The characters are setting up a newly opened private investigation company with an interest in the paranormal. Just as they're putting on the finishing touches, there's a knock at the door.
Velma Callahan needs help solving her husband's murder. She knows who killed him. She did. Bullet to the back of the head. The issue is her husband is still walking and talking, and she needs to know why.
This October only, download in hi-res for free on our website or Patreon, with new one-shots coming out every Sunday!
About the system
Free demo with rules, tips, and 3 modules
15 minutes rules video
This adventure is a one-page trifold designed for the Strange Times RPG, but feel free to hack it into any system you'd like!
Here's how to read the trifold once its folded up:
The cover is 100% spoiler-free and okay to show to players, and the back has a spoiler-heavy overview of the story for the GM, along with helpful notes and key NPCs
The inside of the trifold can be lain flat to show all of the key locations + the clues and NPCs at each location. This is the GM's command center for the game!
You might be wondering why the MIDDLE panel is the start of the adventure, and that's because...
You can fold the right side of the pamphlet to show longer versions of all of the clues that are in these mid-game locations! This gives you all the info you need in two side by side panels.
- Story Spoilers for GMs -
Spoiler-heavy overview: There is a mysterious doctor by the name of Eric Moreland who has a bad track record with patients. He has found the secret to immortality and is now experimenting with life and death. There is no simple way to kill Dr. Moreland, but the characters will follow in the footsteps of his victims to uncover a ritual that can put an end to this nightmare once and for all.
An alert awakens your crew... the Vasquez research station has been radio silent for days.
Your team works for Cardis Insurance, your employer and debt holder. Tasked with settling the case and clearing the station of any threats to the salvage teams, your job is to find any reason to void their insurance claims or die trying.
This October only, download this one-shot, trifold adventure in hi-res for free on our website or Patreon, with new one-shots coming out every Sunday!
Content Warning: This module features extreme gore and self-inflicted harm. Talk to players before running this module.
- Story Spoilers for GMs -
Spoiler-heavy overview: The characters will discover that the facility, while damaged, appears to be fully functional. Damage from an asteroid field has released a genetically modified creature. It has killed most of the crew, but that is not where the horror ends. The pheromones the creature produces, the reason it was modified in the first place, has caused a madness among those who have come into contact with it. They roam the station seeking sensation and excitement at any cost.
This trifold features a mapped out 13 room space station. The station has fresh horrors and delights in every room, and we suggest connecting it to a larger campaign as follows:
CAMPAIGN STARTER: Consider using the Orion 6 Data Disk as a
campaign hook to discover more military-funded horrors.
Help a desperate blacksmith find his son... Uncover the secrets of a secluded mining town and their draconic god...
Download this 20 page one-shot module for free on our website or Patreon. This October only, with new one-shots every Sunday!
About the system
Free rules demo with 3 more modules
We wanted to create a more classical fantasy adventure for Strange Times, where the characters play as a heroic party of adventurers performing a daring rescue!
Art commissioned from Abdurhafidh
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Story Spoilers for GMs:
This adventure is Innsmouth meets Wickerman. Every NPC will be lying to the players. There is no blacksmith, there is no missing son. The whole adventure is a series of planted clues, luring adventurers to the town of Balid to sacrifice them to their god at the height of the seasonal festival.
The classical fantasy setting itself is a lie. The Balidor is no dragon god, but an unfathomable cosmic being. The Balidor's presence has been slowly warping the residents of Balid into monsters, and the older townsfolk lurk in the forests and waters, living as twisted parodies of "elves" and "mermaids."
The bulk of the module will work to ensnare players with NPCs that start off sweet, but become disconcertingly pushy and suspicious.
The adventure culminates with players struggling to escape the town, choosing between the forest of "elves," the land bridge surrounded by "mermaids", or the tunnel systems below the town, where Balidor sleeps...
Announcing "They Come At Night!", a free trifold module for the Strange Times RPG system! Hack it into any horror system, but we think this runs best in...
Strange Times: we just released a free 100 page demo book with rules, GM tips, and 3 ready to play modules, check it out now!
Mothership: use the advanced sheet to write in modern-day skills!
Hi-res version free to download on our website and Patreon for now, but will only be available to patrons after the end of the month.
Don't worry if you missed this one, we'll be doing another free trifold in October!
Synopsis: The players are invited to a cabin in the woods by the wealthy and reclusive Gregory Micheal. The man claims that he has seen a new species and needs help capturing it. However, Gregory has been stricken with a strange illness and needs to recover before the search can begin. Snoop around the property while he recovers and hope the species you're looking for doesn't find you instead...
(Spoilers below the cut)
Spoilers: Days before the players were contacted by Gregory, an alien space ship crashed in the woods nearby his cabin. Gregory found the wreckage and took a piece of the broken ship to his home. Now, the aliens need that piece back and are trying to find ways into Gregory's cabin to retrieve it. Worst of all, Gregory's exposure to alien material has cause him to begin a transformation into a horrendous monster.
Drained — A sci-fi body horror nightmare with nowhere to run
A distress signal from a nearby moon base quickly turns into a fight for survival
Meadows & Mischief — A paranoia-filled adventure of discovery and dread
Discover a new town’s past and uncover secrets long buried
The Shadow of Doubt — a slow-burn, sprawling mystery that gradually converges on a single location
Investigate a small town where someone goes missing every month
The home of the Strange Times: An Investigative Horror RPG
Just in time for spooky season 👻 the Strange Times rulebook comes with 3 ready-to-play modules. Try out Strange Times for free and run a streamlined horror-mystery adventure, or adapt any of these modules to a system of your choice!
Hello all, unfortunately we have to cancel the free module that was supposed to release today. Life got in the way big time (everything is okay, just have a Lot more to deal with at our jobs than expected)
Sorry everyone! We'll try to do something extra special next month to compensate.
