A Lovecraftian Horror You Don’t Just Read… You Survive

Dreadful Things Solo AI #1: The Rats in the Walls

Inspired by the classic tale by H.P. Lovecraft, The Rats in the Walls drops you into a slow-burning investigation that descends into one of the most disturbing revelations in cosmic horror.

Just Copy, Paste, Play

This is a Solo AI Adventure.

Just copy and paste the prompt into your favorite LLM (Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini) and play. No prep or GM required.

Made by Humans for AI Adventure: While the experience is run by AI, the story has been carefully designed by humans to deliver a horror mystery that brings the tale to life.

The Terror Beneath

Lord Arthur de la Poer has restored his ancestral estate despite warnings. Now he hears rats in the walls. Thousands of them.

Workers are disappearing, Arthur’s sanity is fraying, and somewhere deep beneath the priory an ancient evil is beginning to stir. Only you can stop it.

What’s Inside?

• A complete solo mystery adventure prompt featuring investigation, madness, and battle
• Branching discovery paths and multiple endings that ensure no two sessions are the same
• Playable as a stand-alone adventure or as part of the Dreadful Things campaign
• Can be played with a FREE Claude account. Just copy into the prompt window and run.

Who This Is For

• Players who want a true solo RPG experience
• Fans of Lovecraftian and cosmic horror
• Anyone frustrated with “AI RPGs” that fall apart after 10 seconds

Part of the Dreadful Things Solo AI Series: New standalone horror adventures released monthly.

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THis volume is unlike any gaming supplement you’ve seen.  This gives the world setting of Jolrhos in physical and conceptual detail, but then goes beyond that to give thousands of magical herbs, poisons, plants, ordinary animals, minerals and much more that players and the GM can take advantage of. 

To top it off, there are details on trade skills that allow characters to take advantage of all this to make armor, potions, weapons, cloth, foods, strange engineering devices, and much more! 

THE WAR RAVEN©

Is a table top roleplaying game that lives entirely in an eight-page A7 zine, printed on a single sheet of A4 paper front and back and folded following the instructions inside. It is designed to be carried in a pocket and played anywhere with a single six-sided die, paper and pencil.

The saga follows a crew of thirteen men, survivors of a small Viking drakkar called the War Raven. They have been unjustly outlawed. After weeks of raiding the British coasts, they return to their settlement in Norway and find nothing but ash. Their Jarl has been murdered. A bloodthirsty usurper named Lorth the Merciless has seized power and accuses them of treason to justify their execution. Among them is Bjorn Fiery-Head, the young son of the slain Jarl, impulsive and brave but untested. He is the last true heir. As long as Bjorn lives, Lorth will never feel secure on his stolen throne. The escape begins through the burning houses toward the harbour, hunted without mercy. The War Raven is a small and manoeuvrable ship. She escapes to sea with the six English prisoners still aboard, two women and two men, pursued by three drakkars.

The players take the roles of this outlaw crew. They are not mighty heroes. They are hunted wolves. To survive they must find a hidden refuge in an unknown fjord, raid British villages for food and water, repair their ship with salvaged timber, seek allies among exiled Viking clans or even British chieftains willing to parley against a common enemy, and destroy Lorth’s coastal outposts to weaken him. Their true challenge is to unite the clans. In the episode called Horizon of Blood, the chieftains of eight clans gather in a hidden cove shrouded in mist, distrustful. It falls to the players to convince them. If they succeed, eight allied ships join them. Then comes the battle in the fjord against Lorth’s six ships, the assault on the palisade, and finally the duel inside the Longhouse where Lorth waits with his two-handed axe and the chainmail of the old Jarl. Lorth is a giant with a black beard braided with stolen gold rings. He has no mercy. He has no Fate because the gods have abandoned him. But he has eighteen hit points and armour that absorbs ten damage. Killing him demands heroism and sacrifice. If Bjorn survives to the duel and the players protect him, he can strike the final blow, avenge his father and become the new Jarl. If Bjorn dies, the victory is bitter and the clan scatters.

The central mechanic is called Mettle. Each time a character fails an action or suffers a wound, they make a raw roll. On a 1 or 2, their Mettle decreases by one point. When Mettle reaches minus six, on the next failed action or combat roll they freeze, paralysed by the weight of their own failures. But Mettle is not a permanent curse. Six hours of rest in a safe area with a hot meal brings it back up by one point, to a maximum of zero. You do not become braver than you were at the start. You simply return to yourself after finding shelter. This means characters do not become heroes through accumulating power. They become heroes by enduring the pressure long enough to see their vengeance through.

The action and combat system uses a single die roll from one to six with clear thresholds: irreparable failure, repeatable failure, partial success, full success. Wounds are lethal. Below three hit points you cannot move. You can only writhe and be carried or abandoned. Shields and armour have limited damage absorption. A wooden shield breaks after eight damage, a helmet after three, a studded leather brigandine after six. Resources are counted. One barrel of water, a few days of provisions, timber for repairs. Moral choices are hard. Raid villages to survive or risk starvation? The English women captured in battle are slaves, but necessity will make them equals. If one of them chooses to fight alongside the crew, she earns the title of Qskor and from that moment is considered a free member of the crew with all rights. In the final missions, if they survive, they are celebrated as the saviours of the clan.

All of this fits into eight A7 pages. Not a single page is wasted. There are no endless tables. There is a complete saga with a beginning, a middle and an epic ending. It plays in two to four sessions. You print one sheet, fold it, put it in your pocket and you are ready to play in a bar, on a trip, at a friend’s house.

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A pair of Q-tech devices and how to make them with steps and some new ideas on how to use tags with them.

Lucentia has always been shaped by the collision of street power and corporate ambition, but few forces arrive as carefully as the Meridian Ascendancy, a high-end organisation that enters the city not with guns or gangs but with contracts, hospitality, investments, and promises of stability, first ingratiating themselves with existing criminal networks in the district known as Aureline Crest, a polished urban zone of luxury apartments, private clubs, elite service corridors, and gated high-rises where influence flows quietly through business cards and whispered introductions, as the Ascendancy offers protection, money laundering, infrastructure support, and access to markets beyond Lucentia in exchange for “cooperation,” slowly embedding themselves into every level of gang operations, sponsoring crews, smoothing over disputes, and positioning themselves as indispensable intermediaries, until what began as partnership begins to shift into dependency, and dependency begins to shift into control, as rival gangs start noticing their decision-making no longer feels entirely their own, alliances subtly reoriented, supply chains quietly redirected, and leadership structures gently undermined through incentives rather than violence, while behind the scenes the Ascendancy consolidates power, preparing to transform Aureline Crest into a fully integrated economic zone under their influence, forcing gangs, fixers, and independent operators to decide whether they will resist, collaborate, or be absorbed into a system that doesn’t conquer the streets through war, but by making itself impossible to remove.

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Lucentia never sleeps - and neither should you. In this solo mode, you step into the city alone, taking on jobs, running cons, evading the law, and navigating the hidden currents of factions. Every decision ripples outward: a missed detail can cost more than cash, and a single bold move can rewrite the city’s balance.

To fully experience the chaos, you’ll need your Urban Chaos Core Rulebook. It contains the rules for attributes, skills, combat, factions, Noise, City Pulse, and the systems that make Lucentia feel alive. The solo adventure system builds on these rules, letting you engage with the city as both protagonist and storyteller.

Expect tension, opportunity, and consequences. You’ll roll dice, make choices under pressure, and see the city respond in real time. Every session is a self-contained story, but one that can leave threads spilling into the next.

Solo play in Urban Chaos isn’t about simply surviving - it’s about thriving in a city that watches, remembers, and pushes back. It’s fast, it’s engaging, and it’s yours to shape. Your moves matter. Your choices echo. And the city? The city is always listening.

Not all who walk Urathun do so in the company of others. Some journeys are solitary by necessity. Others by choice. In the Known World, both paths are equally dangerous - and equally meaningful.

This manual provides a framework for solo play, allowing you to explore, survive, and shape your own story without a GM. You will act as both player and interpreter, guided by systems of chance, logic, and consequence. You are not here to “win.” You are here to endure, discover, and decide.

You will require The Entombed Crown Core Rulebook in order to facilitate play.

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Veyl’Duran is a prosperous Kyran dominion - walled towns, ordered roads, and trade routes that cut through rolling fields like veins of wealth. It is a place that prides itself on safety, where travel between settlements is routine and guarded only lightly.

That illusion has ended. A hunter walks the roads now. Not a beast of forest or mountain, but something learned - something that understands gates, schedules, and human weakness. It strikes at night, leaving no clear spoor, only emptied caravans, silent homesteads, and bodies arranged as though observed. It does not feed like animals do. It studies. The Kyran authorities deny panic publicly, but entire routes have gone dark. Patrols do not return. Even fortified waystations have fallen without sound of siege. The beast is not contained in the wild. It is already inside civilisation. And it is growing comfortable there.

Full of Power – Heroes of the Academy brings 16 NPC stat blocks of heroes from the Justice Academy, designed for use by the Game Master in campaigns. In addition, it also includes the stat blocks of the seven members of the Legend, the elite group of the Academy of Justice .

What has thirteen engines, a cantina, and a swimming pool? Why a luxury starliner of course. As your shuttle docks with the opulent vessel, you are escorted into the atrium, where there's a friendly cantina, comfortable seats, gorgeous views out the enormous bridge window, and people tripping over these damn benches. For whatever you need a vacation, we've got the map for you.

This map is full-resolution, 300 dpi for printing, and also includes 150 and 70 dpi versions for use in your favorite VTT. 

Galaxy Pirates are here for all your Science Fiction, Space Opera, boarding action, and starship hijacking gaming needs.

In AD410, the Roman Emperor Honorius sent a goodbye letter to the people of Britain. He wrote, “fight bravely and defend your lives...you are on your own now” … Within a few short decades, the lights had been extinguished on Roman Britain, and the long night of the Dark Ages had begun. In the year 2000, no one received a letter telling them they were alone. No one needed to; those who waited for the cavalry to come to their rescue died in their homes; only the strong, resourceful, and ruthless lived to see the new Dark Age.

The idea of the United Kingdom still lives on in the hearts of some, but for most, their allegiance is given to petty warlords, who can ensure they have protection, shelter, and food. A few dream of new realms, as the idea of long-dead kingdoms such as Wessex, Mercia, and Northumbria stirs the hearts of the ambitious. Most just wish things could return to how they were before the twilight of the dark age commenced.

The United Kingdom Guide for the 4th Edition of Twilight: 2000 is a comprehensive sourcebook for running campaigns in a shattered Great Britain. Across 178 pages, you’ll find everything you need to bring this harsh and fractured land to life, including:

• A complete timeline detailing the United Kingdom’s road to war and collapse
• In-depth coverage of all major regions, including key locations and controlling factions
• Full write-ups for over 30 factions, with their goals, forces, and notable NPCs
• A detailed equipment guide featuring UK-specific small arms, vehicles, watercraft, and helicopters
• Six ready-to-run adventure plots
• A full-colour travel map of the United Kingdom and player handouts

Threefold Fate Dice

A System-Free RPG Divination Tool

What does fate have in store? Threefold Fate Dice is a fast, flexible, and fully system-agnostic divination tool for tabletop RPGs. Using just 3d6, you can generate rich narrative guidance, ominous prophecies, and story-driving insight in seconds. Whether you're a Dungeon Master shaping the future of your world or a player seeking meaning in uncertain choices, the Threefold Fate Dice turn simple rolls into powerful storytelling moments.

How It Works

Roll 3d6 in order:

• Die 1 → Past (Cause)

• Die 2 → Present (State)

• Die 3 → Future (Outcome)

Combine the results to create a flowing interpretation—and if numbers repeat, powerful Omens emerge to shape the reading.

Quick Example

3 → 4 → 3 (Conflict → Change → Conflict)
Omen: Strife Erupts

A clash has already begun. That struggle triggers upheaval—and that upheaval leads right back into greater conflict.
This will not resolve quietly.

Use It For

• Inspiring improvised story twists

• Answering uncertain outcomes

• Creating prophecies, visions, and omens

• Guiding NPC decisions or faction actions

• Adding flavor to fortune-tellers, seers, and divine magic

• Helping players make meaningful choices

Why You’ll Love It

• System-free — works with any RPG

• Fast & intuitive — no charts to memorize

• Narrative-first design — built for storytelling

Fate Awaits

The bones are cast. The pattern is revealed. All that remains… is how you choose to face it.