MacGuffin & Co.

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Whose House? Fantasy Village | MacGuffin & Co. Get more from MacGuffin & Co. on Patreon

Good news for adventurers who've just been blasted through a the wall of a nearby house by an angry wizard! MacGuffin & Co.'s latest patreon drop finally addresses the question everyone's been asking:

"Whose house is this?"

www.patreon.com/posts/whose-...

I fuckin love Bohren. Just walking-the-night ambient jazz that goes from cozy to spooky to oddly disconcerting on a track-by-track basis. Sickos should also check out their first album "Gore Motel" for a grindier sound that works for a grimier game.

Bohren for Beginners, Bohren & der Club of Gore - Qobuz Listen to unlimited streaming or download Bohren for Beginners by Bohren & der Club of Gore in Hi-Res quality on Qobuz. Subscriptions from $10.83/month.

TTRPG SOUNDTRACK OF THE DAY
Artist: Bohren und der Club of Gore
Style: Doom Jazz/Film Noir
Good for: Any game with "Cthulhu" in the name, investigative games with dark or jazzy vibes

Start here: www.qobuz.com/us-en/album/...

There's lots of good dark ambient stuff out there, but Concrete Desert is one I find myself coming back to again and again. American Dream especially has soundtracked many bleak wasteland journeys and will no doubt soundtrack many more in years to come.

Concrete Desert, by The Bug vs Earth 13 track album

TTRPG SOUNDTRACK OF THE DAY
Album: Concrete Wasteland
Artist: The Bug vs Earth
Style: Grinding wasteland ambience
Good for: Deadlands, Apocalypse World, Mork Börg, anything where the world is dead or dying

Start here: thebugmusic.bandcamp.com/album/concre...

Sometimes you need your game to feel like a John Carpenter movie, and you know who's got your back? John fuckin Carpenter. He's been putting out new music since his retirement from filmmaking and his Lost Themes albums have the advantage of not making players go "is that the theme from Halloween?"

Lost Themes, by John Carpenter 9 track album

TTRPG SOUNDTRACK OF THE DAY
Artist: John Carpenter
Style: Synth-heavy 80s Horror
Good for: Monster of the Week, Unknown Armies, Tales from the Loop, any slightly grindhouse-y horror

Start here: johncarpentermusic.bandcamp.com/album/lost-t...

Or British 1970s Kids on Bikes and give it real Penders Fen or Kes vibes.

I love WRNTDP for the smorgesbord of vintage synth that gives failed future feelings to any game. Halfway between blade runner and a 1970s childrens program about the wonders of science, it hits a tone that most cyberpunk games don't even realise they need.

Your Community Hub, by Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan 7 track album

TTRPG SOUNDTRACK OF THE DAY
Artist: Warrington Runcorn New Town Development Plan
Style: Failed-Utopia Electronica
Good for: Mothership, Cy_Borg, Cyberpunk Red, Shadowrun.

Start here: warrington-runcorn-cis.bandcamp.com/album/your-c...

It's an extra little zine we put together earlier this year, so I don't think you'd have it. Hold on, I'll send it over

Happy to ping you over a digital copy, if you like

Most solo TTRPGs are half-roleplay and half-writing-excercise, which is great, but as professional writers we sometimes struggle to play them without it feeling like work. So with the solo mode for Pitcrawler, we decided to try something a bit odd. Hope you have a goos time with it!

You as well - always a delight to hang with the muppet crew!

Really enjoying seeing everyone posting up their Dragonmeet hauls! Unfortunately for us, the picture would mainly be a pile of snotty tissues as we've been laid low with a big post-convention cold

Nice little haul from #Dragonmeet yesterday. Not pictured, some fantasy and spicy hockey recs from @lalionnecosplay.bsky.social which will become my flight home reads 🏒

Aw, thanks! Was lovely to meet you, and thanks to everyone who swung by the stand. Really liking the new venue for Dragonmeet - onwards and upwards!

Jonny smiling behind a beautifully laid out MacGuffin & Co. convention stall

Dragonmeet! We're over by the big S4 doors - come say hi if you're about!

A fantasy-themed map of the Dragonmeet 2025 trading floor, showing that the way to reach the MacGuffin & Co stall at I 3-4 is to go forward from the entrance and turn left at Mongoose. Wonderful map by Jog Brogzin.

Heading to Dragonmeet tomorrow? Come say hi - we'll be there all day, doing our best to sell you some cool indie TTRPGs!

Our RPG Pitcrawler is designed to give do full-campaign fantasy adventure specifically tuned for one-player and one GM.

macguffinandcompany.com/pitcrawler

An enticing convention stall of high-quality Macguffin and Company products available RIGHT NOW at Tabletop Scotland

MacGuffin & Co? At Tabletop Scotland? Impossible!

Or is it...?

Yes... Come over... We have such delightful things

New Pitcrawler Adventure - Depths of the Bloody Pits | MacGuffin & Co. Get more from MacGuffin & Co. on Patreon

NEW PATREON DROP!
This month we've put out a new adventure for Pitcrawler: DEPTHS OF THE BLOODY PITS. It's a gorey little romp full of foolish nobles, communist vampire and lots and lots of blood. Its also the first in a trilogy we're titling IDOL HANDS. Enjoy!

www.patreon.com/posts/new-pi...

Unfortunately it's our distributor/shipping service is suspending deliveries, so our hands are a bit tied. I'll ask them to look into the book exemption, though, as it would be lovely if we didn't have to.

Waystation Marlowe: A Micro-Setting | MacGuffin & Co. Get more from MacGuffin & Co. on Patreon

And thirdly, another bit of fun news - our next micro-settings is now up to be read on our Patreon!
WAYSTATION MARLOWE sees you playing squabbling alien diplomats in a sector that suddenly becomes very important. Babylon 5, DS9 and Twilight Imperium vibes - enjoy!

www.patreon.com/posts/waysta...

You can, of course, still get PDFs of our games from our website as normal, and Indie Press Revolution carries copies of Odd Jobs and Pitcrawler you can get within the US.
www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/MacGuf...
Sorry again - it sucks all over!

An apologetic graphic that announces the temporary cessation of shipping to the US.

Second, and really frustratingly, like many other non-American companies, we're having to suspend physical shipping from our website to the US for the rest of 2025 due to the tariff situation (which would charge you an extra $80 on EVERY order).

First up, it's the last day to back this marvellous party game that Jonny and Sasha have been contributing prompts too - it's very silly, very funny and a great time!

Whooops! Dropped the ball a bit in terms of keeping up with social media this year, so a few updates (good and bad) incoming!