Codex – Hell is now available!

Codex – Hell is now available!

Codex – Hell is now available!

Codex – Hell is now available in our $4+ Patreon feed! Here is a peek at what you’ll find inside…

All Are Punished

This is a deluxe Monster of the Week mystery written by Oli Jeffery, inspired by the Hellraiser films. I say “deluxe” because it’s quite rich in its details, and you could easily run 2-3 sessions from it. It’s also significantly more dark and terrifying than typical MotW mysteries; if you want to push your MotW game away from action-adventure and into harder, grittier territory, this is a great place to start. It features two exquisite illustrations by Vandel J. Arden, such as the Ultor Sacerdotes seen below.

Hell is (An Office Full of) Other People

This is a slight re-working of Jason Lutes’s excellent Funnel World. It includes alternate steps for creating a group of modern-day office workers whose company has been taken over by the Devil, and a starter adventure called “Extremely Hostile Takeover.” It was written by Matt Stuart, and features an illustration by Evlyn M, which can be seen below.

Ash and Bone

This Dungeon World starter was the runner-up in our recent Gauntlet Con writing contest. It is utterly wicked and intense, and would make a terrific foundation for an ongoing campaign. Also: the elements are written in a way that would make it very easy to run it in an OSR-style game (I could, for example, see it being easily adapted to Lamentations of the Flame Princess). It was written by Horst Wurst and features a cool, woodcut print-style illustration by Jesse Ross.

Gauntlet Daddy #004

Devilingus! Never trust a big butt and a smile! Illustrated by Fabrissou.

Three dozen demons (and how to bind them to your service)

As always, there are some wildly imaginative elements here, tons of inspiration for both modern and fantasy games. A miscellany straight from the bowels of Hell!

Layout was done by Oli Jeffery. Editing was by myself and David LaFreniere. Cover illustration is by Claudia Cangini.

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22 thoughts on “Codex – Hell is now available!”

  17. Mirko Froehlich I’m a bit wary of the new version. I’ve seen the quickstart – they’ve converted it to PbtA, which I should love but it doesn’t look like they really understand what makes PbtA tick – the GM moves are more like Agendas and so on. But I might be wrong and I don’t think quickstarts often do the product justice – I didn’t get on with the Blades in the Dark quickstart, but love the full book.

  18. Mirko Froehlich I’m a bit wary of the new version. I’ve seen the quickstart – they’ve converted it to PbtA, which I should love but it doesn’t look like they really understand what makes PbtA tick – the GM moves are more like Agendas and so on. But I might be wrong and I don’t think quickstarts often do the product justice – I didn’t get on with the Blades in the Dark quickstart, but love the full book.

  19. Oli Jeffery Yeah, fingers crossed on the final Kult release. I only briefly skimmed the quickstart and only noticed the superficial differences from other PbtA games (e.g. 2d10 instead of 2d6). Then again, like many early 90s RPGs, the original Kult edition wasn’t exactly great in terms of mechanics. It was really the setting that drew me in.

  20. Oli Jeffery Yeah, fingers crossed on the final Kult release. I only briefly skimmed the quickstart and only noticed the superficial differences from other PbtA games (e.g. 2d10 instead of 2d6). Then again, like many early 90s RPGs, the original Kult edition wasn’t exactly great in terms of mechanics. It was really the setting that drew me in.

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