Late Pledge Options Open For Vaesen: Mythic Britain & Ireland
February 8, 2022 by brennon
Free League Publishing's Vaesen: Mythic Britain & Ireland might have wrapped up its Kickstarter but you now have the option to dive in and check out some Late Pledges from the campaign.
Mythic Britain & Ireland // Vaesen
Mythic Britain & Ireland expand the options for those wanting to dive into some dark, folk-horror mystery solving on the tabletop. Rather than the dark forests of Scandinavia, Mythic Britain & Ireland takes you to the British Isles where you'll delve into more mystical encounters in forests, bogs, across moors and on rain-soaked islands.
- Information about the British Society, its founders and headquarters.
- A gazetteer over the sprawling city of London complete with adventure locations and secret societies.
- A guide to the mythology of Mythic Britain and Ireland, with a score of mythological locations across the islands.
- A chapter detailing a number of mythical beings, vaesen, with stats, background information, story seeds and variants.
- Old Meg: A mystery that takes the player characters to Gloucestershire to investigate a slew of gruesome killings and discover an ancient evil.
- The Llantywyll Incident: A mystery wherein the characters travel to Wales and a mine stricken with strange misfortunes.
- The Hampstead Group: A mystery in the heart of London, where the characters are invited to an artist’s commune with some very weird habits.
...as well as the Mythic Britain & Ireland book, you can also get your hands on Seasons Of Mystery which provides you with more pre-made adventures.
- Dance of Death: The player characters travel to the idyllic springtime countryside of Dalarna in northern Sweden to solve a deadly mystery. Written by Gabrielle DeBourg.
- Fireheart: Religious fervor runs high in rural Småland as the hottest summer in living memory trigger massive forest fires, crop failure, widespread poverty, and a mass exodus to America. Will the player character uncover what's behind it all – and live to tell the tale? Written by Tomas Härenstam.
- The Devil on the Moor: Journey west to the windswept autumn moors of Grimsted Lyng on the Danish island of Jylland and investigate a tale of terror where modernity is pitted against the old ways. Written by Andreas Marklund.
- A Winter’s Tale: The characters travel to the snow-covered forests of Ingria east of the Baltic Sea and are challenged by a mysterious adversary under the glittering winter stars. Written by Kiku Pukk Härenstam.
These adventures have been designed to work with the original Vaesen setting but you'll also find options in there for translating it over to match the British and Irish setting as well.
Vaesen is a stunning roleplaying game that offers up something a bit different for players. Much like Cthulhu, the emphasis is more on investigation and puzzle-solving than simply battling monsters. Unlike Cthulhu though, the monsters in the shadows might not want to outright warp your mind. Sometimes humanity is the real villain.
Mythic Britain & Ireland Map // Vaesen
To be honest, I'd be happy with this. The map by Francesca Baerald is absolutely amazing and I like that Birmingham actually features on the map! This should give you all manner of interesting ideas for your upcoming adventures.
If you missed out, make sure to consider the Late Pledge options by Free League!
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I don´t think I understand. Why is it special that Birmingham is on the map? Is it out place chronologically?
I find the game interesting! I’m Norwegian so I would probably start with the Nordic games, but I have too many RPG-systems not being used!
I live near Birmingham and we often get overlooked. So, nice to see it there.
I understand the feeling, I live in Orange County and everyone who doesn’t live here thinks its just a suburb of LA and often map it as such when we are separate county, we even vote differently, and its even up for debate how many people in OC actually work in LA instead of here.
The standard Vaesen is an amazing game and well worth exploring.
Don’t let the fact it is swedish put you off ?
Which begs the question…what grudge does @avernos hold against the Swedish? Still salty about the 1814 war against Norway?
none, I have swedish family. But the Norwegians and Danes tend to give them the side eye
Absolutely! 😉 It´s all about good natured ribbings! The Swedes attempt to give as good as they get!
Agreed. Middlesbrough too – it was a tiny place till relatively recently.
If it was all in one book I might buy it, but having to buy Vaesen book too puts me off.
do they have Nessie?
no, or yes, as they have kelpies so it depends on how you define nessie
Nice.