(Shadowdark OSR solo/GM-less) Those Aren't the Villagers You're Looking For!

Spring should be a season of rebirth, yet for this forgotten hamlet, it has brought only a deepening shadow. For months, the long nights claimed dozens of souls; now, those missing loved ones have been seen darting through the treeline, silent and strange. Too terrified to reclaim their own, the villagers turn their desperate eyes to you. The forest waits, hungry and ancient. Do you have the courage to solve its riddle, or are you merely the next soul destined to disappear? Those Aren't the Villagers You're Looking For is a mini-adventure I put together for solo play (or GM-less play) using the Shadowdark TTRPG system. It’s meant to be perfect for times when you can’t get the full group together, want to test out a new character build, or maybe use it as part of a West Marches-style campaign (still working out the details on that last one). I built this dungeon using the dungeon generation tools from the Shadowdark core book , along with ideas from Index Card RPG , Knave 2.0 , and Delve . This adventure was also a little inspired by Tales of Argosa and other games to provide some fun mechanics. I sat on this adventure for a while hoping it'd come together as something a little scary and a bit harder than the others I've created. My goal was to make the adventure feel like a connected, intentional experience, not just a jumble of random stuff (though I do love the chaos of random tables sometimes!). The mini-adventure can be printed on letter-sized paper (front and back). Hope you enjoy it! If you try it out, I’d really love to hear what you think. I’m planning to create more of these soon!