I'm thrilled to announce that Purple Sorcerer Games will be publishing David Baity's twisted The Carnival of the Damned, a Dungeon Crawl Classics adventure designed for both 'next serf up' tournament style play and as a traditional 0-level funnel!
Players who have experienced the adventure at conventions like GaryCon and DragonCon know it's packed with surreal horrors: characters find themselves trapped in a mist-shrouded carnival in the dead of night, tasked to rescue scores of village children who vanished after returning home from a magical day at a seemingly innocent carnival. Nightmares come to life as players move deeper into a mad environment ruled by a dark power, struggling to survive corrupted versions of carnival oddities like the Hall of Mirrors and Tunnel of Love.
For judges, the adventure can fill many needs: David has crafted over 30 intricately detailed encounters and dozens of random threats. There is enough content for days of tournament play, or judges can select a smaller collection of favorite dangers for a quick funnel session. For sandbox-style play, judges have the option of extracting individual encounters whenever a twisted challenge is needed. There's even a haunting backstory for those looking to integrate the adventure into an extended campaign.
Illustrated with a host of creepy images from artists Todd McGowan, Danny Prescott, Stan Reed, and Simon Todd, the 96+ page digest-sized adventure has entered layout and final editing and should be available in print and PDF this summer. I think you'll love it!
And there's clowns. Lots and lots of clowns.
(You can learn more about the adventure, David, and tournament style play by listening to the latest episode of the awesome Spellburn Podcast.)
I have played this adventure at Gary Con, ran by David and I highly recommend it. I'll definitely be buying it. Now if you can get David to run it for you; you are in for a real treat.
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