Corpse Snatchers XMAS

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Wanna get your revenge on XMAS shopping?

We got you covered. Corpse Snatchers XMAS is a solo first mall crawl survival adventure for the dark fantasy RPG The Lost Bay.

Your best bro Pat helped you find the job. An easy gig:the two of you wear stupid Santa suits and distribute promo flyers to the brain numbed ghouls that haunt the Gallowsville Mall at the edge of Sleep Country.

With Pat there, it wasn’t so bad, but when they didn’t show this morning you had to pick up the slack. Exhausted, on your break you snuck into the storage room of the Delicatessen and passed out. You wake to your pager, buzzing out a short message: “I’m trapped in hell - it’s freezing - get me the fuck OUT! - PAT.” Then an inhuman scream splits the air on the other side of the storage room door.

Fight your way through the mall infected by the twisted spirit of XMAS. Discover secrets about Gallowsville. Find amazing artifacts, and meet new weird friends. Travel to Cold Hell and destroy the evil XMAS Talking Tree, restore the spirit of Christmas!

Features

• 32p adventure
• Simplified solo procedure
• Gazillions of items, encounters, and twisted Special events
• Two maps
• Solo first, group friendly, play it alone, or with your pal

What people say about it

PAT: this was supposed to be a simple gig. I just needed a few extra bucks, what the heck!

Warning!

This edition of Corpse Snatchers XMAS is an early access copy. Two of the map zones (out of 9) are not finished, you might find typos, or little inconsistencies. Text, layout and art are 88.5% done. But we didn't want to wait before sharing it as it's XMAS season! If you play it we’d love to have your feedback.

Until January 8 2024, all profits made with the sale of this adventure (minus payment and itchio fees) will be donated to a local food relief charity helping folks and families going through the winter: Les restos du coeur. We're not affiliated with this charity but it seemed consistent with the spirit of this early access release to give back what we receive.

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Credits

Writing and Design: IKO and Dave Kenny

Art: Evangeline Gallagher

Map: Strega Wolf van den Berg

The Edgelands Safety Department, Blackhats, Pointed hats, Dowsing kit, Cremation blade, A Querent's Deck" Tarot deck are by Wren the Forrester

The layout of this adventure is based on the excellent Classic Explorer Teplate by Clayton Nolestine.

This adventure is inspired by Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Constantine (movie) by Francis Lawrence/Nail Gaiman, photos by Ned Ambler, Tricky’s Manquinuaye music and lyrics, Woody: Nova Scotia’s talking tree, Hotline Miami and The binding of isaac video games, and the film Delicatessen.