holiday themed
Birth of the Unsaint
“A bleak look at the birth of a supposed saviour, and your quest to end it before it is fully realized.”
Bloodlusting Nutcracker
“Roll one of each d4-d12 to build a Bloodlusting Nutcracker.”
By Nechrubel’s Heart
Concept: “Until the world blackens and burns, until the Miseries are unleashed, and even beyond to the Shimmering Fields. We belong together and to each other.”
Content: A Valentine’s greeting and a gross, blackened heart
Writing: Includes a short missive and mechanics for the Misery-defying heart
Art/design: Black on yellow. Hearts. Grungy typefaces and textures. Mörk Borg.
Usability: If only we’d had this to give to our friends in grade school
Content: A Valentine’s greeting and a gross, blackened heart
Writing: Includes a short missive and mechanics for the Misery-defying heart
Art/design: Black on yellow. Hearts. Grungy typefaces and textures. Mörk Borg.
Usability: If only we’d had this to give to our friends in grade school
D66 Presents from Santa
“This is a wonderful list of definitely not cursed gifts from Santa.”
Flails at Chrimbo
Concept: “Your insane sister apparently sent the children Flails this Christmas. Flails!”
Content: A sandboxy, randomized crawl through streets beset by flail-wielding tykes. (Yes, it is as dark and hilarious as it sounds.)
Writing: Multiple tables for different types of encounters, suggested destinations, and a grim finale
Art/design: Primarily textual, but well-organized to do its work effectively
Usability: Facilitates linear flow through the document
Hlautbolli
“Advent related monster hunting and making blood sacrifices to the antichrist...”
Holiday Hellions
“Holiday Hellions is ‘All I Want for Christmas is You’ on 24/7 repeat: sure, it's a banger but you will go insane, guaranteed.”
Holidays, feasts and miseries of the dying world.
Concept: “Calendar where you can mark in-game days and track miseries. Contains moon phases and some holidays for worldbuilding.”
Content: See Concept.
Writing: Such renowned holidays as “St. Anuk Schleger’s Day”, “All Souls”, and “Moose blood day”.
Art/Design: Little faces on the moon, a skull surrounded in Misery, an Illuminated H.
Usability: Print-friendly, easy to mark.
Content: See Concept.
Writing: Such renowned holidays as “St. Anuk Schleger’s Day”, “All Souls”, and “Moose blood day”.
Art/Design: Little faces on the moon, a skull surrounded in Misery, an Illuminated H.
Usability: Print-friendly, easy to mark.
Jólakötturinn / Yule Cat
Concept: “The Jólakötturinn stalks the Dying World devouring anyone caught wearing old and tattered clothes at Jól.”
Content: A seriously beastly monster
Writing: Straightforward but with plenty of character
Art/design: Nice adaptation of Le Chat Noir design
Usability: This cat hates your holiday sweater—it’s as simple as that
Klöss
“One cold winter night he refused to open his door to a beggar, he is now doomed to forever be generous.”
Krampus
Concept: “The Christmas rumors are true. The Krampus does exist.”
Content: Stats and a hook for the race of kidnapping, meat-hungry krampi
Writing: A balance of mechanics and descriptive text
Art/design: Fits lots of text onto the page alongside some nice art
Usability: Straightforward but certain aspects may be off-putting to some players
Content: Stats and a hook for the race of kidnapping, meat-hungry krampi
Writing: A balance of mechanics and descriptive text
Art/design: Fits lots of text onto the page alongside some nice art
Usability: Straightforward but certain aspects may be off-putting to some players
Misadvent Calendar
Concept: “Tearing away each door daily reveals a new foe, complete with lore and stats”
Content: Counting down to the end (of Christmas). With creatures.
Writing: Playful in the way a cat entertains itself with a mouse.
Art/design: A one-man game jam (so far).
Usability: Updating every day until Christmas 2022.
Content: Counting down to the end (of Christmas). With creatures.
Writing: Playful in the way a cat entertains itself with a mouse.
Art/design: A one-man game jam (so far).
Usability: Updating every day until Christmas 2022.
Niklaus
Concept: “As snow falls on the city, the people whisper of a murderer who has recently taken to the streets.”
Content: A murderous pseudo-Santa possessed by an alien entity known only as the Christmas Spirit
Writing: Twists St. Nick to fit right into the Dying World
Art/design: Exactly what you’d expect of a Mörk Borg murderhobo Santa
Usability: More elaborate than some monsters but not overly complex
Content: A murderous pseudo-Santa possessed by an alien entity known only as the Christmas Spirit
Writing: Twists St. Nick to fit right into the Dying World
Art/design: Exactly what you’d expect of a Mörk Borg murderhobo Santa
Usability: More elaborate than some monsters but not overly complex
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.”
Omentide
Concept: “An egg hunt riddled with danger and reward!”
Content: Lore, NPCs, items, and schedule for a high-stakes scavenger hunt in the Dying Land
Writing: A balance of lore and mechanics with lots of character folded into both
Art/design: Laid out for easy reference, with graphic elements that add strange, supernatural character
Usability: A straightforward toolkit for a grimly humorous adventure
Content: Lore, NPCs, items, and schedule for a high-stakes scavenger hunt in the Dying Land
Writing: A balance of lore and mechanics with lots of character folded into both
Art/design: Laid out for easy reference, with graphic elements that add strange, supernatural character
Usability: A straightforward toolkit for a grimly humorous adventure
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