Ham & Egg Publishing joins forces with prolific TTRPG writer Levi Combs to bring you a dark double feature designed for use with Shadowdark RPG. Two adventures. Two flavors of horror. One unforgettable campaign.
If Of a Harmonious Nature was written to be the best parts of an A24 film in the Hammer Horror style, then Nothing Left to Lose is SAW in H.H. Holmes' Murder Castle. This is horror with range: slow dread and frenzied ritual on one side, desperate survival in absolute darkness on the other.
The fog-shrouded mountain town of Skogstrand is under the grip of an ancient entity known as Prastr-Vem. It slips into minds and twists them into frenzied, ritualistic terror. The town has already begun to fall, and it will not stop until its will is fulfilled. As you arrive, something is clearly wrong. Strange rites spread through the streets, and the festival of Scythperchten looms only days away.
Written by John McGuire and Levi Combs, with cover art by Sally Cantirino, Of A Harmonious Nature is a full-length adventure for 4-6 characters, levels 3-5. A hardcover clocking in at approximately 80 pages, it will drag you through fanaticism, folk horror, and the slow corruption of a community that has already chosen its side. Will you discover the true reckoning that has set its sights on Skogstrand, or will you too become a part Of A Harmonious Nature?
Set free by your captor after a failed rescue mission, you are reunited with your friends, your gear, and a way out. The only problem is, it isn't the same way you came in. The only thing standing between you and freedom is the dark, and whatever is lurking in its shadows.
Written by John McGuire and Levi Combs, with a cover by Charles Ferguson Avery, Nothing Left To Lose is a three-level dungeon crawl for 4-6 characters, levels 3-5. A 48-page zine built on momentum, pressure, and the specific terror of a clock you can't see. Time is not on your side. Because if the torchlight fades to black, you'll learn that freedom really is just another word for Nothing Left To Lose.
Deluxe Double Feature Edition with Prastr-Vem Mini
Of A Harmonious Nature will feature a cover by Sally Cantirino and will be a hardcover, clocking in at around 80 pages. Nothing Left To Lose features a cover by Charles Ferguson Avery and will be a 48 page zine. Both will be printed on high-quality paper and comes with a PDF copy of the adventure.
Back at the Deluxe Double Feature tier, receive a miniature of Prastr-Vem, the big bad of Of a Harmonious Nature. FDM printed on a Bambu Labs X2D using a 0.2mm nozzle, standing at 70mm tall, and finished in glow-in-the-dark filament so it can haunt your table even after the lights go out.
Ham & Egg Publishing will fulfill the PDF edition via DriveThru RPG after all orders are locked and cards charged. Digital files will be sent out as they are ready, before they go to print, and this will be communicated via monthly BackerKit updates.
As we cross $5K (Woo hoo! Thanks, dudes!), we wanted to announce our first Stretch Goal, Maps!
At $7,000, all physical pledges will include an 11x17 double-sided foldable map for both Of A Harmonious Nature and Nothing Left To Lose, illustrated by Skull Dixon.
Ravenloft inspired maps for The Hotel Exorcist illustrated by Skull Dixion
This campaign looks pretty cool, right? That said, looking cool is NEVER enough. I want to show you why the Dark Double Feature rules, and I want to do it LIVE.
Now, you might be thinking, “But I don’t usually get to play a game before I back it.” It’s a wild idea, I know, but stay with me here.
When I got into sales, I cut my teeth selling a high-end blender at big-box stores and on the State Fair circuit. I loved it because there was always a tangible connection between the crowd and me.
Such a thing doesn’t really exist anymore, right? Instead, what do we get? Ephemera and social media static.
It’s confusing, especially when you are considering plunking down your hard-earned money on a new game.
Luckily, I have a solution.
Come play Of A Harmonious Nature with me. No strings attached, no obligation to back this campaign.
Just pick a date and let me run you through a killer folk horror adventure, designed for the system that it's perfect for: Shadowdark RPG.
All I can promise you is a good time and maybe, just maybe, you’ll survive your stay in Skogstrand.
At the end, I’ll even mail you a commemorative pin from the session.
John McGuire is the co-founder of Ham & Egg Publishing (operating as 321 Action Games), with a catalog that includes The Devil In New Jersey, The Hotel Exorcist, The Sunrise Limited, Under the Shadow of the Noon Day Witch, and the 321RPG Core Rulebook. He has been building tabletop horror for years and knows exactly where to put the knife.
Levi Combs is a prolific game designer who has worked steadily in RPGs for the last 11 years. He is known for adventures such as Jungle Tomb of the Mummy Bride and Escape from Skullcano Island. He designed HeroQuest: Jungles of Delthrak for Hasbro and numerous games and zines for indie RPGs. He lives in Maryland with his family and one very loud, energetic dachshund.
Artists
Sally Cantirino (cover, Of A Harmonious Nature) and Charles Ferguson Avery (cover, Nothing Left to Lose) bring distinct visual identities to each adventure, reinforcing the double-feature concept from the first page.
Sally Cantirino is a comic artist and illustrator from New Jersey, specializing in horror. She has been self-publishing zines and comics since she was a teenager. Her previous comic work has been published by Comixology, Iron Circus, AWBW, Vault, Z2, Ahoy, Boom, and Mad Cave. She has contributed character and monster designs to several TTRPGS, as well as illustrations.
She is best known for The Final Girls from Comixology, Door To Door, Night By Night from Vault Comics, Arcaic from Ahoy, and Orla! from Mad Cave.
Charles Ferguson Avery is a twice-nominated Ennie illustrator located in rural Appalachia. Creator of Into the Wyrd and Wild and The Vast in the Dark!
Zack Giallongo (interior illustrations, Of A Harmonious Nature and Nothing Left To Lose) is from New England, where he draws, makes comic books, and plays games. He has a deep interest in monsters, the banjo, dogs, and cheese.
He’s been drawing for a long time for people like Disney Publishing, Lucasfilm, Macmillan, and Andrews McMeel, and also teaches illustration. He’s best known for his books Star Wars Doodles from Disney, Seeker Society from Andrews McMeel, and the NYT bestseller Broxo from Mamillan, which concerns itself with barbarians.
Prastr-Vem STL Designer/Sculptor
Jaycee Fairclough is a prolific designer, and sculptor known for projects ranging from their own Wasteman range for ThunderChild Miniatures, as well as the miniature range for Dungeon Degenerates, the circus of corruption for OS Miniatures, and many more.
Shipping rates will be locked in after the campaign through BackerKit based on each pledge's weight, allowing us to provide accurate, stable pricing before fulfillment. To keep costs predictable and avoid regional shipping volatility, we will ship physical rewards only to the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Australia. This limited shipping scope helps ensure reliable delivery and prevents unexpected rate increases during fulfillment with Pirate Ship.
Check out this live play for Of A Harmonious Nature, featuring: Will Champion, R.Alex Murray, Michael Putlack, Joey Royale, and the "Neon Lord" Brian Shutter.
Check out this in-depth interview with John "Hambone" McGuire! It covers John's history in the gaming industry, his company, Ham & Egg Publishing, and his current BackerKit project for Shadowdark.
Check out this chat with John "Hambone" McGuire on Tavern Talk from the Tabletop Misfits Twitch Channel.
Ham and Egg Publishing is a New Jersey–based independent tabletop role-playing game publisher and the creative studio behind the 321RPG system. Founded in 2020 by two lifelong friends and creative partners (Geo Collazo and John "Hambone" McGuire), the company grew out of a pandemic-era creative project into an active indie publisher with multiple successful crowdfunding campaigns and a catalog of zines, adventures, novels, music, and experimental TTRPG titles.
Operating out of Kearny, NJ, Ham and Egg Publishing is still a small, two-person team focused on creating accessible, fast-playing games with a strong creative identity, collaborating with a network of artists and designers to produce distinctive, community-driven tabletop experiences.
