#anyway roots of evil (affectionate) and house on gryphon hill (derogatory) live rent free forever in my mind now

[sapphim]

[ID continues: The Ravenloft modules all have titles like Roots of Evil or The Evil Eye or Thoughts of Darkness or Circle of Darkness or Bleak House: The Death of Rudolph van Richten or Ravenloft II: The House on Gryphon Hill, and feature an array of standard horror monsters on the covers. /ID]

I can't really recommend actually playing any of these. I mean, I haven't read most of them (and have no plans to, for the most part. so. why do I have them, again??) but the ones that I have read? Whew boy. They had not yet figured out shit fuck about module design best practices in the 90s. The occasional intriguing idea will be thrown in the blender with the most utterly baffling execution.

On the other hand, something that I do strongly recommend!! is to play Ten Candles!!! Every element of the game is so intentionally crafted to cultivate the perfect atmosphere. Almost runs itself. Perfect game for a Halloween one shot. Banger experience every time I've run it. Everyone dies at the end.

Great news everyone I am finally importing my RPG PDF collection into Calibre.

[ID: A screenshot of ebook library management software displaying thumbnails of two indie tabletop games (Lady Blackbird and Ten Candles) and soooooooo many AD&D Ravenloft adventure modules. Seriously why do I even have these. /ID]