Index Card RPG adventure blends classic sci-fi exploration with creeping horror. It challenges players to rely on teamwork, quick decisions, and a healthy dose of paranoia as they push deeper into the derelict station.
A derelict research station drifts in the shadow of a gas giant, its distress signals long since silenced. The Harrowing Hope, a living Warp Shell, has summoned your crew for a mission unlike any other: infiltrate Orshin Station, recover the research hidden within its walls, and contain an outbreak that threatens more than just the Imperium.
Inside, you’ll find more than malfunctioning security systems and empty corridors. The halls pulse with a terrifying presence. A fungal organism that doesn’t just kill, but replaces. Victims return as twisted husks, loyal to the infection, or worse: doppelgängers indistinguishable from the original. Trust becomes a fragile commodity when even your companions may not be what they seem.
The Orshin Incident is a sci-fi horror dungeon crawl, blending tense survival with unsettling mystery. Designed for quick setup and cinematic play, it challenges players to survive the unknown, unravel the secrets of the Floren Plant, and decide what they’re willing to sacrifice to keep the galaxy safe.
The Orshin Incident is written for Index Card RPG (ICRPG Master Edition), using its streamlined mechanics of Targets, Timers, and Effort rolls to deliver fast, cinematic survival-horror play. Whether you’re a veteran Warp Shell runner or new to the system, the adventure is designed for quick setup and smooth play at the table.
But that’s not the only system we are doing. We are also doing:
EZD6 – Fast, narrative-first rules meet sci-fi horror. Play The Orshin Incident as a tense, rules-light one-shot or short campaign.
Ironbound – Dive into Grimwood Games’ own d12 urban fantasy system, adapted here for cosmic terror and fungal corruption.
With these versions, you’ll be able to run The Orshin Incident in the system that best fits your table, whether you crave rules-light cinematic play, crunchy survival mechanics, or dark narrative tension.
Arrival – You awaken aboard the living starship Harrowing Hope, summoned for a mission you never volunteered for. Its orders are clear: infiltrate Orshin Station and uncover the truth behind its silence.
Insertion – In jury-rigged vac suits, you’re hurled through the debris field toward the derelict station. Every piece of shattered metal and drifting wreckage is a reminder that Orshin Station did not die quietly.
Exploration – The heart of the adventure. Corridors echo with distant chatter. Security systems flicker to life. Infection spreads unseen. Allies and enemies blur as doppelgängers walk among you, and the deeper you go, the clearer the truth becomes.
Departure – Escape is possible, but not guaranteed. To survive, you must choose: preserve the research, contain the outbreak, or abandon everything to the void. The fate of the galaxy—and your crew—hangs in the balance.
Because this isn’t just another space dungeon. It’s a living nightmare written for the table.
The Orshin Incident delivers a cinematic blend of sci-fi mystery, survival horror, and fast-paced roleplaying designed to keep players on edge from the first cryopod to the last airlock. It’s an adventure that tests not only your characters’ survival, but their trust in each other.
You’ll get:
A complete three-act sci-fi horror scenario that runs smoothly as a one-shot or multi-session campaign.
A fully mapped, multi-level research station ready to explore, sabotage, or escape.
Terrifying new creatures—from chattering Unformed swarms to the mind-bending Floren Plant.
A story that lets you decide whether to study the infection, contain it… or burn everything down.
Compatibility with multiple systems (ICRPG, EZD6, Ironbound).
Backers aren’t just funding a single adventure. They’re helping expand a shared universe of horror and exploration, where each stretch goal brings The Orshin Incident to new systems and tables around the world.
If you love stories of cosmic dread, moral tension, and creeping infection, this is your mission. The Harrowing Hope has chosen you. Will you answer the call?
Backers who support both Loreforge and Orshin Incident will receive two bonus digital downloads as part of this special crossover collaboration. First, you’ll get The Drunken Gazer, a system-agnostic fantasy adventure written by me. Second, you’ll also receive Virtual Dominion, an 18-page system-agnostic cyberpunk setting from Revel Tales packed with factions, key figures, and narrative hooks you can drop into your own games. Back both projects and you’ll automatically unlock both PDFs.
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