{"id":22,"featured":1,"modified":"2023-11-07 15:41:29","latitude":42.102298189481,"longitude":-70.826110839844,"title":"2023 - Ctrl Alt Deceased","address":"","thumbnail":"https:\/\/jameslouissmith.com\/files\/square_thumbnails\/18e12cb20568a582943e6036e4503357.jpg","creator":["James L. Smith"],"description":"A mystery for Brindlewood Bay by Jason Cordova, published in the <em>Nephews in Peril <\/em>kickstarter edition expansion.<br \/><br \/>Brindlewood Bay is a tabletop roleplaying game that combines Murder, She Wrote with H.P. Lovecraft. In it, you play a group of elderly women, members of the local Murder Mavens Mystery Book Club, who help the authorities solve murder cases in a picturesque New England Town. Over the course of their investigations, they become aware of a dark occult conspiracy that connects the cases, and will eventually have to face that conspiracy in order to save their community. The game is low-prep and easy to play no matter your experience with tabletop roleplaying games.<br \/><br \/>The mystery and\u00a0<em>Nephews in Peril<\/em> are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drivethrurpg.com\/product\/424072\/Nephews-in-Peril-Kickstarter-Edition\">available on DrivethruRPG<\/a>, along with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drivethrurpg.com\/product\/410316\/Brindlewood-Bay-Kickstarter-Edition\">core game<\/a>.","sponsor":"","subtitle":"Written for Brindlewood Bay","accessinfo":"","lede":"The Code Coven computer club is proceeding normally when its facilitator, Circe Vaughan, cries out and falls to the ground\u2014dead\u2014a cordless keyboard clutched to her chest. The air is heavy with the smell of ozone and burnt plastic: the computer Circe had just been handling is a scorched ruin. This could be a simple case of bad wiring, or something more sinister could be at play. ","website":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.drivethrurpg.com\/product\/410316\/Brindlewood-Bay-Kickstarter-Edition\">Brindlewood Bay<\/a>","related_resources":[],"files":{"https:\/\/jameslouissmith.com\/files\/fullsize\/18e12cb20568a582943e6036e4503357.jpg":{"id":48,"mime-type":"image\/png","title":"Mystery art for Ctrl Alt Deceased by James Smith","thumbnail":"https:\/\/jameslouissmith.com\/files\/square_thumbnails\/18e12cb20568a582943e6036e4503357.jpg","description":"Nephews in Peril | Cecilia Ferri"},"https:\/\/jameslouissmith.com\/files\/fullsize\/1a2db7ba0e4fc3c0a70bbbda51343848.jpg":{"id":47,"mime-type":"image\/png","title":"Introducing Ctrl Alt Deceased","thumbnail":"https:\/\/jameslouissmith.com\/files\/square_thumbnails\/1a2db7ba0e4fc3c0a70bbbda51343848.jpg","description":"Inset of p.103 of Nephews in Peril. | Nephews in Peril | Gauntlet Publishing. Graphic design and layout by Harald Eckm\u00fcller"},"https:\/\/jameslouissmith.com\/files\/fullsize\/c2813f9ec87ca6dea28b496bc88067ea.jpg":{"id":46,"mime-type":"image\/png","title":"Cover of Nephews in Peril","thumbnail":"https:\/\/jameslouissmith.com\/files\/square_thumbnails\/c2813f9ec87ca6dea28b496bc88067ea.jpg","description":"Nephews in Peril | Cecilia Ferri"}}}