In September 2024 we presented the Slowquest Quick Deal featuring quirky Slowquest mini-adventures by Australian designer Bodie H for Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition and compatible systems. These short, ready-to-run one-shot scenarios (for character levels 1-5) prize problem-solving and roleplay over combat. Bodie’s stylized, cartoony visuals help set a mood of lighthearted fun – though watch out for toad goblins, beak grubs, sick Mushrumps, and Gralk.
“I think my modules are really easy to run,” says Bodie, “with a focus on visuals that help the DM set the tone and understand the world they’re playing in. They’re all rules-light, putting problem solving and roleplay ahead of getting bogged down with rulings and flipping between heaps of pages. I’ve definitely been influenced by the artwork of old point-and-click adventure games like King’s Quest and Monkey Island, which were my favorite games as a child. I like to draw things to look quite silly and goofy, with a bit of a sinister undertone, which is exactly how I run my D&D sessions.”
There were six titles in our Slowquest 5E Deal (retail value $29) as DRM-free .PDF ebooks, including The Goblings, along with its pamphlet-size sequel modules Train Chuckers and Flavour Saviours, plus the mini-modules Forest Flurry, The Halls of Gralk (watch out for Gralk), and Poggin’s Passage.
