The Lord of Wolves - A Trophy Gold Incursion

      High on the treacherous and perpetually frozen peaks of Mt. Abbot lies a forgotten gold claim registered to one Jakob Weidner. Decades ago, maybe more, Weidner packed up his family of six and built a homestead on a small, unforgiving parcel of land in a desperate bid to strike it rich. Initially he was called a fool, but, for a time at least, rumor was that Weidner had actually managed to find something in the mine. Then everything went quiet. Perhaps tragedy struck the family before Jakob could make good on it or, perhaps, driven to anger by ridicule, he simply chose to break with society altogether. No matter what happened, the mine still sits somewhere on the mountain waiting for the right person to uncover its location and retrieve whatever riches it keeps hidden.

The Lord of Wolves is a grimdark Trophy Gold incursion originally written for the Trophy Gold Incursion Contest in 2020 and inspired by dark legends and histories of the American west, Appalachian folklore, and western horror movies like Ravenous(1999). In it, your treasure hunters will brave an abandoned and treacherous mountain pass in a desperate bid to recover whatever gold might have been excavated from the lost mining camp beyond. Along the way you'll hazard vertical ice shelves and flesh-starved animals; you'll stumble into the horrible history of the mountain and learn the tragic fate of the family that once called the pass home while attempting to survive the ever-darkening echoes they've left behind. Will you return from Jakob's Folly? And if so, would it be better if you hadn't?

Since the initial Incursion Contest submission, The Lord of Wolves has been edited, vamped up with new occupations and backgrounds, adorned with dozens of haunting illustrations, and laid out beautifully in a half-letter zine format that gathers darkness the deeper in you go.

What awaits you...

• A 26 page, 5.5" X 8.5" digital zine for use with the Trophy Gold rpg system
• A tale of desperation and hunger set in an abandoned mountain mine camp
• Fully illustrated throughout with both original artwork and manipulated public domain images from the late 1800s
• Bespoke randomized loot tables and special new rules
• Five sets filled with evocative props, heartbreaking traps and treasures, and unique and deadly monsters
• Four new Treasure Hunter occupations
• Four new Treasure Hunter backgrounds
• A sinister yet deceptively innocent villain to carry forward into your next incursions
• Every copy purchased above asking price will generate a free community copy

Content Warning

The Lord Of Wolves contains the aftermath of violence against women and children, and depictions of cannibalism. If any of these are a trigger for any member of your playgroup please talk to your group before running this game or consider finding a different incursion entirely. Additionally, the author and Bleak Horizons Press recommend using safety tools at your table to insure that everyone involved is respected, has a voice, retains a positive experience, and, of course, feels safe before, during, and after play.

Some recommended safety tools include:

The X-Card by John Stavropoulus. For more information please visit the Google Doc page HERE.

Lines & Veils, a device developed by the gaming community at large. For more information please click HERE.

Further information on safety tools in general can be found on the Gauntlet RPG Forums at https://www.gauntlet-rpg.com/tools-of-the-table.html