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A jam submission

Our Lord of WarmthView project page

Thaw Thy Bones
Submitted by Calen Heydt (@calenheydt) — 17 days, 22 hours before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Most "Northern" (We're from Minnesota, it's okay.)#43.6673.667
Overall#83.3893.389
Darkest (How deep into the darkness of man can you go?)#103.4443.444
Coldest (How far below zero can you get?)#103.8893.889
Most Deathless (You know it when you see it.)#122.5562.556

Ranked from 9 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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Comments

Host(+1)

I really like this one. I am brimming with ideas on how to use it. I especially like the hidden flavor among the page, our move indeed. This could very easily be a PC killer. Good stuff.

Submitted

So I love the layout. I love the written text. I love the atmosphere. 

But I'm a little at a loss to what to do with this. I guess it's a monster I need to build a story around? What I'm saying is I would love for you to flesh this out. It seems to filled with potential and greatness that I could easily see this as an end-encounter in something weird and horrible. Or the start to kick-off an adventure to figure out what happened to the dear townfolks?

Anyway great job creating something so well crafted. It's the best design in this jam in my opinion.


Small comment, for some reason I couldn't print your adventure. And I urge you to name your PDF as I couldn't find it when searching for it again. :) Small things, just wanted to let you know.

Submitted

Man, this resonates with my brain. I kind of love the literal Hobbesian Leviathan. Obviously this also has heavy wickerman vibes.

I have a hard time thinking of this as an adventure as much as I imagine it as a monster. There really isn't a hook, or story here. It kind of feels like a trap? If the players don't engage it, nothing happens. There's no stakes. The people are apparently happy to be of a hive mind and cramming themselves inside this thing. I can see players wanting to save them from themselves, but that certainly isn't a given.

I think this would be strengthen as an adventure by a hook, like a missing family member who went to this village and the goal is to save them, which will of course trigger the Lord of Warmth at some point.

It would also be nice if there was a mechanism for weakening this thing before it's triggered.

Also, because of the wickerman vibe, I feel like this has to end with being on fire...

Submitted(+1)

This is fabulous and a great submission!  It really captures the essence of the Mörk Borg world, with a sense of wonder and strangeness intertwined.

Developer(+1)

Gee, thanks!