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Month: January 2020

The Barnacle Barrow of Blunderbuss Cairn

Mark L. Chance of Spes Magna Games gave the first issue of Genial Jack a very nice review and also wrote up two Fomorian subraces, which are a perfect addition to Volume 1.

In addition, he’s put together a full adventure set on Jack, The Barnacle Barrow of Blunderbuss Cairn, written for Dungeon World, though it could be easily adapted to plenty of other systems. It’s a great little dungeon that fits very well with the other content for Jack and Hex. The undead pirahnas, walrus-based curses, and horrific wound-pit are especially good (also The Slimy Salmon is a great name for a Jackburg tavern).

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If I were running this I would probably cut down the travel time to reach the Flukefort, but that’s about it. I’m very pleased people are enjoying the first volume and making stuff inspired by it!

Hex Appendix N

Here’s a short list of the various books, films, and games that were particularly inspirational in designing Hex and the setting around it:

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Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll
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The Ambergris Cycle, by Jeff VanderMeer
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The Bas-Lag trilogy, by China Miéville
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The Blazing World, by Margaret Cavendish
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Bloodborne, by From Software
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H.P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos
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The Discworld books, by Terry Pratchett
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Dishonored, by Arkane Studios
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The Etched City, by K.J. Bishop
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Gulliver’s Travels, by Jonathan Swift
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Gormenghast, by Mervyn Peake
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Hollow Knight, by Team Cherry
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Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, by Susannah Clarke
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Jim Henson’s Labyrinth
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TSR’s Planescape
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Disney’s Return to Oz
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Thief: The Dark Project, by Looking Glass Studios

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