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[English] Case Files: The Serial Killers Vol.1 Feeder

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A car burns in an abandoned parking lot near an old railway station. The fire is quickly extinguished but the firefighters make a macabre discovery - there is a monstrous human body in the wreck. Perhaps this is associated with a series of kidnapping young girls reported over the last year…

This is how the investigation into the so-called "Feeder" begins.

The script comes from the Feeder, the first scenario from an anthology of five system-neutral criminal case investigations called Case Files: the Serial KillersEvery scenario is written in a “true-crime-esqe” fashion, with no supernatural occurrences, and provided with down to earth explanation. However, there are also ideas how to turn a criminal investigation into a horror story, urban fantasy etc.

Scenarios can be run as stand-alone stories or assembled into a custom campaign about a group of investigators cracking open a slew of serial killer cases. This format was designed with law enforcement agencies (for example FBI agents from The Behavioral Science Unit) in mind. With some minor adjustments a team of private detectives, investigative journalists, or even a rag-tag band of victims' relatives on a quest for justice, should fit in nicely.

Each scenario in the series is a self-contained story of a single, specific case, which depending on the pace, player decisions and personal narratives can be played-out in a single or multiple meetings.


This scenario includes:

- Extensive background of the serial killer around whom the investigation is built.

- Minutia of the investigation, such as crime scene descriptions; laboratory results; autopsy results; or the profile of the perpetrator – everything that the heroes may need to discover and capture the murderer.

- Short and functional descriptions of the key independent characters.

- Short and functional descriptions of significant locations related to the case.

- Hints for the Game Masters woven into the text.

- An additional module of supernatural threads, which allows you to transform a traditional thriller into a horror story.

The scenario is system-agnostic and, hence, does not contain any mechanics or direct references to popular RPG systems. You can easily adapt it to your favorite game. The most common choices are Call of Cthulhu, Kult and World of DarknessAny of the universal TTRPG mechanics (like Basic RoleplayingGUMSHOE or Fate) will do just fine as long as they support the story based on murder mystery, forensic crime fiction, police drama, or police procedural.

Soon, we will be launching a Kickstarter campaign aimed at gathering funds to put the entirety of the Case Files anthology into print! We aspire to add three more yet unpublished cases (thus far only existing in our native Polish language). And if that wasn't enough, there’s a thrilling metaplot in store for you, designed to tie all the stand-alone investigations into a true detective (see what we did there?) saga!

Case Files: The Serial Killers. Pit your mind against their madness. Soon on Kickstarter.

To drum up the support while establishing a community of like-minded case crackers and killer catchers, we are hereby officially inviting all of you to our brand-new discord server!

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September 1st, 2019
I have not played this yet, but purchased and read through it because I was looking for a mystery that was not supernatural - great product at a low price, including three versions to accomodate your mode of viewing/printing. Sometimes when you use a [...]
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August 5th, 2019
Really enjoyed it, great background material, a well thought out plot and protagonists and very easy to either run as a sideline one shot or as part of a campaign as there are enough hooks to fit it into a wider ark. Would fit well in any horror campai [...]
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August 4th, 2019
Excellent system neutral module for any modern investigative RPG. Looking forward to future releases from this publisher. [...]
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