Horror in the Windy City RPG Setting for Whispers in the Dark
Created by Matt Corley
Horror in the Windy City brings the excitement, intrigue, and beautiful chaos of the time period to your table using the 5e rules you already know as adapted by the acclaimed Whispers in the Dark RPG.
The beautifully illustrated 180+ page book is a fully realized campaign sourcebook covering Chicago in the latter half of the 19th century. There are new rules, backgrounds, a new alignment system, NPCs, scenarios, and more. In short, it’s everything you’ll need to take your party of investigators to Chicago. It will be up to them to find their way out.
Extensive Worldbuilding. Horror in the Windy City is written to provide the GM with everything needed to play multiple campaigns in its borders.
The major events, and the forces behind them, are explored with scenario hooks and evocative details for the GM present to their players.
Chicago’s historic neighborhoods and locations: Englewood, Lake Forest, St Charles, The Cabbage Path, the Stockyards, Wrigley Field, Lake Michigan, and others are presented with scenario hooks, and NPCs of note.
The Dreamlands' incursion into Chicago has had profound effects on the city. Particularly in areas of heightened emotions, tension, and violence. Find out what’s happened, and continues to happen, behind the veil of sleep.
No story of Chicago is complete without an in-depth look at the public clubs, secret cabals, gangs, and gangsters running the city. From the public faces, to the puppeteers pulling the strings, dozens of new NPCs and organizations are detailed.
Latest Updates from Our Project:
One More Short Update
almost 4 years ago
– Thu, May 28, 2020 at 10:03:31 PM
One more update.
The following rewards went out today via DriveThruRPG
The Devil's City ebook (all formats)
Whispers in the Dark PDF
Whispers in the Dark print on demand voucher
The next rewards to go out are (scheduled for June):
The Devil's City print on demand voucher via DriveThruRPG
The Devil's City novella KS edition
After that we have Horror in the Windy City which is still available for pre-order.
Thank you all so much and stay safe,
Matt
Invitation Only - a Whispers in the Dark Scenario
almost 4 years ago
– Wed, May 27, 2020 at 10:30:25 PM
Inviation Only is the sequel to The Crow Man (found in the Whispers in the Dark QS), and takes the investigators further behind the veil of New Orleans' supernatural community. Written by myself and Matt Young (of NBC's Blindspot).
The Crow Man has been stopped, for now, but the forces behind his summoning are at large. A plea for help from an ally brings the PCs back into the thick of things whether they want to or not.
Word Count - 14,000
Time to Run - 2 sessions
An investigative scenario for up to 5 PCs of 3rd level
7 new statblocks
New Rules on creating investigators of 2nd level and higher
Whispers in the Dark QS PDF & POD redemption codes will be going out soon! (End of day tomorrow at the latest). Keep an eye on your spam folder for links from DriveThruRPG.
Thanks,
Matt
Holiday Weekend Update
almost 4 years ago
– Mon, May 25, 2020 at 08:25:29 PM
The Devil's City e-books Delivered
The Devil's City e-books (epub, mobi, and PDF) went out to all backers yesterday. Please check you spam folder if they didn't show up. I will be sending out a link to download it via DriveThruFiction/ DriveThruRPG in the next week or so to give you easy access to it outside of your computer.
Now a huge favor to ask all of you. Indie authors and publishers live and die by the reviews we have. Your review is the absolutely best way that you can show your support for us. We have 19 reviews already at Goodreads (thank you to the amazing community of horror reviewers), and I can't wait to see what all of you think too.
The Devil's City Print Proof Sent!
almost 4 years ago
– Thu, May 21, 2020 at 05:32:34 AM
All backers that are eligible for an electronic copy of The Devil's City should be getting an email today from BackerKit with the a link to download the PDF of the printer's proof of the US edition. (The US edition has the same content as the International edition with slightly different pagination).
Reader's PDFs, epub, and mobi copies will be released in the next week too.
Busy Weekend!
almost 4 years ago
– Thu, May 14, 2020 at 08:12:39 PM
Victor Emory (WIP) by Thomas Boatwright
Moving forward
KS funds have been collected and should be released to me in a few business days.
Printer proofs for The Devil's City have been ordered from DTRPG (POD folks) and I'll be ordering them from Mixam (US backers that pledged for the physical book) this weekend too.
90% of surveys are back which is fantastic.
Those are solid milestones and I'm very happy with our timelines. Work continues with Horror in the Windy City too. Chris, Celeste, Grant, and I chugging away and still on track for everything. If you haven't gotten your survey it's probably in your spam folder and you can request another one here:
