The Last Adventure
In The Last Adventure, you're a warrior, champion, and monster slayer. Now you've come to die, but on death's shore, neither family nor ancient heroes greet you.
Take up the memory of your sword, the memory of your shield, and make your last adventure here, in the land of death!
The Last Adventure is a tabletop role-playing adventure game in two zines. The first zine is you: a warrior, now dead, still seeking adventure. The second zine is The Land of Death: the places and landscapes in the land of death, and the people and monsters you'll encounter there.
The Game Series
The Last Adventure is the third game in The Wizard's Grimoire zine series. It's a complete, stand-alone game; you don't need either The Wizard's Grimoire or The Barbarian's Bloody Quest to play it.
The games share a world and a rule system, but each one has its own unique adaptations and quirks. The Last Adventure includes rules for adventure, danger, and battle, and rules for remembering your life and — potentially — abandoning yourself to death as well.
When you pledge for The Last Adventure, you can add on The Wizard's Grimoire and The Barbarian's Bloody Quest, too.
System & Dice
The Last Adventure uses a dice pool version of Powered by the Apocalypse's moves. Here they're called exertions, and they describe how you exert yourself to get things done:
- You can exert your compassion to offer peace and understanding to someone you meet in the land of death.
- You can exert your resolve to stand against a monster or an enemy.
- When you find yourself in a place of peace and safety, you must exert your restlessness to leave it, perhaps to hear the voice calling you on, and put your feet again to the road.
...And so on.
When you exert yourself, roll a number of 6-sided dice and count the 4s, 5s, and 6s as hits. Each hit you roll gives you an option, a chance, or a better outcome.
Content Warning
Content warning: Moderate fantasy violence. Moderate fantasy horror, including body horror, magical enslavement, and questions of personhood. Content touching on mortality and grief.
Suitable for teens and adults.
Past & Future Issues (Spoilers!)
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The Wizard's Grimoire, available now as an add-on: The first issue! You're an ambitious wizard with a grimoire beyond your arts. Unlock it and discover the wizardry within. Includes a challenging 1st-level grimoire: "The Signature of Aibesta of the Two Courts."
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The Barbarian's Bloody Quest, available now as an add-on: A wizard murdered and enslaved your people. Now you're among strangers, on a bloody quest for revenge. Let all wizards beware! Includes "The Book of Doomed Wizards."
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The Wizard, the Warrior, & the Wastrel, coming soon: A guide and rules for switching up the solo adventure format of play. For use with The Wizard's Grimoire, The Barbarian's Bloody Quest, and The Last Adventure. Includes "The Wastrel," a hedonist and thief (originally released as "The Barbarian's Companion").
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The Thief & the Necromancer, coming soon: You're friends, a gifted necromancer and a thief and street performer. You've both escaped bad situations and you've thrown in together to take on the world. Includes "Goerne, a Ghostly Tutor."
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Three Grimoires, coming soon: Includes "The Dictum of Polume the Farer," "The Three Scrolls of Jorvelte Wild-Crowned," and "The Red Tome of Salabrusto the Wise," for use with The Wizard's Grimoire.
Learn more here: The Wizard's Grimoire Series.
Attention: Patrons
If you support lumpley games on Patreon, you'll already get the digital version of The Last Adventure as a patron reward. Don't sign up for it here!
If you'd like a copy in print, though, this is the best way to get one.
Reduced Price Level & Community Copies
Times are tight!
If you want to support the project but the full price is a stretch, or if you're curious about the game but can't justify paying full price sight unseen, we've been there! Please feel free to join in at the reduced price level.
When we publish, we'll also make some community-supported copies available for free, no questions asked. If you can't join in now, there'll be a community copy for you when they come out.
Meanwhile, help us get the word out! Tweet and toot, blog, share, and reshare. Thank you!
PbtA Pay-It-Back
As you probably know, we don't ask PbtA creators for any royalties or licensing fees. If you've published a successful PbtA game or product of your own, or made PbtA a successful part of your business, please consider backing at one of these levels. It's a completely voluntary way to show your appreciation and support.
Risks & Challenges
At this writing, our game Under Hollow Hills is at the printer. We haven't yet delivered it to its backers. You can read the updates for that project here: Under Hollow Hills on Kickstarter
The timelines and workloads are such that these two projects shouldn't interfere with each other, but if it's a concern for you, of course we understand.
Q&A
We love to answer questions! If you have any questions about this game, the game series, or any part of the campaign or project, please ask.
Thank you!
