Heartless
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Heartless is a tabletop horror adventure in which the players take on the role of police officers in the fictional small town of Alderton¸ Oregon in 1986. The adventure begins with the horrific discovery of a dead teenage girl¸ strung up and mutilated. As the days pass¸ more victims will follow as the players must race against time to stop the killer. As their investigation develops they will learn of the occult forces at play in Alderton and the violent events of the town's past.
The players will investigate crime scenes¸ interrogate people of interest and attempt to calm the rising panic within the town. The adventure contains details about the various locations and people of Alderton and events which will occur at specific times if the players do not intervene.
The adventure starts out as a murder mystery and spirals towards an action-packed conclusion. As each in-game day passes¸ more bodies are discovered and the panic in the town begins to get out of control. The adventure takes a lot of inspiration from Halloween¸ Friday the 13th and A Nightmare on Elm Street as well as more modern properties like Stranger Things and True Detective.
The adventure can be played using any tabletop rule system but was designed to be used with the Anyworld Tabletop Roleplaying System.