Picturing the Bogeymen of Panzoasia

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B/X, BECMI, bogeyman, Fantasy Campaign, humanoids, illustration, OGL, old school, old school renaissance, old school revival, OSR, RC

Here are some illustrations of various “humanoid” species in my Panzoasia fantasy campaign. My Orcs are boar-headed, my Kobolds are Old-School dog-lizard-rat things, and my Ogres are dumb brutes with a distant kinship to Orcs. I conceive of the Goblinoids as nightmarish creatures with distinctly bat-like features. As for the Trolls, I portray them as somewhat more human-like than the standard in classic Old-School rpgs. In the Ultimate West of Panzoasia, all these beings are encompassed by the term “Bogeymen”.

 

33% Off Ghastly Affair PDFs Through Cyber Monday

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Now through Cyber Monday, all individual Ghastly Affair PDFs are 33% off at DriveThruRPG! This includes the “Ghastly Affair Player’s Manual”, the “Ghastly Affair Presenter’s Manual”, the supplement “A Ghastly Potpourri”, and the “Highdark Hall” setting. Plus, the Ghastly Affair novel “Hunter’s Song”, by William Rutter!

31% OFF Ghastly Affair PDFs on DriveThruRPG and RPGNow!

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Now through Halloween 2018, the PDF versions of the “Ghastly Affair Player’s Manual”, “Ghastly Affair Presenter’s Manual”, a “A Ghastly Potpourri”, and the Ghastly Affair novel “Hunter’s Song”, are all 31% off on DriveThruRPG and RPGNow!

Highdark Hall Now Available on DriveThruRPG and RPGNow!

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18th Century, blackpowder, dreadpunk, Eighteenth Century, French Directory, French Revolution, Georgian, Ghastly Affair, gothic game, Gothic Gaming, Gothic Horror, Gothic Literature, Gothic Romance, Gothick, Gothique, Historical, Historical Gaming, Louis Seize, Louis XVI, mannerpunk, Napoleonic, OGL, Regency, Romance, Romantic Age, Romantic Horror, Romantic-era, Romanticism, rpg, schauerroman

Here’s a surprise Halloween treat for you all – the complete Highdark Hall is now available for download on DriveThruRPG and RPGNow!

Experience a place of hauntings and High Society, where good manners are veils for murderous intentions. Welcome to Highdark Hall! Horrors beyond belief, and romances beyond reason, have played out within its walls. Designed as a backdrop that would support the creative visions of individual Game Masters, Highdark Hall is intended as a setting where shocking stories of love, death, and the supernatural can emerge spontaneously from interacting with its colorful inhabitants and strange locations. What further catastrophes befall its occupants and their guests, are for you to decide.

This PDF collects the Highdark Hall material you may already know, and also reveals many previously hidden secrets. It includes:

• • Detailed, historically plausible floor-plans for an 18th century Stately Home on five floors.
  • An overview of the enigmatic Altumber family and their (in)famous residence.
  • Over 100 interior locations, from the opulent Lunar Ballroom, to the secret Hellfire Chapel.
  • A fully mapped parkland filled with dramatic (and potentially dangerous) locations.
  • Over 50 unique NPCs, from the vile to the virtuous, in a tangle of conflicting desires set to explode.
  • Extensive rumors and legends, ripe for investigation by the brave (and foolish).
  • Schedules of the entertainments and activities enjoyed by visitors, with descriptions of typical meals.
  • An in-depth description of the legendary (and possibly haunted) Hedge Maze of Highdark Hall.
  • A description of the annual Autumnal Masque, with tables to generate the costumes of attendees.

Plus, printable versions of all maps.

Highdark Hall was created especially for use with Ghastly Affair, the Gothic Game of Romantic Horror, but it has potential for any game set in Georgian, Napoleonic, Regency, or early Victorian times. It could even be explored by modern paranormal investigators, come to uncover its disturbing past. How will its spirits speak to you?

Note: Highdark Hall contains some mature subject matter. Reader discretion is advised.

Ghastly Affair PDFs are Now 25% OFF for Christmas in July!

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Now until the end of July, all Ghastly Affair PDFs are 25% OFF on DriveThruRPG and RPGNow. That includes the PDF versions of the “Ghastly Affair Player’s Manual”, “Ghastly Affair Presenter’s Manual”, and “A Ghastly Potpourri”, plus the Ghastly Affair novel “Hunter’s Song”!

Review: A Ghastly Potpourri

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Filbanto Stew

TL/DR: Buy it.

A Ghastly Potpourri is a supplement for the A Ghastly Affair role-playing game. Written by Daniel James Hanley, it contains a collection of material that will be useful for any game set in the late 18th century. It also holds a short story by William Rutter, author of Hunter’s Song. I picked up the printed version, a 6″ by 9″ perfect-bound book.

Please bear with me, because I’m going to veer off course and talk about the title for a minute. It puzzled me. A “potpourri” is a mix of herbs and flower petals. Was it a veiled reference to personal hygiene of the 18th century? This book offers a mix of random material that all blended nicely together. Was this the reason for the title? I hopped out to Wikipedia and took a look at the definition and I saw this gem: “[…] the word pourri means rotten”. Hmmm… So…

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A New Review of Ghastly Affair

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Ghastly Affair, Gothic Gaming, Historical Gaming, OGL, review, role playing, role-playing game, roleplaying game, rpg

OSR blogger Ynas Midgard has just posted a new review of Ghastly Affair!

http://ynasmidgard.blogspot.com/2018/05/review-ghastly-affair.html

A Ghastly Potpourri – Now Available on RPGNow and DriveThruRPG!

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18th Century, blackpowder, Character Options, dreadpunk, Eighteenth Century, First Empire, Folklore, French Directory, French Revolution, Georgian, Ghastly Affair, gothic game, Gothic Gaming, Gothic Horror, Gothic Literature, Gothic Romance, Gothick, Gothique, Historical, Historical Gaming, History, Louis Seize, Louis XV, Louis XVI, mannerpunk, Medieval Folklore, Napoleonic, nineteenth century, OGL, Preternatural Effects, Regency, role playing, role-playing game, roleplaying game, Romance, Romantic Age, Romantic Horror, Romantic-era, Romanticism, rpg, schauerroman

“A Ghastly Potpourri” is blooming with possibilities for the Ghastly Affair RPG, and other dark OSR games!

GMs and players of any game set in the late Georgian, Regency, French Revolutionary, and Napoleonic eras will also find much of interest, as will anyone gaming in the Horror, Dark Fantasy, Weird Fantasy, Dreadpunk, Mannerpunk, Steampunk, or Austen-punk genres.

Inside you’ll find:

• • New Character Options, for more interesting Ghastly Affair PCs!
  • Lists of Character Inspirations, from history and media!
  • New Preternatural Effects and Weird Objects, to delight and terrify!
  • Creatures and Adversaries, with stats for Ghastly Affair and other OSR games! Includes new re-imaginings of two classic OSR monsters.
  • The Incarnations of Spiritual Powers, from Kubla Khan who dwells in Xanadu, to The Queen of the Night!
  • Random Tables, to inspire scenarios and dark adventures!

  Plus, an Original Short Story by the author of the Ghastly Affair novel “Hunter’s Song”!

Available in PDF and softcover print.

• Get yours today on RPGNow and DriveThruRPG!

Its Time is Coming Soon…

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18th Century, blackpowder, Character Options, dreadpunk, Eighteenth Century, First Empire, Folklore, French Directory, French Revolution, Georgian, Ghastly Affair, gothic game, Gothic Gaming, Gothic Horror, Gothic Literature, Gothic Romance, Gothick, Gothique, Historical, Historical Gaming, History, Louis Seize, Louis XV, Louis XVI, mannerpunk, Medieval Folklore, Napoleonic, nineteenth century, OGL, Preternatural Effects, Regency, role playing, role-playing game, roleplaying game, Romance, Romantic Age, Romantic Horror, Romantic-era, Romanticism, rpg, schauerroman

Character Options.
Inspirational Lists.
New Preternatural Effects and Weird Objects.
Creatures and Adversaries.
Incarnations.
Random Tables.
Fiction.

PDF and Softcover Print.

On RPGNow and DriveThruRPG:
3/23/18

33% OFF the Ghastly Affair Presenter’s Manual PDF for GM’s Day!

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The Illustrated PDF Version of the Ghastly Affair Presenter’s Manual is now 33% OFF on RPGNow and DriveThruRpg, as part of their GM’s Day celebration!

Even if you don’t play Ghastly Affair, the Ghastly Affair Presenter’s Manual is filled with resources for running better Gothic, Horror, Georgian-era, Napoleonic, Regency, Austen-inspired, Mannerpunk, and Dreadpunk games. Besides extensive notes on the themes and motifs of Gothic and Romantic fiction, and clear advice on creating and running game sessions, it includes a year-by-year chronology of events in Europe between 1765 and 1820 – with an emphasis on the strange, the shocking, and the scandalous.

Get yours now!

Sale ends 3/12/18.