Pickpocket Press

Wassup gamers!

I’m very pleased to announce a side project we’re collaborating on with Will from Menagerie Press (or Facebook page here) – an Adventure Anthology for Shadowdark!

This book is our Adventure Framework Collection #1 converted to Shadowdark, with some updates to formatting, editing, and art. It’s a compilation of twenty two short, sharp, independent adventures, designed for low prep, improvised play. Each adventure has a hook/rumours, core scenario, random encounters, NPC details, and B&W illustrations. Nineteen have hand drawn maps. The settings are common locations such as cities, forests, mountains, underground, etc, for easy insertion into your sandbox campaign. They’re suitable for PC Levels 1-7 and generally run around six to ten hours of session time.

Originally written for Low Fantasy Gaming RPG, the adventures tend to be lower magic, with a sword & sorcery bent. There are some references to the people and places of the Midlands of Argosa, but these are easily swapped out for your favourite setting.

• 22 adventures
• 220 pages
• PDF and Full size hardcover (8.5″ x 11″)
• The book will be Print on Demand (PoD) only via DTRPG.
• Backers will receive a discounted PDF and “print at cost” code for DTRPG.

I expect the PDF & print book will be complete when the Kickstarter launches in March 2025. I am currently waiting on the latest proof from DTRPG 🙂

The individual adventures are as follows:

1. Call of the Colossus (Hills, zero level “Gauntlet”)
2. Vault of Goblin Dreams (Underground, Level 1-3)
3. Cultists in Crows Keep (City, Level 1-3)
4. A Perilous Voyage (Lake/Sea, Level 2-4)
5. Last of the Longbeards (Underground, Level 2-4)
6. Rooftop Rumble (City, Level 2-4)
7. Den of Thieves (City, Level 2-4)
8. Red Moon Harvest (Swamp/Moors, Level 2-5)
9. Curse of the Salt Queen (Forest/Underground, Level 2-5)
10. Carnifexum (City, Level 2-5)
11. Whitestone Tower (Forest, Level 2-5)
12. A Debt Unpaid (Forest, Level 3-5)
13. Folds Between Worlds (Mountains/Underground, Level 3-5)
14. Fane of the Frog God (Forest/Underground, Level 3-5)
15. Vengeance at Trollbridge (Hills/Underground, Level 3-5)
16. Riddle of the Golden Rat (Special – a cursed object kicks off the adventure, Level 3-5)
17. Hive of the Mudmen (Underground, Level 3-6)
18. Halls of the Dwarf Lord (Forest/Underground, Level 4-7)
19. Hanging City of Nenchagi (Underground, Level 4-7)
20. Shadows & Dust (Mountains, Level 4-7)
21. Ruins of Ashabat (Mountains, Level 4-7)
22. Dungeon Flip: More Skulls for Ulgoth (special “reverse dungeon”).

If you’re interested to see how the adventures run with Shadowdark, Will has some play reports over on his site to check out!

And that’s it for now folks, have a great rest of the week!