Monsters, Horror, Gaming

Month: January 2020

The Barnacle Barrow of Blunderbuss Cairn

Mark L. Chance of Spes Magna Games gave the first issue of Genial Jack a very nice review and also wrote up two Fomorian subraces, which are a perfect addition to Volume 1.

In addition, he’s put together a full adventure set on Jack, The Barnacle Barrow of Blunderbuss Cairn, written for Dungeon World, though it could be easily adapted to plenty of other systems. It’s a great little dungeon that fits very well with the other content for Jack and Hex. The undead pirahnas, walrus-based curses, and horrific wound-pit are especially good (also The Slimy Salmon is a great name for a Jackburg tavern).

If I were running this I would probably cut down the travel time to reach the Flukefort, but that’s about it. I’m very pleased people are enjoying the first volume and making stuff inspired by it!

Hex Appendix N

Here’s a short list of the various books, films, and games that were particularly inspirational in designing Hex and the setting around it:

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll
The Ambergris Cycle, by Jeff VanderMeer
The Bas-Lag trilogy, by China Miéville
The Blazing World, by Margaret Cavendish
Bloodborne, by From Software
H.P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos
The Discworld books, by Terry Pratchett
Dishonored, by Arkane Studios
The Etched City, by K.J. Bishop
Gulliver’s Travels, by Jonathan Swift
Gormenghast, by Mervyn Peake
Hollow Knight, by Team Cherry
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, by Susannah Clarke
Jim Henson’s Labyrinth
TSR’s Planescape
Disney’s Return to Oz
Thief: The Dark Project, by Looking Glass Studios

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