Beside the Lesser Travelled Road
20+ system-agnostic, roleplay-encouraging campsites and rest scenes for any fantasy TTRPG - crowdfunding on Kickstarter until Tues 25th Feb.
Inspired by the unexpectedly sombre moments of Dark Souls and Elden Ring, each locale features an evocative description, flavourful details on what players will find on hunting and gathering nearby, points of interest that may draw a players attention and flexible plot hooks of adjustable lengths to suit any DM.
Featuring some of the UK's best TTRPG talent, and platforming of newcomers, Beside the Lesser Travelled Road boasts an outstanding team. Created in collaboration between Josh Wakerley (Brother Why, Ritual) and Josh Arklin (WOAD, Inspirisles, Gast) with consulting from Rich August (Epic Encounters, Dark Souls TTRPG).
Each stretch goal will unlock a further campsite from one of the following of the UK's best and most talented TTRPG designers:
• Chris Bissette (Loot the Room)
• Sasha Sienna (MacGuffin & Co)
• Jonathan Sims (MacGuffin & Co)
• Chris McDowell (Bastionland Press)
• Lou Fryer (Of Dice and Them)
• Steph Windross (Fistful of Crits)
• George Bickers (Three Sails Studios)
• Rori Montford (Montford Tales)
• Mol aka Molomoot
• Chirag Asnani (Desis & Dragons)
• Freddie Watkins (Village on Stilts)
• Yvris Birke (Buttonkin Games)
• Tejas Oza (Bludgeon TTRPG)
• Ray Higgs
• Jayne Ellmes
• Chris Durston
• Emma Birch
The core product will be ~70 pages of A5 content, printed on recycled, textured inners with a matt lamination, recycled cover. With all stretch goals unlocked it will be around 140 pages.
See more of the campaign, here!
