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Posted: **Thu Jul 02, 2015 11:12 pm**

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The Horror at Briarsgate is an AD&D 1e horror/fantasy game with dark mystery, eldritch horror, vile intrigue, wanton mayhem, terrifying monsters and nightmarish locations.

Valiant young heroes are investigating rumors of strange occurrences in a small village...

...unaware of the unspeakable terror that awaits them.

The Story So Far (in words)
The Story So Far (in pictures)
Map of Briarsgate
NPC List for Briarsgate

Posted: **Wed Apr 20, 2016 11:45 am**

It can now be revealed that this game is based on the 1982 TSR module 'Against the Cult of the Reptile God' (N1) by Douglas Niles. Up until now, I've had to keep it a secret because this adventure is a mystery whose title exposes the culprits! The module's cover art reveals even more secrets, so I still can't post it yet.

That aside, I think it's a great, different, challenging adventure, deserving of its place among "The 30 Greatest D&D Adventures of All Time" by Dungeon Magazine.

To fit my dark fantasy setting, I've emphasized its elements of horror.

In the interest of full disclosure, I've drawn plenty of inspiration from other sources as well:

-The stories (and purple prose) of H.P. Lovecraft
-The gothic horror movies of Hammer Films
-John Carpenter's The Thing
-Both film versions of Invasion of the Bodysnatchers
-Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings
-Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow
-Stanley Kubrick's The Shining
-The art of Dave Carson, John Coulthart, Lee Jeffries and others
-The modules of Gary Gygax, Paul Jaquays, Shane Mangus, James Raggi, Jack Shear and others
-And every DM I've ever had. Thanks.

Posted: **Mon Jan 08, 2018 1:00 pm**

Here's the (un-redacted) module cover:

Posted: **Sun Aug 12, 2018 2:09 pm**

Book ll: The Horror at Vicar's Head, the second adventure of this horror campaign has drawn plenty of inspiration from many sources, including:

-The stories (and purple prose) of H.P. Lovecraft
-Robert Eggers' The Witch
-The gothic horror movies of Hammer Films
-Death Frost Doom and the module that inspired it: The Lichway by Albie Fiore from White Dwarf magazine in 1978.
-Every DM I've ever had.

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