A Fantasy Survival Horror Tabletop Roleplaying Game
Inspired by the OSR movement, and based on the Basic Roleplaying Universal Game Engine by Chaosium, Inc., Of Hearth & the Harrowing is a sandbox style tabletop roleplaying game set in a Colonial Era fantasy survival horror setting.
With elements of base building and the popular passions and personalities from other BRP games, it offers a compelling combination of a survival horror narrative in a blighted world and interesting game systems for you and your players to explore.
FAQ
Of Hearth & the Harrowing is a lighter version of BRP, but fully compatible with the full Basic Roleplaying rules. It uses Personalities and Passions, made popular by games like Pendragon. Groups wanting more rules and crunch can easily incorporate their favorite rules from the BRP ruleset.
The ORC License.
Like Basic Roleplaying: Universal Game Engine, we plan to release the rules under the ORC license. All rules in the core rulebook will be free for anyone to use and publish their own books with. Attribution would be lovely if you do so, but is not necessary.
You will also be able to write your own worlds or lands using targeting the Of Hearth & the Harrowing system.
The land of Eragion, our house setting will not be open licensed upon release, but if there is interest lets talk!
When it is ready.
Sorry, but we are deep in art and layout (playtesting is going great) so we do not have a firm date yet. It all depends on how fast the art comes together really. Don't worry, we want it out as much as you do!
Not yet.
It is awesome that you want to help, and we want your help! But we need to be a little further along in our internal playtesting before we give it out for external testers. Soon though.
Coming soon!
We are in the process of setting up a Discord server for the community to get together and talk about the game, swap stories, find groups to play online, etc. We want to make sure its ready, and the game is ready before we expose it to the masses though.
About the Author
Jared Twing hails from the far flung suburbs of sunny Austin, Texas where he lives with his wife, child, and three less than sane felines. A video game designer and roleplaying game writer, he is always found running, playing, planning, or making games.
From RPGs to wargames to video games and board games, gaming is infused in most aspects of his life. Growing up an army brat, Jared used his love of games to connect with others around the world. He knew at an early age that gaming was his passion, but credits his family for the support and encouragement that has allowed him to turn his hobbies into his professions.
His credits include Call of Cthulhu: The Order of the Stone, and contributions to RuneQuest: Weapons & Equipment, RuneQuest: Starter Set, Imperium Maledictum: Inquisition Player’s Guide, Imperium Maledictum: Inquisition GM’s Guide, Dune: Masters of Dune, and many other to be published projects.
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