The Hobling Heist

My latest RPG project the Hobling Heist - an adventure scenario for Challengers of Vanth RPG - is now available for free download at itch.io.

https://geekrampage.itch.io/the-hobling-heist

You have been summoned to the Hobling Realm for an audience with the emperor himself. His Imperial Majesty greets you, offers you some tranya, and says he'd like to hire you for a very special covert operation, codename:

the Hobling Heist

The Hobling Heist is an adventure-scenario for Challengers of Vanth, an alternative gonzo science fiction fantasy setting supplement compatible with MÖRK BORG. Previous familiarity with Vanth or Encounter Critical is not required to use or enjoy this product, however it is assumed that players and gamemasters own MÖRK BORG and are familiar with its rules.

This is NOT an officially licensed or authorized use of the setting from Encounter Critical, this is a tribute. This is fan fiction in the form of a roleplaying game.

MÖRK BORG is © Ockult Örtmästare Games & Stockholm Kartell 2019

The Hobling Heist is an independent production by Christian Conkle and is not affiliated with Ockult Örtmästare Games or Stockholm Kartell. It is published under the MÖRK BORG Third Party License.

There's Treasure Hidden in Snake Head Cave

 

My latest RPG project, "There's Treasure Hidden in Snake Head Cave", an adventure-scenario for Challengers of Vanth, is now available for FREE download from itch.io.

An old map points the way to a buried treasure. Ahead of you, the gaping maw of a great stone serpent, the entrance to monster-infested catacombs, danger, and death, but you're willing to face all that because you're smart, you're brave, you're resourceful, and because —

There's Treasure Hidden in Snake Head Cave

There's Treasure Hidden in Snake Head Cave is an adventure-scenario for Challengers of Vanth, an alternative gonzo science fiction fantasy setting supplement compatible with MÖRK BORG. Previous familiarity with Vanth or Encounter Critical is not required to use or enjoy this product, however it is assumed that players and gamemasters own MÖRK BORG and are familiar with its rules.

This is NOT an officially licensed or authorized use of the setting from Encounter Critical, this is a tribute. This is fan fiction in the form of a roleplaying game.

MÖRK BORG is © Ockult Örtmästare Games & Stockholm Kartell 2019

One of the Goblins has a Flamethrower aka "a Starter Module"  is an independent production by Christian Conkle and is not affiliated with Ockult Örtmästare Games or Stockholm Kartell. It is published under the MÖRK BORG Third Party License.

the Persona Portfolio

My latest RPG project, the Persona Portfolio for Challengers of Vanth, is now available for FREE download from itch.io.

https://geekrampage.itch.io/persona-portfolio


The Persona Portfolio is a collection of non-player characters, notable personalities, famous heroes, despicable villains, and common antagonists for Challengers of Vanth, an alternative gonzo science fiction fantasy setting supplement compatible with MÖRK BORG. Previous familiarity with Vanth or Encounter Critical is not required to use or enjoy this product, however it is assumed that players and gamemasters own MÖRK BORG and are familiar with its rules.

The Persona Portfolio includes:

• The Argus Foundation 
• The Argus-2
• Baltor the Brave
• Captain Burke
• Lincoln, Warlord of Vanth
• Sir Chicken
• Thrazar
• Land Raider Captain Carlos
• The Psi-Witch Queen
• the Laboratory of the Screaming Scientist
• Doctor Horace Thaurot
• The Empire of Viraxis
• Darth Viraxis
• Imperial Inquisitor
• Viraxian Hell Soldier
• The Sulduku Hierophants
• Marauders
• Warlord of Unheroic Decay
• Highway Marauder
• Skullbryn the Warlock
• Generic NPCs
• Ape Hunter
• Assassin
• Bandit
• Commoner
• Guard
• Guard Captain
• Hustler
• Magistrate
• Slaver
• Street Urchin
• Thug

This is NOT an officially licensed or authorized use of the setting from Encounter Critical, this is a tribute. This is fan fiction in the form of a roleplaying game.

MÖRK BORG is © Ockult Örtmästare Games & Stockholm Kartell 2019

The Persona Portfolio is an independent production by Christian Conkle and is not affiliated with Ockult Örtmästare Games or Stockholm Kartell. It is published under the MÖRK BORG Third Party License.

Opponent Opuscule Number 3

 

Opponent Opuscule Number 3 is now available for Challengers of Vanth. 

Even MORE monsters! Expand the world of Vanth with new creatures and adversaries including:

• Air-Monkey
• Aqrabuamelu (Scorponid)
• Cyclops
• Elric
• Helephino
• Fowl-bear
• Gamma Monster
• Giant Alligator
• Landshark
• Magma Fish
• Mind Parasite
• Misplacer Beast
• Half-Orca
• Pegacorn
• Psycho Murderer
• Sentient Slug
• Serpentoid
• Shuffling Ferrovore
• Taigor
• Triffid
• Trilateropod
• Warilla (Gorilla Warlord)

Opponent Opuscule Number 3 is a collection of antagonists for Challengers of Vanth, an alternative gonzo science fiction fantasy setting supplement compatible with MÖRK BORG but inspired by Encounter Critical. Previous familiarity with Vanth or Encounter Critical is not required to use or enjoy this product, however it is assumed that players and gamemasters own MÖRK BORG and are familiar with its rules.

This is NOT an officially licensed or authorized use of the setting from Encounter Critical, this is a tribute. This is non-commercial fan fiction in the form of a roleplaying game.

Opponent Opuscule Number 2

 

Opponent Opuscule Number 2 is now available for Challengers of Vanth. 

More monsters! Many monsters created by my nephew Nolan Hartley when he was 5, plus one monster created by Jo Walling.

Opponent Opuscule Number 2 is a collection of antagonists for Challengers of Vanth, an alternative gonzo science fiction fantasy setting supplement compatible with MÖRK BORG but inspired by Encounter Critical. Previous familiarity with Vanth or Encounter Critical is not required to use or enjoy this product, however it is assumed that players and gamemasters own MÖRK BORG and are familiar with its rules.

This is NOT an officially licensed or authorized use of the setting from Encounter Critical, this is a tribute. This is non-commercial fan fiction in the form of a roleplaying game.

One of the Goblins has a Flamethrower - a FREE Adventure Scenario for Challengers of Vanth

Goblins have been raiding local village and kidnapping children. You have been hired to track the goblins back to their cave, but beware--

One of the Goblins has a Flamethrower!

One of the Goblins has a Flamethrower aka "a Starter Module" is an adventure-scenario for Challengers of Vanth, an alternative gonzo science fiction fantasy setting supplement compatible with MÖRK BORG. Previous familiarity with Vanth or Encounter Critical is not required to use or enjoy this product, however it is assumed that players and gamemasters own MÖRK BORG and are familiar with its rules.

This is NOT an officially licensed or authorized use of the setting from Encounter Critical, this is a tribute. This is fan fiction in the form of a roleplaying game.

The Slaves Mines of Thugosh-Katra available now!

 

You were traveling through Vanth when you came across Shears, a desperate lad on the run from Orcine mercenaries.

He begged you to protect him and to help free his entire village from --

the Slave Mines of Thugosh-Katra!

The Slave Mines of Thugosh-Katra is an adventure-scenario for Challengers of Vanth, an alternative gonzo science fiction fantasy setting supplement compatible with MÖRK BORG. Previous familiarity with Vanth or Encounter Critical is not required to use or enjoy this product, however it is assumed that players and gamemasters own MÖRK BORG and are familiar with its rules.

This is NOT an officially licensed or authorized use of the setting from Encounter Critical, this is a tribute. This is fan fiction in the form of a roleplaying game.

MÖRK BORG is © Ockult Örtmästare Games & Stockholm Kartell 2019

The Slave Mines of Thugosh-Katra is an independent production by Christian Conkle and is not affiliated with Ockult Örtmästare Games or Stockholm Kartell. It is published under the MÖRK BORG Third Party License.

The Tomb of Anubis-re-Boötes, available now!

You have been hired to escort an emotionless scientist named Annadroid Zeta deep into the Goblin Hills in search of an ancient site from robodroid mythology --

the Tomb of Anubis-re-Boötes

The Tomb of Anubis-re-Boötes is an adventure-scenario for Challengers of Vanth, an alternative gonzo science fiction fantasy setting supplement compatible with MÖRK BORG. Previous familiarity with Vanth or Encounter Critical is not required to use or enjoy this product, however it is assumed that players and gamemasters own MÖRK BORG and are familiar with its rules.

This is NOT an officially licensed or authorized use of the setting from Encounter Critical, this is a tribute. This is fan fiction in the form of a roleplaying game.

MÖRK BORG is © Ockult Örtmästare Games & Stockholm Kartell 2019

The Tomb of Anubis-re-Boötes is an independent production by Christian Conkle and is not affiliated with Ockult Örtmästare Games or Stockholm Kartell. It is published under the MÖRK BORG Third Party License.

Challengers of Vanth - a Fan Tribute to the Greatest Science-Fiction Fantasy Role Play Game

Challengers of Vanth is now available for free download at https://geekrampage.itch.io/challengers-of-vanth

Also available! Opponent Opuscule, a catalog of deadly creatures, and the Lost Temple of Ssarkon, an adventure scenario.

Challengers of Vanth  is an RPG that applies the minimalish rules of MÖRK BORG to the gonzo hoblings-and-phasers world of Vanth as depicted in the lost 1978 RPG Encounter Critical by Hank Riley and Jim Ireland.

Challengers of Vanth  is a love letter to an era, a tribute to an age when you liked awesome stuff solely because it was awesome.

Challengers of Vanth  offers an alternative setting to the fatalistic doom of MÖRK BORG. While the amazing setting of MÖRK BORG explores the weighty concepts associated with an inevitable eschaton of a dark and gloomy land of corruption, Vanth is a world inspired by paintings on the sides of vans, sci-fi and fantasy TV shows and movies from the 60s and 70s, and Sword and Sorcery comics from the late 70s.

The world of Vanth is an RPG setting created by two overconfident geniuses from 1978, unencumbered by restraint or subtlety or tradition.

Challengers of Vanth  is everything you thought was cool when you, or probably your parents, were 12-15, everything cheesy and amazing and mind-blowing created between 1960-1985.

Challengers of Vanth  is a glam-rock barbarian with a machine gun standing atop a mountain while a lightning storm rages in the background.

Challengers of Vanth  is a warlock casting fiery spells at hissing sleestaks from Land of the Lost on the top of an Ark II speeding across the desert.

Challengers of Vanth  is Caroline Munro and David Hasselhoff in Starcrash.

Challengers of Vanth  is drawing lightning bolts on the cover of your Trapper Keeper.

Challengers of Vanth  is renting a VHS from the sci-fi rack at the neighborhood video rental shop after midnight.

Challengers of Vanth  is an independent production by Christian Conkle and is not affiliated with Ockult Örtmästare Games or Stockholm Kartell. It is published under the MÖRK BORG Third Party License.

MÖRK BORG is copyright Ockult Örtmästare Games and Stockholm Kartell.