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The Cursed Flames is a fast, brutal escape adventure for Shadowdark RPG.
Designed for 3–5 characters, Level 2–4.
Built for one intense 3 hours session.
Minimal prep, ready-to-run structure.
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with only 60 hours left, here’s a quick production update.
The main PDF manual is complete: text, layout, images, and formatting are done. We’re now doing the final proofreading, and within a week we expect to send the first proof copy to print.
The cards have already been produced as a proof copy. We’re now waiting for the tuckbox proof, after some file adjustments, and it should arrive in about 20 days.
The Dark Shots manual is fully written, with about 70% of the artwork completed. Layout still needs to begin, but we expect to have the formatted manual ready in around 20 days, then we’ll send its proof copy to print (15days).
Production is moving forward and we’re happy with the progress.
Before the campaign ends, we’d love to reach the next goals:
€3,500 → a new random table
105 backers → a new bonus mini-adventure
We’re close, and every pledge helps us add more content.
we’re almost at the end of the campaign, and the flames are still burning strong.
Thanks to your support, we’ve just reached €2,500, which means a new Stretch Goal has been unlocked:
a new random table is now being added to The Cursed Flames.
And we’re already very close to the next milestone: 105 backers → another bonus mini-adventure
We also have another update. Based on your votes in the last poll, we’ve added 3 limited custom art add-ons for those who want a black-and-white creature illustration from the artist.
These slots are limited, so we can keep the quality high and make sure the artist is paid fairly.
New Custom Art Add-Ons
Creature Sketch — €50 Black-and-white creature sketch, line art only.
Creature Drawing — €80 Polished black-and-white creature drawing, no background.
Creature Drawing + Detailed Background — €140 Polished black-and-white creature drawing with a more defined background.
Thank you again for your support, your votes, and your help in shaping this campaign.
We’re now in the middle stretch of the campaign, and time is flying – but the flames are still burning strong.
Thanks to your support, we’ve just reached our second Community Goal. That means you’ve unlocked a second bonus mini-adventure. So yes, the project is growing again, with even more ready-to-play content for your Shadowdark table.
But we’re not done yet. The next unlocks are already within reach:
- 200 followers → a new monster - €2,500 → a new random table - 105 backers → another bonus mini-adventure
The Cursed Flames was funded in just 12 hours, and we couldn’t be happier.
Thank you to everyone who backed the project, followed it, shared it, voted in our polls, and helped us shape the campaign before launch. Your support made this possible right from the start.
But this is only the beginning.
Now that the project is funded, we can start pushing toward the next goals, unlocking more content and making The Cursed Flames even stronger. Here’s what’s coming next:
Stretch Goals every €500
Community Goals every 35 backers
More random tables
More mini-adventures
More cursed, dangerous content for your Shadowdark table
If you’ve already backed the project: thank you. Truly.
If you’re following but haven’t backed yet, now is a great time to jump in and help us unlock the next pieces of content!
The flames are lit. Now let’s see how far they spread.
This is your last call to reserve your exclusive rewards before we launch.
Recommended: those who offer a contribution of 1 euro shall forge a deeper pact… and receive an exclusive mini adventure, born from the heart of cursed flames. The shadows are waiting. Heed their call and seal your vow to unlock two additional gifts from this dark and damned world… Shadowdark.
thank you for taking the time to vote and share your preferences. the results are clear, and we’ve made our decision based directly on your feedback.
Here’s how we’re going to structure our unlocks:
Stretch Goals (every €500) → Random Table (events, cults, dungeon twists, and more)
Community Goals (every 35 backers) → New Mini Adventure (ready to play one-shots)
This means we’ll be expanding the project in two different directions:
More tools and unpredictability for your sessions through tables
More playable content you can bring directly to the table
Exactly what you asked for. We believe this combination keeps the project both useful and immediately playable, while adding variety as the campaign grows.
And just for you, here, there is one of the last artworks produced, the Dark Deck's Tuckbox is finally ready !!!
Cursed Flames is an intense one‑shot for Shadowdark RPG, designed for a single session packed with tension and an unrelenting escalation of horror. It’s made for groups who crave risk, emotional payoff, and narratively charged sessions - perfect as a one‑shot, campaign opener, finale, or a shocking twist in a longer arc.
Write better adventures, faster. We love weaving tales of terror and courage - but we all know that feeling, don’t we? It’s deep night, candles flicker on the table, and the grimoire before you is still blank. Time has fled, devoured by duties and mortal unease, and you wonder: Will I conjure a nightmare worthy of fear… and memory?
Cursed Flames is a one‑shot for Shadowdark RPG, forged to blaze through your nights of play - when darkness calls, and heroes dare to answer.
Inside you’ll find:
A dungeon with 29 locked chambers
Events that awaken when torches fade
Curses, illusions, random encounters, and time‑sensitive rooms riddled with environmental threats
An optional starting village
Treasure, path, wizard mishap, secret and side‑effect tables
The characters find themselves in the heart of a dungeon, having just reached the treasure chamber… but their triumph soon reveals itself as a trap, orchestrated by a being from beyond this world — an entity that challenges them to escape alive before the cursed torches burn out.
This is not an adventure of leisurely exploration or careful strategy. It’s a desperate race against time, where every choice matters, resources are scarce, and failure means not merely death… but eternal damnation.
WHO IT IS FOR
Not everyone dares to cross the borders of light. Cursed Flames was born for those who walk between fire and the abyss - for those who find comfort in the whispers of darkness and beauty in ruin. Perhaps it was written for:
Those who still tremble, yet feel the call of the unknown and long for a path already traced through the shadows;
Those who have already faced the night, but seek new flames to master, new curses to awaken;
Those who offer shelter to wanderers and desire a ready‑made ritual, one capable of ensnaring every soul that listens;
Those who share the torment, united by the pleasure of losing themselves together in a single story - fleeting as a dream, and dark as a prophecy.
Those who answer the call and become followers shall receive a gift — a mini adventure, a fragment of darkness to enrich their future journeys. But beware: those who offer a contribution of 1 euro shall forge a deeper pact… and receive a second mini adventure, born from the heart of cursed flames. The shadows are waiting. Heed their call and seal your vow to unlock two additional gifts from this dark and damned world… Shadowdark.
