TEKUMEL®: Notes from the Thursday Night Group was originally a booklet printed in limited copies and sold at the U-Con gaming convention in the early 2000s. The booklet is written as a series of vignettes that offer a rare glimpse into both the everyday events and the secret rituals that are intrinsic to the vast and richly detailed world of Professor M.A.R. Barker’s Tékumel. These... [click here for more]
In this introductory adventure for Bethorm: the Plane of Tekumel RPG, the heroes journey to the small town of Mishábar, east of Katalál near an ancient ruined stone castle, where a recent series of disappearances have brought the local clan’s farming business to a halt. Who – or what – has taken three of the clan’s women? The players must identify the cause, and find a solution so that the... [click here for more]
The site dates from at least the Bednálljan period, and may be connected with the Pariah God known as the One Other. It consists of a circle of crystalline spires, some of which have fallen (similar to Stone- henge on Earth, but with columns of natural crystal rather than crude stone monoliths). The opening to the underworld beneath reveals a circular stairway leading down into a labyrinth. It is... [click here for more]
How different things seem now from when you undertook the crushing of a few rebellious hill giants! What seemed a simple adventure has turned into a major expedition. Much time has passed since you discovered the conspiracy that led you to the frost giants, fire giants, and eventually to the long-forgotten Drow. Through your encounter with the dark elves, you have found the true source of the evil... [click here for more]
Tekumel is perhaps the most fully-realized world in all of fantastic literature or gaming. A truly American fantasy subcreation, and probably the first non-white and non-Western roleplaying setting, it evokes elements of South-East Asian and Native American culture and belongs to the science fantasy tradition of Edgar Rice Burroughs, Clark Ashton Smith and Jack Vance and yet is entirely original.
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