There are one shot options in the text (as there are in Hungry Hollow and The Bureau).
If you’re looking for something designed specifically for that size of session, The Chair or Metroskate Bloodbath would work great too!
Goal: To create a sustainable way to help bring more LH adventures to print without being a large upfront cost to creators.
tl;dr: Launch your adventure as print on demand through Lulu (or drivethrurpg or hosted on your own site) and the LH team will work hard to collect those on the main website and promote them.
Thought Process: As the LH dev team continues our journey growing, one of our main areas of focus is supporting new creators. One of the reasons around hosting the jams is that it helps us build momentum as a community. We also acknowledge that a big part of ttrpgs is the idea of tables being able to buy physical books. There is something about being able to crack open those pages and reference a physical object. The downside is that getting a book to print often involves a lot of work and cost (ordering stock, shipping it to your place, packaging and distributing). One great way to get started is to have your adventure hosted on Print On Demand (PoD). This allows customers to buy the work, and it gets printed and shipped to them without an upfront cost to you.
LH Third Party Print Program: The LH dev team will create a page on the main liminalhorrorrpg.com hub to host print products by creators. This will be at no cost, and simply link to where people can purchase the books (and their digital counterparts). We will also catalog them on the liminalhorrorlibary.com as their own entry!
PoD Steps:
1. Write and design you adventure, getting it ready to print! Remember that each printer has its own specific margin/design guides.
2. Set it up as Print on Demand
3. Price your work. A pretty standard rate for adventures is $10-15 for zines, 20+ for perfect bound soft cover, 25+ for hardcovers. But you can set it to whatever you like.
4. Launch the title!
5.Start making money of print titles as well as your digital options!
6. Reach out to the LH team to let them know your work is in print:
- discord
- LH library submission
- DM
7. LH team will post it to the library, the main hub page, and promote print projects regularly in newsletters, etc
If you are selling your print product (not PoD) Steps:
1. Finish your adventure
2. Get it printed and shipped (to you or a distributor)
3. Start selling it online.
4. Reach out to the LH team to let them know your work is in print:
5. LH team will post it to the library, the main hub page, and promote print projects regularly in newsletters, etc
I typically run my LH games with 3-4 players. I've run games with 5 but that may be pushing it (but is definitely possible). I know Josh has run games with two players quite successfully.
There are a few solo rules out there: Liminal Horror modules tagged 'Solo Rules' - Liminal Horror Library
There are also a few Duet examples out there (one facilitator, one player): Liminal Horror modules tagged 'Duet' - Liminal Horror Library
So there are about 60 copies of the Legacy Edition being shipped back from the UK (but the timeline is unclear about when). Those will be the last copies of those editions so definitely will want to pick them up when you can.
Interestingly enough, the Investigators edition just launched today in print: https://spacepenguin.ink/collections/liminal-horror/products/liminal-horror-inve...
there’s definitely going to be a print edition. We’re finishing up the layout now. Then submit it to printer (along with one night).
Keep an eye on: https://spacepenguin.ink/
Modern horror ttrpg that’s focus is how characters change as a result of the different weird things they encounter (and try to survive).
The design framework does a good job getting to the heart of what it is: https://goblinarchives.github.io/LiminalHorror/Design%20Framework/
At home prints from Meatcastle Games
https://twitter.com/meatcastlegw/status/1624497116218290177?s=46&t=NMC0PGBvca5LtI4SSOafqg
At home prints from Meatcastle Games
https://twitter.com/meatcastlegw/status/1624497116218290177?s=46&t=NMC0PGBvca5LtI4SSOafqg
At home prints from Meatcastle Games
https://twitter.com/meatcastlegw/status/1624497116218290177?s=46&t=NMC0PGBvca5LtI4SSOafqg
podcast interview on Wobblies & Wizards https://anchor.fm/wobbliesandwizards/episodes/The-Bloom-for-Liminal-Horror-e1uecmp