BRINDLEWOOD BAY is a roleplaying game about a group of elderly women—members of the local Murder Mavens mystery book club—who find themselves solving actual murder mysteries in their quaint New England town. There is no canon solution to the mysteries, instead players must collect and piece together many different clues and come up with a convincing theory, then play to find out if they are right!
This evening, just as their book club meeting is ending, the Mavens are approached by Brindlewood County’s chief law enforcement officer, Sheriff Wyman Dalrymple. He tells them that, several nights ago, a wealthy financier, Albert Krause, was dragged out of the bay, dead. Mr. Krause and his family were on a yachting vacation and their boat is presently anchored a quarter mile from shore. Those on the boat assert Mr. Krause was drunk and simply fell overboard, but Sheriff Dalrymple suspects foul play. He hasn’t been able to turn anything up and begrudgingly asks them for help. Time for the Mavens to bring out their amateur inner detectives once again!
There are some supernatural elements in play in the background, but those will need to be uncovered through repeated plays and aren't a part of this oneshot. There is also a meta level to the setting, where the Mavens are actually characters in a TV show that the players are watching. If there is enough interest in it, the gamerunner is willing to offer this system at future cons in a West-Marches approach where both of these elements will feature more prominently.”
This game will be great if you like cozy murder mysteries, PbtA games, collaborative storytelling, improv, Murder She Wrote, Riverdale, Pretty Little Liars, One Of Us Is Lying
Players should build characters who played 0-2 sessions (this system has no levels) Character creation is a really quick multiple-choice process. The game runner will contact players in advance to share handouts (rules reference & character sheets) and make your selections.
New players are welcome. Players need to have played some RPGs.
The game runner is very familiar with this system.
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This game will be played in room #1 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.
CW: Murder will be featured (but without gory details). All mysteries may contain hints of cults and the supernatural.
(use the Download Play Sheets button for the official & free handouts)