Shadow Crawler Carnage Pre-Order

Thank You Everyone! We're in the Final Hours!
4 months ago – Tue, Dec 09, 2025 at 06:49:51 PM

We're in the final 40 hours of our Kickstarter, and we have hit nearly every stretch goal we have put before us. We're just a few hundred dollars away from the final stretch goal to round out our Maximum Monster Mayhem adventures. Hopefully in the next couple of days we will be able to celebrate hitting all stretch goals and party with a funded project!

We couldn't have done any of this without you. So if we haven't said it yet, Thank you! You really do make a difference for small publishers to get our projects realized, and we absolutely cannot wait to bring you Shadow Crawler Carnage! The project is in editing now. And we are hoping to bring you PDFs soon along with printed copies in the first few months of 2026.

Go Back Darkspace RPG and Collision Course!

Darkspace RPG is the system this adventure is written for. Based off of/written to be compatible with the Shadowdark RPG rules. Darkspace RPG is phenomenal, and we can't wait to play all the sci-fi games we can muster once the books get to us.  Plus they have some really amazing extras. I myself couldn't keep from ordering the cool dice bag and zip hoodie! Also I heard if they hit $90K Shadowdark's own Kelsey Dionne will be writing a super awesome Legendary extra for the book. So tell your friends!

We also want to give a shout out to our friends at Midgar Press and their Collision Course Kickstarter. It is funded and they're unlocking new stretch goals as we speak. If you're in need of even more Darkspace RPG adventure content. This is a great project to back!

I'll send over another update tomorrow. Once again thanks so much. Let's get that final adventure unlocked tomorrow! Thanks everyone.

-Bill and the Crawl Club Team

Only 5 Days to Go! (Can we hit William's Stretch Goal?!)
4 months ago – Sat, Dec 06, 2025 at 08:04:10 AM

Another Stretch Goal Smashed! (Michael Putlack)

Master monster designer Michael Putlack of Night Noon Games is our $7K Legendary Author unlock for the Maximum Monster Mayhem companion zine! Michael's work on Shadowdark RPG content is well known throughout the community, and now he will begin creating an excellent Shadow Crawler Carnage adventure to be included with the other amazing legendary authors! Like Adrian Williams of Dungeons & Dyslexia, and Zac Goins of Limithron Pirate Borg fame! (As well as many Shadowdark related offerings!). We are excited to spoil some of the content written by these excellent adventure creators in future updates.

But now, we have 5 days left of the Shadow Crawler Carnage Kickstarter. Can we make it to Will M-B's Legendary Adventure?! We're less than $800 away from making this a reality. Will has written countless Shadowdark related adventures for his mainstay Menagerie Press! He also helped craft the Xenosalvage expansion for Darkspace RPG! (You should definitely pick that up if you haven't already.) Will's third party offerings are always excellent and we can't wait to see his adventure for Shadow Crawler Carnage. The rumor is, his adventure takes place in an abandoned "ShopMart"/ "KostCorp" store overtaken by killer robots! Sounds pretty great to me. Let's make this happen. Thank you to everyone who has already backed, and if you haven't yet backed, now is the time!

Join the Discord!

Lastly. Thank you to all of our excellent Discord members who are helping shape the content of Shadow Crawler Carnage! If you haven't joined in the fun by joining the Crawl Club Publishing Discord. Join today! Sevral of our Discord members are being included as contributors to the "salvage box tables" for creating zany/creative items for you to find on your shadow crawls. Join in the fun now by joining here!

7 Days Left! Almost there! (Stay on Target!)
4 months ago – Wed, Dec 03, 2025 at 09:03:37 PM

Shadow Crawler Carnage Live Play!

Last night I was able to run the very first official game (outside of play-testing) of Shadow Crawler Carnage on the Tabletop Bob YouTube channel. Joined by Bob himself, Nate, John, Dexter, and Than Gibson (co-creator of Darkspace RPG!) Got to play one of the adventures included in the new Shadow Crawler Carnage book. If you want a sneak peek at how the new rules and zany monsters work in this sci-fantasy themed adventure book, here's your chance!

Interview with Hermit's Homebrew Podcast

I was also fortunate enough to get to sit down with Nathan from Hermit's Homebrew to talk more about what Shadow Crawler Carnage is, and how rules light systems like Darkspace RPG can mix with Shadowdark RPG to create an experience that lets you play as "pretty much whatever you want to."

We're close to unlocking more Stretch Goals!

We've almost reached Michael Putlack's stretch goal. After that it's going to hopefully be time to focus on Will M-B's stretch goal! These awesome third party Shadowdark RPG authors are creating some excellent adventures for our Maximum Monster Mayhem zine for Shadow Crawler Carnage and Darkspace RPG! So tell your friends about this awesome project. The more people that jump on the backer train, the better the final zines will be! (Plus I'm telling you guys and gals. These are going to be some stellar adventures!)

Thank you so much to all of you who have already pledged. And we can't wait to see what happens in the next week or so we have left! Talk to you all more soon. Have an excellent December!

-Bill and the Crawl Club Crew

We're on a Collision Course for Success! + LIVE STREAM on Tuesday!
4 months ago – Sun, Nov 30, 2025 at 09:09:15 PM

See Shadow Crawler Carnage Played LIVE!

Tuesday December 2nd at 7:30PM EST join us for a LIVE play event featuring Shadow Crawler Carnage on the Tabletop Bob YouTube channel! With our special guest player Than Gibson, co-creator of Darkspace RPG! Tabletop Bob and several of his regular cast and crew will be playing shadow crawlers along side of Than. Join in the fun, as the audience will be able to influence the difficulty of the Shadow Crawl! 

Kickstarting Tomorrow! (Friends of Crawl Club!)

Collision Course launches tomorrow, December 1st at 10:00 AM EST.

Out beyond the safe lanes, an old colony ship The Silhouette still cuts through the dark and it's current trajectory has Harbor Nine in it's path. Harbor Nine is a rust-bitten scavenger / mining / refueling outpost carved into an asteroid. It’s a reminder that nothing in the black lasts forever… except the stories we leave behind.

The first 50 backers will receive a limited-edition “Silhouette Sticker.”

A tribute to the ship that never stopped running, and the outpost that refuses to die.

Prep your ship, charge your energy cells.

When the doors cycle open tomorrow, be ready to board. Back it HERE!

Thanks again for supporting SCC, and have an awesome week!

-Bill and the Crawl Club

Second Stretch Goal Achieved! New Spoiler! Fame Dice!
4 months ago – Thu, Nov 27, 2025 at 09:35:31 AM

Thanks everybody! We have unlocked Zac Goins' Adventure!

We hit our $6,000 stretch goal and we are on our way to the $7,000 mark where we will be adding Michael Putlack's adventure to the Maximum Monster Mayhem zine.

Expect new spoiler content in future updates with details on each of the Legendary writers' adventures. These are in development now, and we can't wait to show them off to you.

Thank you again for your support. And here's a new spoiler for everyone for Thanksgiving!

How Do Fame Dice Work?

Here's a full page spread from Shadow Crawler Carnage detailing the functionality of fame dice! Fame dice are a new mechanic that gives your shadow crawler the ability to tap into a new resource. The millions of fans watching their adventures inside of the Shadow Crawl.

This (still in editing and playtesting) page shows how fame dice will work in your games of Shadow Crawler Carnage. Being that every game of SCC starts with a single luck token, and your crawler will have the ability to earn up to 3 luck tokens at any given time. Fame dice are a new and fun way to effectively use your luck tokens to improve your odds of success.

Not only that, any time your fame die rolls a 4+ during a check. If your check was used in an attack, spell, triad power, or action that would deal damage to an enemy, you get to deal that damage rolling with advantage!

This can be a great way to swing the odds in your favor if you need to ensure your attacks land, or your spell/triad power eviscerates your enemy.

But be careful. Because fame dice can always backfire. If you include a fame die in a check that disarms a trap, checks your constitution against poison, or negates an ability that would deal damage to you, the fame die value is added to the damage dealt by incoming threats.

This mechanic is still in development and changes may occur at any time. But. For now, this version of the mechanic has been working well for everyone helping us to playtest Shadow Crawler Carnage.

What do you think about this new addition to Darkspace RPG mechanics for Shadow Crawler Carnage? We'd love to hear from you, and can't wait to spoil more about SCC in the coming weeks. Including some of the new Archetypes! Perhaps our next update will include the Citizen and Pet Archetypes! Detailing new rules for playing an average Joe/Jane or your favorite family fur-ball. (I'm quite partial to the goldfish, but the Velociraptor seems fun too!)

Until next time Crawl Club! Have a wonderful Thanksgiving,
-Bill Harvat and the Crawl Club Publishing Crew