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Hi Folks, It’s been a bit of a busy week here at the Dirty Vortex office as we continue work on the Solemn Vale core book.  Over the next month or two we’ll be busy with the artwork and layout.  We’ll be sharing glorious full color progress shots along the way. For folks who missed Read More …

There you have it, folks, the Solemn Vale Kickstarter campaign came to a nail biting finish… and what a finale it was.  Managed to get those LARP rules unlocked in the last seconds of the campaign. Wonderful. We would like to take this moment to thank all our backers and supporters. Your generosity and enthusiasm Read More …

As we close in on the end of the Solemn Vale Kickstarter campaign, three new Stretch Goals have been unlocked! $34,000 – A Dark Legacy by Graeme Davis – A module for Into the Wyrd $36,000 – Book Expansion – Spells, charms and invocations $38,000 – Stage Rules – Encounters A new module has been added to our Into the Wyrd compendium – A Dark Legacy by Graeme Read More …

Another stretch goal has been unlocked for our Into the Wyrd compendium. Richard Dansky (Wraith: The Oblivion, World of Darkness) has spent over two decades working on video and tabletop games and brings backers a chilling tale in The Ride of Their Lives. A phantom car with a sinister past haunts the roads of Solemn Vale and you’ll Read More …

We are humbled by your continued support for Solemn Vale. We are pleased to announce another module has been added to Into the Wyrd. Phil Brucato (Mage: The Ascension, World of Darkness) is certainly no stranger to Wyrd and strange stories. In A Bit About the Margins, an author comes to town and rents a cottage Read More …

The next short fiction Stretch Goal has just been unlocked. This time Justin Achilli delves into a Solemn Vale local legend. Surrounded in myth and superstition, the bride is a name often whispered when someone goes missing in the region. Talk to one of the local kids and they will tell you all about the Read More …

Another module has just been added to our Into the Wyrd compendium – The Muse by Graeme Davis. A Top of the Pops glam rock band has undertaken a retreat to Solemn Vale in a quest for artistic legitimacy and a new creative direction. Weeks later, at the behest of the band’s manager, a group travels to Read More …

Thanks to your continuing support for Solemn Vale, another Stretch Goal has been reached. The Lock by Howard David Ingham is the first piece of short fiction for our Into the Wyrd compendium. In The Lock, a group of out-of-towners arrive in Solemn Vale to explore the old Looe and Liskeard Canal Walk and the abandoned village of Leistone. Crossing Read More …

Hello folks — Chris Allen here, the designer of the game mechanics that underpin Solemn Vale! I’m going to talk a little bit about the Wyrd Abacus system, and provide a brief overview of how it works. Our intention with Solemn Vale is to provide a light rules framework to support the flow of the Read More …