We’re having a very productive winter and are pleased to let y’all know that of our three new books, Dig Your Own Grave is now in editing, and All Your Gods Are Dead is in the final stages of design, and is beginning development.
Check out what Old Gods of Appalachia RPG designer Shanna’s been working on:
The writing and design for Dig Your Own Grave is complete, and it's in the process of being edited as we speak! The stories and poems from our guest writers--including Cherie Priest and Lee Mandelo--are incredible, and they lend so much atmosphere to the book. Additionally this book has all the things you might expect for a player resource: more cool descriptors and foci (who doesn't want to play a character who Steals the Nickels off a Dead Man's Eyes or who Whistles in the Woods?); a ton of new equipment ideas; tips for playing in horror games; and a whole bunch of player intrusions and connections.
But my favorite bit is the optional choose-your-own adventure style character backgrounds. There are eight of them, and each of them gives you two points where your character made a choice. This is Old Gods we're talking about here, so of course none of those choices are easy and there's no way to walk away unscathed. Here's the opening bit from one of the backgrounds called Deal Broker. What choice do you make?
Two people lit by lantern light in an open misty forest, a tree like creature approaches
Deal Broker
You were once down on your luck, in almost all the ways a person can be. Your job fell away, food went scarce, your family had mostly died off or disappeared or become ragged in the way that those who are bound by the thin threads of blood sometimes do. You became the last of your line, a name ready to die out and be buried forever.
But you had one light: love.
The love of another human that burned so bright and pure and perfect that you would do anything to make them happy. Anything at all.
When they asked to you make things better, in any way you could, you knew it was time. The night of the hunter’s moon, you walked into the trees and did that ritual. The one you were never supposed to do, the one that made your sweet mamaw strengthen her wards. The one that made your eyes water and the hairs rise along the nape of your neck just to think about it. The one that would have made your love say, “No, not that. Anything but that” if you’d told them—but you didn’t.
You went, trembled voice and shaking hands and a roil in your belly like a wild river on the rise.
And when the beast answered, when it shoved through the trees and soil like your worst nightmare’s worst nightmare, and it said, “Ask,” you went ahead and did.
And when the beast whispered its cost, not into your ear, but into your heart’s terrified beat, when it said, “I will take your first-born child in payment,” you said, “Yes.”
Because there was no child. Not then.
But there is now. And she is sweet and tow-headed and the joy of both of your lives. Thanks to the deal, your work has blossomed, your love has held, your life is as close to perfect as a broken, breathing thing can be.
And now: now the beast is coming. It is here. It is ready to complete your bargain.
Do you Give Your Child to the Beast? (Go to page xx)
Do you Break Your Bargain? (Go to page xx)
1930s dressed people dance to a live band in a barn
Fulfillment of Rewards
The following existing rewards are all now available to redeem if you've not redeemed them already:
Character Portfolio in print and PDF
Cypher System Starter Set
GM Campaign Journal
GM Intrusion Deck in print and PDF
GM Screen in print and PDF
NPC Deck in print and PDF
OGoA Corebook in print and PDF
Player’s Guide (bundle of 5) in print
Pocket Railroad Guide in print and PDF
Prop Set in print and PDF
Resource Deck in print and PDF
Scrip Set
The Weird in print and PDF
XP Deck in print and PDF
Your Best Game Ever in print and PDF
Chances are, if you’re into horror podcast or RPGs, you’ll want to check out what we have in store for The Magnus Archives Roleplaying Game. Check it out!
MAKE YOUR STATEMENT
Caption reads Make Your Statement
The Magnus Archives Roleplaying Game takes horror on a unique and chilling arc, as you investigate what seem to be unconnected supernatural encounters. But links between these disparate horrors soon emerge, revealing a bigger—and more chilling—picture.
The real twist comes as the PCs realize they aren’t just combating this web of horror—they’re being affected by it. These powerful malign forces can be defeated—but how much of their humanity are the PCs willing to sacrifice?
The Web weaves. Will you find yourself within its tangles?
