Explore the chilling wilds of a haunted Appalachia in this atmospheric and intimate roleplaying game of cosmic horror based on the hit fiction podcast.
Take your Old Gods of Appalachia Roleplaying Game adventures to deeper, creepier, and more atmospheric places with three new supplements plus useful and immersive extras. And if you're new to the game, this is a great place to start!
The beast tried to shake free, but her grip tightened as she spoke, her taunts becoming a working, a spell of a magnitude she'd never cast before. "You'd undo Sister Amy and Sister Zelda, teaching me to weave strong cloth, to speak true and believe no lies? You'd undo Grandma Karen and Auntie Jonna who taught me the songs and the stories of the old place, so I'd never forget where I came from? You'd undo the blood and the love my mothers shed and bled for me, after you had the very stones to take them from me in the first place? Oh beast, oh beast, I pity you—because in their names, in the names of Edith Nielsen Dooley and Mary Catherine Vivian Dooley, I bind you, I break you, and beast, I cast you OUT!"
—The Holiest Days of Bone and Shadow, Chapter Three: Something Old, Something New
The Old Gods of Appalachia Roleplaying Game is a complete standalone tabletop RPG driven by the Cypher System, the popular, critically acclaimed game engine lauded for its elegance, ease of use, flexibility, and narrative focus. Intuitive character creation, fast-paced gameplay, and a uniquely GM-friendly design make the Cypher System perfect for the world of Old Gods of Appalachia, and a joy to run and play.
Cypher System characters are built from the concept up. A descriptive sentence provides not just an easily-understood overview of the character, but also the mechanical basis for skills, abilities, and stats. And the Cypher System gives players amazing narrative engagement, rewarding player-driven subplots and giving players resources to bear on the tasks and situations they most want to succeed at.
GMs find the Cypher System amazingly easy to run. Dice rolling is pushed out to the players, freeing up the GM's bandwidth for crafting an engaging narrative and filling it full of imaginative detail. Encounters are easy to prep for—or even create and run on the fly. And robust narrative tools help the GM build and maintain tension, throw in exciting plot twists, and keep the game paced at an exciting pitch.
Explore These Books and the Old Gods of Appalachia Roleplaying Game
You can take a look at the game's basic rules, walk through the process of creating a character, and explore the rich—and often eerie—setting, with the Old Gods of Appalachia Player's Guide. And if you'd like some new character options, creatures, artifacts, adventure ideas, and other items you can use in your game right now, download Special Delivery, a sneak peek containing excerpts from the three titles we're funding through this campaign.
We have pledge levels for just the new items, if you already have the Old Gods of Appalachia Roleplaying Game. If you're new to the game, though, you might want to look at the "New to the Family" levels—these include the RPG corebook!
You can select add-ons after choosing your pledge level. Some of these are existing items, perfect for making the most of your Old Gods of Appalachia Roleplaying Game campaign; others are new and may be available only through this crowdfunding campaign!
Your digital rewards (PDFs) will be delivered using BackerKit’s Digital Distribution feature. When a digital reward is ready for you, you will receive a message via BackerKit with a link to download your digital reward. We will also deliver digital rewards through our online store and on DriveThruRPG, since many backers prefer to maintain their libraries of PDFs on one of those platforms. (You can use any or all of these platforms to download your PDFs; the files will be identical no matter which you prefer.)
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![LORE, ADVENTURES, OPTIONS, AND MORE TO EXPAND AND ENRICH YOUR CAMPAIGN! header. The Old Gods of Appalachia Roleplaying Game was released about a year ago. This campaign funds three exciting new books—plus other goodies—to bring more lore, new options, and lush, authentic detail to your characters and adventures. (You need the existing corebook to play. For those new to the game, we have several pledge levels that include it.) Plus we have exciting contributions from the creators of Old Gods of Appalachia. Cam Collins and Steve Shell are personally writing up key locations and lore you know from the podcast. [[head shots of Steve and Cam]] And you’ll find additional atmospheric contributions from well-known horror and Appalachian creators such as: Cherie Priest, Lee Mandelo, Alder Van Otterloo, Matthew Wimberley, Melinda Clayton, Tim Earley, and Jeff Mann. Dig Your Own Grave For players, Dig Your Own Grave expands character options with all-new descriptors and foci, as well as detailed backgrounds and connections that help establish your character even more firmly in the setting and the story. You’ll also find additional equipment, plus player intrusions and player advice to enhance your gameplay. All Your Gods Are Dead And for gamemasters, All Your Gods are Dead is chock full of the kinds of the entities and items you love to put in your games—creatures of great promise and power, an array of non-player characters that your players will love to love (and possibly grow to hate), and a whole slew of new cyphers and artifacts. Not to mention even more ways for those artifacts to come due. All wrapped up with additional GM advice so you can provide your players with the darkest, scariest, deepest Old Gods of Appalachia experience. Come Hell or Highwater. Get ready to delve into the darkness and scare the bejesus out of your players in the haunted depths of this book. It’s not your typical adventure book. Sure, it has adventures—but it also includes a plethora of locations that are carefully designed and beautifully mapped, and ready to be placed anywhere in the setting. Need to add a dangerous and ancient mine to your adventure? How about a small town full or secrets, a factory haunted by the ghosts of its past, or that kind of cemetery where you just know you need to hold your breath as you pass it in the dark? And there’s more: Old Gods of Appalachia creators Steve Shell and Cam Collins are personally detailing favorite sites from the podcast’s tales, starting with the Walker House. What other locations might they detail for you? Keep an eye on this campaign to find out! All of these locations can be added to any campaign, giving you additional locales chock full of atmosphere and mystery. Old Gods of Appalachia Dice Set and Tin. Open this unique tin—just like you'd find holding a set of candies, some pomade, or a little sewing kit down at the company store—and discover four beautiful dice designed especially for the Old Gods of Appalachia Roleplaying Game. The system uses a d20, a d6, and percentile dice, and you get all four in this set. They're custom-marked for special Cypher System results, and—more important—strikingly handsome and perfectly themed for your game. (If you were an original Old God of Appalachia Roleplaying Game backer, and have the limited-edition dice offered through that campaign, they'll fit nicely in this tin!) Witch Jar. This replica witch jar is a thing to behold, and a powerful ward for your game table or display shelf. It’s an amazing prop for game play—a faithful replication of the sort of item used to create powerful defenses and deter supernatural dangers. When not in play, display it on its lighted base, where it glows with a mysterious light. It’s a unique and amazing item you’ll only be able to get through this campaign! Prop Set Imagine your PCs find an old letter containing a vital snippet for your current adventure—and you literally hand them that document. Or maybe you give them the train tickets they purchase to Paradise, or a business card for that traveling salesman with a very mysterious past. How about some vintage stamps for a postcard, a faded photo of a ghostly figure, or the menu from a small-town diner? These sorts of props build verisimilitude and immerse the whole gaming group in the world you're experiencing together—and the Prop Set gives you roughly two dozen of them for use in your game. OGoA Resource Deck 2 The original Old Gods of Appalachia Resource Deck is a convenient time saver for GMs, both in prep and at the game table. It contains creatures, cyphers, artifacts, NPCs, and GM intrusions from the Old Gods of Appalachia Roleplaying Game, putting them in an easy-to-use, easy-to-access format. But not every creature or cypher from the corebook made it into that deck—and the books funded by this campaign are bringing scores of additional items to your game. This 100-card sequel deck will expand the convenience and time-savings of the original. And More? That’s not everything! Check out the Add-ons tab for more new items. We anticipate unlocking even more great items for your game—and expanding and improving these—through stretch goals!](https://bk-prod.imgix.net/active_storage/backerkit_production/blob/jgfk64km5nsxrqqtys5zee2eu42k?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&auto=compress%2C%20format&cs=srgb&q=80&fit=max&w=1360&lossless=true)
