Trophy Dark - The Ones Who Descend Beneath Omelas, Part 2

Content Warning: Like the story this game is based off of, this game will feature heavy themes of child abuse. Listener discretion is advised.

The travelers to Omelas have started to realize the nature of the famed city, and that their plans to take in its prosperity are not so simple. What depths, what limits, will they have to go to to Walk Away from Omelas on top?

This one shot is heavily based on the Hugo Award winning short story The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula K. Le Guin. It is advised if you're unfamiliar with the story to read it first. It is fairly brief. While we are sure it might be possible to find a copy of it online, it is also available in ebook and book form, with links from the official website for Le Guin, and from your local library. The story was collected in The Wind's Twelve Quarters.

Ethan - GM

Ben - Mahara (They/Them), Spider, Opportunistic Graverobber. They seek to establish an estate in the countryside.

Dan - Toron (He/Him), Merchant, (former) Oppressed Laborer. They seek to buy their brother's freedom from prison.

Trophy Dark - The Ones Who Descend Beneath Omelas, Part 1

Content Warning: Like the story this game is based off of, this game will feature heavy themes of child abuse. Listener discretion is advised.

Two people are traveling to Omelas, thinking they will be able to harness the power and wealth of Omelas. However, Omelas' prosperity is due to the immense suffering of a child. The world will not bring about the desires of our protagonists, but maybe this city and this child can...

This one shot is heavily based on the Hugo Award winning short story The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula K. Le Guin. It is advised if you're unfamiliar with the story to read it first. It is fairly brief. While we are sure it might be possible to find a copy of it online, it is also available in ebook and book form, with links from the official website for Le Guin, and from your local library. The story was collected in The Wind's Twelve Quarters.

Ethan - GM

Ben - Mahara (They/Them), Spider, Opportunistic Graverobber. They seek to establish an estate in the countryside.

Dan - Toron (He/Him), Merchant, (former) Oppressed Laborer. They seek to buy their brother's freedom from prison.

Trophy Dark - Throne of the Forest Queen

CW: The scenario's content warnings include themes of body horror, cannibalism, graphic violence, harm to animals, manipulation, slavery, and torture, and our run includes sexuality, power imbalances, and familial trauma. Listener discretion is advised.

Two adventurers make it to the edge of the forest of the Fae. Whispers tell of the Queen offering a wish to those who can make it to her court. But, what horrors must they face, and sacrifices must they make, to even get close to her throne...?

Throne of the Forest Queen is written by David Morrison, and is available in the core book for Trophy Dark. It is available for PDF on DriveThruRPG, and physically through Studio 2.

Ben - GM

Dan - Odell, Spider

Greg - Talia, Blacksmith

Trophy: Dark - That Silent Howl

This scenario contains body horror, graphic violence, harm to animals, memory loss, pregnancy, shipwrecks, and storms. Listener discretion is advised.

A pair of young men, in dire need, hire on to the pirate ship The Green Fly. The job is for a smash and grab. After the smash, they start the grab, and things are more than what they seem on this strange ship...

That Silent Howl is a prewritten scenario for Trophy: Dark. It can be found in Codex - Void (Codex #38), or in the corebook for Trophy: Dark, both of which are available on DriveThruRPG.

Ben - GM

Ethan - Valen, Medium, Plagued Farmer

Greg - Rasei, Naturalist, Reformed Thug

Trophy: Dark - Tomb of 10,000 Dreams

A pair of delvers, seeking fortunes to better their lives, go deep into the woods. But they take their dreams with them, and the cursed forest is where dreams go to die...

Trophy: Dark is a grim game of exploring a cursed forest with likely doomed player characters, using a simple dice system where the more ruin you accrue, the worse things get until you are lost. The game was made by Jesse Ross. A base version of it, with the Tomb of 10,000 Dreams scenario, is available in Codex - Dark 2 on DriveThruRPG. The full book for Trophy: Dark, along with it's sister game Trophy: Gold and setting materials in Trophy: Loom, are available for preorder on Backerkit. More info on those are available at Trophy's website.

Content Warning: This game features scenes of body horror, graphic injury, economic uncertainty, and broken dreams. Listener discretion is advised.

Ben - GM

Dan - Vero, a Leech, an expelled apprentice looking to establish his own estate

Greg - Casien, a Sellsword, a retired soldier hoping to win the heart of the heir apparent of Nahaneh