Genre: Horror





System: Monster of the Week

Game type: One-shot

Players: 2 to 6, plus Game Master

The Cave

The Cave is a horror game for Monster of the Week.

A team of scientists went deep into a secluded cave system in the middle of the desert. At first, field reports came back frequently and the study was going well. But then the top side received a distress signal.

Now all contact is lost.

You are part of a team who have been hired to go into the cave system. Your primary objective is to retrieve the data from the study. Your secondary objective is to bring back survivors.

You know why no one expects survivors.

You know to be prepared for things that go bump in the night.

What you don’t know is whether or not you will survive. What you don’t know is exactly what is waiting for you…in the cave.

About The Cave

The hunters have been hired by big pharma. Their scientists have gone missing while in a cave system in the desert. Top side got an SOS signal and then contact was lost.

The players are one of two teams hired to go into the cave with the main purpose of retrieving the data, knowing very well that this mission is dangerous.

Your role is to lead the hunters through the cave system where they investigate locations like basecamp and the field centre. They will slowly discover what happened to the scientists, and ultimately come face to face with the monsters that lurk down there.

In The Cave you get:

This one-shot horror offers a mix of roleplaying and creative problem-solving, all set in a dangerous cave. It’s perfect for an immersive and cinematic horror TTRPG session.

About The Cave

Inside The Cave you will find:

  • A Step-by-step Horror Mystery: that includes all the information you need to run it. 
  • Detailed Descriptions: that the GM can read aloud to the players to set the scene. Includes dramatic, movie-like action/horror sequences.
  • Ready Made NPCs: A series of non-player characters (NPCs) that you play to aid the hunters and/or put them in danger.
  • 1 Map: covering a cross-section of the cave system.
  • 2 New Monsters: including one that will scare or thrill even the most experienced hunter.

 

Game tropes

  • New monsters
  • Cave monster
  • Urban horror
  • Modern RPG

 

Possible Triggers

  • Darkness
  • Claustrophobia
  • Spider webs 

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