Category: The Gauntlet: Our Community

If you were going to play a story that was basically Westworld, but the resort was a dungeon and the guests are people going for a “dungeon crawl” vacation, which system or game could you play that story in?

Here’s a sneak peek of the beautiful, haunting cover art for Codex – Decay. It’s by Claudia Cangini and features an undead lord posing for a portrait. From Claudia:

“I took inspiration from renaissance portraits because I liked the idea of decay being flaunted like it was something to be proud of. I thought it made it even more chilling.”

A question for the OSR folks: if you were designing a contest for OSR scenarios, how would you convey the idea that submissions should be compatible with multiple OSR systems? Are there certain systems or resources you would point them to?

Note: we’re not necessarily doing this; I’m just gathering information here.

We’d like to do some crowdsourcing for the Miscellany in Codex – Decay. The Miscellany is called “Three dozen abandoned buildings.” Submissions need to be a single sentence, or 2-3 very short sentences. By submitting here, you’re agreeing to let us use it (you’ll get a credit on the issue). We’re looking for evocative stuff. The purpose of the Miscellany is to inspire the reader.

Importantly, your submission needs to identify the building by either name or description, and then include a short bit of history about it, or a rumor. The buildings can be from any setting (modern, fantasy, etc.)

Here are some examples:

“The old Cranston place, boarded-up ever since most of the family was discovered hanging by their necks from ropes tied to the living room rafters. Only little Jeremy Cranston was left alive, found playing with his toy trucks beneath the feet of his parents and siblings.”

“Tapper Tom’s, which was a popular watering hole among the local made men. Business started to drop off when Tom found Jesus, and the place was shuttered permanently after he went down South to join the tent revival movement.”

“The old mill fell into disuse when the crops dried up, though it enjoyed a brief burst of activity when the locals began grinding blood and bone beneath the stone in an attempt to appease an angry harvest god.”