Pirates and Cosmic Horrors Await You in Shadows over Port Royal, Kickstarter

Today, Two Starving Gnolls launched the Kickstarter for Shadows over Port Royal, a horror adventure set in Jamaica during the Golden Age of Piracy. The campaign will be running through October 8, offering multiple physical and digital editions, including limited tiers.

The year is 1692. Your ship finally reaches Jamaica after seven brutal weeks at sea. Ahead lies Port Royal, the richest and most infamous city in the New World; a pirate stronghold where gold flows freely, rum never stops pouring, and corruption hides behind every door.

But something is very wrong. Ships have been found drifting at sea with no crew aboard. The governor is dead under mysterious circumstances. And whispers spread through the taverns that the mayor himself is involved in something… unnatural. You have been sent to uncover the truth, and before long you’ll see that the city’s sins run far deeper than piracy or greed. Something ancient is stirring beneath the waves.

About Shadows over Port Royal Campaign: 

Shadows over Port Royal is system-agnostic and can be played using any tabletop role-playing system. No specific ruleset is required. The team wrote the adventure with flexibility in mind, focusing on investigation, exploration, interaction, and player decisions rather than system-specific mechanics.

Once the investigators arrive in the city, they are free to explore Port Royal as they wish. Clues and discoveries can be uncovered in many different ways, allowing the story to develop differently for each group. Most groups can expect five to seven sessions of play, depending on their pace, choices, and how deeply they explore Port Royal.

The scenario includes:

• A richly detailed depiction of Port Royal in 1692
• Multiple factions with competing agendas
• Investigative gameplay with many possible paths
• Mythos horror inspired by Lovecraft’s creations
• Tools and appendices to help the Game Master run the city dynamically
• A story that builds toward one of history’s most dramatic disasters

Tags: kickstarter, tabletop Written byCatherine Daro A lover of all things RPG and TBS, Catherine is always looking for a new fantasy world to get lost in.