from the norm to facilitate usability and accommodate the grim, gritty artwork
Usability: Designed for a fresh game with 0 Miseries; requires The Endless Demon Deck
The Shape of He to Come
Concept: “Venture into the swamps of Wästland to get to the bottom of the recent disappearances of foresters and peat cutters.”
Content: A morally ambiguous, jungle-themed hexcrawl
Writing: Primarily instructional with a random encounter table and some stat blocks
Art/design: Map-based with a floral background that sets the atmosphere
Usability: Discrete sections are easy to navigate
Tyst Borg
“Metal bands; they compose their own songs of rage and revolt and travel the lands expanding their numbers so they can one day confront the Undying Orchestra itself.”
Valley of Forbidden Churches
“This sandbox-style adventure presents a series of dangerous areas where players could succeed or fail based on their preparation and cleverness.”
Waves to be as Mountains
“Leviathan becomes a hex map where the players start at the bottom and climb to the top. Kaiju movie tropes are built-in.”
What’s Black As Night
Concept:
“Pine trees rearranging,
Permafrost crushing,
Colorful berries dot the void,
Bitter winds howl on frozen trees,
Red stain of fresh kill,
Snowfall entombs.”
Content: A frigid, howling, blood-splattered forest crawl.
Writing: A Grimm amalgamation of storybook wolves in all their gory detail.
Art/design: A vivid hybridization of illustration styles splattered in blood and red text.
Usability: Available in full-color gothic and plain text. With a player map and bonus wallpaper.
“Pine trees rearranging,
Permafrost crushing,
Colorful berries dot the void,
Bitter winds howl on frozen trees,
Red stain of fresh kill,
Snowfall entombs.”
Content: A frigid, howling, blood-splattered forest crawl.
Writing: A Grimm amalgamation of storybook wolves in all their gory detail.
Art/design: A vivid hybridization of illustration styles splattered in blood and red text.
Usability: Available in full-color gothic and plain text. With a player map and bonus wallpaper.
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