West Marches: Brindlewood Bay, Dad Overboard

PLAYER INFORMATION
Experience required: None
Age: 18+
Number of seats available: 5
Character Sheets: Pregenerated character sheets will be provided.
Link to the System!

If you would like to dress as an old lady you are more than welcome to!

This is a West Marches game:
West March campaigns are “drop in” campaigns. Every session is a one shot that is very loosely connecting to one another (like being members of a monster hunter’s guild and sent out to slay X monster for one session and Y monster on another session). It’s meant for people who can play D&D every so often rather than guarantee to be able to stick to a set schedule. People can come and go as needed, but you will need to RSVP for any/all games you wish to play in separately.

**This is the perfect game for people unable to commit to a regular scheduled game, perfect for first time players, and perfect for people looking for a random session.**

2 seats in every guild one-shot are reserved for the monthly supporter lottery. You may see players in a game's attendee list before guild-wide RSVPs open.

Please scroll all the way down for any and all information, including age restrictions, what kind of experience is needed (if any), what to bring, content warnings, and more!

PRICING

• It is $10/per player to play this game at Groundswell Startups.
• It is $8/per player if you are a paid monthly supporter of the Guild (via our Ko-Fi or Patreon).

ABOUT THE ADVENTURE
Just as their meeting is ending, the Mavens are approached by Brindlewood County’s chief law enforcement officer, Sheriff Wyman Dalrymple. He tells them that, earlier today, a wealthy financier, Albert Krause, was dragged out of the bay, dead. Mr. Krause and his family were on a yachting vacation and their boat is presently anchored a quarter mile from shore. The surviving Krauses—wife Allison, eldest daughter Sara, son David, and youngest daugh ter Emily—assert Mr. Krause was drunk and simply fell overboard. Sheriff Dalrymple suspects foul play but if he can’t produce evidence to that effect soon, he’ll be forced to let the family take Albert back to Boston. The body is currently being held in a cold storage at the fish market until the matter can be sorted out.

ABOUT THE SYSTEM
Brindlewood Bay is a tabletop roleplaying game that combines Murder, She Wrote with H.P. Lovecraft. In it, you play a group of elderly women, members of the local Murder Mavens Mystery Book Club, who help the authorities solve murder cases in a picturesque New England Town. Over the course of their investigations, they become aware of a dark occult conspiracy that connects the cases, and will eventually have to face that conspiracy in order to save their community.

GAME MASTER INFORMATION
Name: Maggie
Pronouns: She/Her
4 years as a TTRPG Player
<1 year as a Game Master

ABOUT YOUR GAME MASTER
Nerdy human with a background in theater and nonsense

ADDITIONAL DETAILS
WHAT YOU NEED:

• Nothing, everything will be provided

WHAT I PROVIDE:

• Everything required will be provided

GAMEPLAY DETAILS:

• Rules Loose-Rule of Cool

CONTENT WARNINGS:

• Adult Language
• Descriptions of Gore/Violence
• Psychological Trauma

PROHIBITED CONTENT:

• Psychological Trauma
• Torture
• Sexual Themes

SAFETY TOOLS USED
Sometimes games have content or situations where a player or GM may feel stressed out, unsafe, or otherwise not having fun. Safety tools are a way for players and GMs to communicate and check-in before, during, and after a game in order to make sure everyone is still having fun, and to provide the right support when needed.

Information on Safety Tools

DURING THE GAME:

• X, N and O Cards
• Breaks

PLAYERS CAN EXPECT:

• Combat/Tactics: (Low)
• Roleplay: (High)
• Exploration: (High)
• Puzzles: (High)