Sunday, 29 March 2026

Alrightgames: Some Gloom of Kilforth expansions

Some Gloom of Kilforth expansions

As a Kickstarter project, all manner of extravagant and unnecessary extras are available for the photogenic RPG, now at more affordable prices since their formerly devoted backers largely moved on and I can scavenge the scraps. I don't really need to upgrade from cardboard standees to miniatures, or to buy alternate art packs where they show slightly more cleavage (which actually exist), but a bit of variety's always nice.


Promo Pack 2 **

This puny pack isn't worth more than the couple of pounds I bid for it. Encounters with boom sticks and aliens are a bit out of place, and the alternate art card's pointless, but the versatile vagabond's helpful at least, and friendlier than the one in Stew. I later found a more worthwhile use for these when mocking up one of the sequel games on the cheap (work in progress).


Gloom of the North Fan Expansions *****

Finding some mysteriously home-printed Sagas in my second-hand game box, I tracked them to a fan site and discovered other passionately and clinically crafted free resources that I've already started mixing in to give the game legs. It's enough to inspire you to come up with your own, if you're the sort of person who can be bothered with that sort of thing.


Bitter Nights ***

Another fan variant for those repetitive Night cards that simplifies it to two lists and dice rolls. Using numbered cards from The Game makes it even simpler, even if they clash with the atmosphere somewhat.