The Snake Pit: A Vampire One-Shot - now on Kickstarter
A system-neutral vampire thriller about a botched heist, a dust storm, and a casino full of trouble.
Arizona, 1999. You and your crew of small-time vampire crooks have just botched a robbery. The law is closing in, and a dust storm turned the sky black.
With nowhere else to go, you hole up in a run-down roadhouse casino. But armed strangers inside have taken control, and the storm outside turns out to be the least of your worries.
Welcome to The Snake Pit, a system-neutral crime thriller one-shot for your favorite vampire TTRPG. A collab between Michael Medaglia, creator of Bloodstarved, and indie publisher Dark Future, this campaign is now over 200% funded, and runs until Thursday, November 19.
What is it?
A tense, self-contained one-shot built around role-playing, bluffing, and hard choices, The Snake Pit takes place over one disastrous night, mostly inside a single location. Think of it as a bottle episode with a lit fuse.
It's system-neutral, designed for the vampire game you already play, including VtM, Bloodstarved, or any other system where you play a blood-sucking monster.
What's Included?
The GM gets a detailed location, a cast of NPCs with conflicting agendas, a ticking timeline of what happens if the players do nothing, and event prompts to crank up the pressure whenever things get too cozy. The adventure includes:
- A room-by-room guide to the Powder Keg Casino
- A cast of distinctive NPCs with motives and role-playing hooks- Storm events that get worse as the night wears on
- Hostage events that force difficult choices
- News reports that tighten the noose around the crew
- A flashback mechanic that lets you start in media res and jump back in time to see you got into this mess in the first place
The print edition is a full-color, roughly 32-page half-letter zine, plus an 11 x 17" fold-out player-facing map.
Back The Snake Pit on Kickstarter. The campaign ends Thursday, November 19, 2026.
