Seeking Comments on Homebrew: Cryptids in the Darkroom
Hi all. First time BitD GM, and I am already going well off into the wilderness by really trying to do it my own way, but that's sort of par for the course with how I do RPGs.
The basic campaign idea is 1983; your band of rogues, grifters, and dumbasses created a cryptid hoax tape for fun and somehow turned that into a cable TV contract. Now they've got episodes due. So they've got to go hunt down cryptids, which depending on the engagement roll may mean looking for a mothman and only getting into trouble with the Klan, or it could mean actually finding the loveland frog man and fighting off a rival crew for exclusive footage. Each score is the filming of an episode. I'm looking at like maybe 4 scores with the possibility of going longer if my players really like it.
If any experienced GMs can take a look at the document I wrote up for comments and critique of the playbooks, I'd really appreciate it. https://drive.google.com/file/d/18Qc8ct1ZoNoK6fpfMut5Ob3o4aJez6uo/view?usp=sharing
Posted Jul 25, 2026, 11:35 PM UTC