WELCOME!
The first design for the game goes back to the second half of 2019, as an attempt to reflect an idea suggested by the late Ken Brown, back in the 1970s.
During the Covid years, however, it seemed a good idea to play the game online, using Zoom, as a way of staying in touch with people, and to give some relief from the challenges of lockdown. The first game, after character development and a session 0, began on the 19th June, 2020. I anticipated it would last a year, given the material I had developed.
It finally reached its conclusion in April 2025, after over 150 game sessions.
This site will include all of the material from that game, with adjustments made to reflect what we learned by playing the scenario. In other words, treating that long campaign as the first playtest.
At the time of this post, the campaign is being played through a second time, by a different DM. It appears that some of the results have proven to be very different...
The game material will be introduced roughly every fortnight or so, in the order it is encountered in the campaign. This - it is hoped - will give the sense of slow discovery and revelation intended by the scenario. At the same time, some of the material encountered early on will be re-evaluated in the light of new findings.
At its heart, Orn is an irredeemably amateur enterprise (as, arguably, all the best games are). No money is made from this offering.
Also, as I cannot draw or paint for toffee, this is a surprisingly image-light D&D scenario when compared with the pictorially rich, professionally-published modules. If the latter is the sort of thing you like, my deepest apologies.
The game is based on the current version(s) of D&D, but also includes some material from earlier versions (going back as far as the Original D&D beige books from the 1970s, and to AD&D), as well as several homebrew additions.
I hope you enjoy it.