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Being a faithful servant of Dagon has many benefits. You never go hungry, as Dagon always keeps the nets you and the fellow villagers cast filled with the ocean’s bounty, including sunken treasure from time to time. The true favor of the Lord of the Deep is the promise of immortality, and the privilege to spend eternity amongst your Brothers and Sisters.

Unfortunately, one too many of the neighboring villagers has gone missing. Your village tries to keep the human sacrifices limited to strangers traveling down the coast, but occasionally one “slips through the net” and has family in one of the neighboring communities. On this fateful night under a low hanging blood moon, your little town is plunged into a state of chaos. Villagers from two neighboring communities have stormed the area with the intent of killing you and all those who kneel to your gilled savior.

"Escape from Innsmouth" is a Dungeon Crawl Classics funnel, where each player will have a stable of 4-5 level 0 characters as they attempt to escape from the Church of Dagon to the safety of the shoreline, all while being hunted down by angry villagers. Players should expect a a deadly gauntlet of enemies, dark humor, and perhaps the chance of survival!

We will be using The X-Card as well as standard safety tools at the table, and the GM will check in with all players for comfort level before and during the game. Dice will be provided, and no prior experience with TTRPGS or Dungeon Crawl Classics is required.

Dungeon Crawl Classics is published by Goodman Games, and can be found at https://goodman-games.com/

Fall Has come to Silver Ford. The tourists and summer guests are gone, leaving only the permanent resident humans, or as The Cats of Silver Ford call them, their Burdens. Because that is what they are. The safety of the humans falls on The Cats. Each Cat has a family or individual they are responsible for. And it’s not always easy keeping them from harm while adhering to the most important Cat code of all, never let them know The Cats are Magical.

Coyotes are coming in at night and attacking The Cats. Jezebel, the old but declining leader of the Cat Parliament has declared a curfew during hours of darkness. Coyotes are a new problem. At least its mundane unlike the troubles that have fallen on Sliver Ford in previous seasons. A possessed rat, a serial killer, and the banishment of Jezebels protege, Sable for attempting to sacrifice a child to power her magic. And of course the occasional Chulpa threatening a child. Poor dears, children’s open minds leave them susceptible to seeing and falling prey to the supernatural monsters hiding in the darkness.

Ms. Petty the owner of the bookstore has passed suddenly. Her Niece, Abigail, was set to take over management so Ms. Petty could work her way into retirement. It just so happened that Mr. Smith from New York City was looking for a way to leave the busy city and find a little bookstore to purchase. What a coincidence. Poor Ms. Petty’s not in the ground yet and Abigail has sold to Mr. Smith and is ready to shake this small mining towns dust from her shoes and head to the big city. Maybe even New York City. Abigail is already packing to let Mr. Smith move into the small basement apartment she shared with her aunt below the bookstore. It’s said he’s in town and will be at Ms. Pretty’s funeral tomorrow. It will be the townsfolk as well as The Cats first opportunity to see this new resident of Silver Ford, Mr. Smith.

Every Tuesday night we will meeting at the The Forge in West Houston to play New Caledonia Blues using DND 5E. This storyline takes place in a world recovering from the Great War and the brutal destruction caused by magical and alchemical weapons of mass destruction. Our adventurers are a band of under dogs trying to make their way in a system that seems set against them while delving into the dark underbelly of a London on the verge of mass anarchy.

Will they discover the the cause of the unrest and rise through the ranks to become leaders of a new dawn? Or will they tear down a rotten and failing system that oppresses the many for the benefit of the few? Only time and the dice can tell

Every Tuesday night we will meeting at the The Forge in West Houston to play New Caledonia Blues using DND 5E. This storyline takes place in a world recovering from the Great War and the brutal destruction caused by magical and alchemical weapons of mass destruction. Our adventurers are a band of under dogs trying to make their way in a system that seems set against them while delving into the dark underbelly of a London on the verge of mass anarchy.

Will they discover the the cause of the unrest and rise through the ranks to become leaders of a new dawn? Or will they tear down a rotten and failing system that oppresses the many for the benefit of the few? Only time and the dice can tell