The perpetual broth

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Added 9/16/2025 7:40:18
Modified 9/16/2025 7:54:44
Completion Status Not Played
Library Itch.io
Source itch.io
Platform Physical
Release Date 11/22/2021
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Description

Adventure and Pop-Up Zine!

This short adventure is a break from dungeon crawling, and focuses on NPCs and mystery-solving. Players should be able to play through it in a short session. 

It's made for the rules-light game DURF, and is easily adaptable to any OSR-ish game. 

PHYSICAL COPIES

Physical copies (includes PDFs) can be acquired here https://thelostbay.gumroad.com/l/theperpetualbroth

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BUILD THE POP-UP

The Pop-Up is very simple to assemble, all you need is a ruler, scissors, and glue. Print the Pop-Up elements, cut, glue, fold, and play. Open the zine on the game table and amaze the players!

The Pop-Up inn faces the players, providing a cool a 3D model of the setting. The zine spread contains all the info the DM needs to run the adventure.

STORY

Somewhere in the countryside stands The Perpetual Broth. The inn prides itself on its namesake, a soup that has been cooking for almost twenty years. The soup is constantly topped up with new ingredients, giving it its signature taste. But yesterday evening Julie, the kitchen help, disappeared, and this morning a guest woke up with his skin rose-scented and covered in thorns. Milo the innkeeper asks the adventurers to find out what is going on.

WHAT'S INSIDE?

- Adventure sheet (NPCs, map, micro setting, random tables)

- Pop-Up elements

- Instructions

GET PHYSICAL COPIES HERE

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WHO MADE IT?

Concept & construction IKO, the-lost-bay.itch.io

Text, layout & map Emiel Boven, emielboven.itch.io

Art Bordercholly, bordercholly.com

Editing Cleo Madeleine, @quidtumcicero

Photos & Additional Editing: Laura Elle

Created for the Scissors and Glue TTRPG jam and the DURF Jam, November 2021.