The Baby In The Bean

Explore a dystopian Millennium Park, solve surreal roleplaying puzzles, and survive a giant's tantrum in this surreal apocalyptic adventure.

THE BABY IN THE BEAN is a complete adventure designed to be compatible with your favorite TTRPG system - perfect for use as a one-shot, side-quest, or longterm campaign starter. 

THE ADVENTURE:

After a mysterious performance artist smears vantablack on Chicago's famous legume-shaped landmark, a 12ft long baby arm explodes from the vandalized surface and brings the rapture with it.

In THE BABY IN THE BEAN you will:

• create PEOPLE such as Teens, Vendors, or Office Workers on Lunch Breaks from PLACES such as Northside, Out of State, or the Greater Chicagoland Area.
• turn your mundane and powerless humans into fundane and powerful heroes!!
• pick a side in the artistic feud between artists Stuart Semple and Anish Kapoor as it leads to celestial ragnarok.
• find a way to contain, destroy, or release (??) the mystical baby beast trapped inside the 33’ x 66’ chrome bean. 

THE ZINE:

Inside this 68 page behemoth of a zine is:

• illustrations by the talented Ash Barton
• an optional dedicated system
• grid maps
• BONUS - Alternative Plot "Cloud Castle"

PHYSICAL COPIES FOUND HERE

DLC:

Made possible by the funding from Kickstarter's "ZineQuest 2".

• Ambient Soundscapes for Millennium Park Locations!
• Narrated Audiobook + 30mins of Designer Commentary!

CREDITS

Written by Niky Crawford

Art by Ash Barton

Layout by McKenzie Wilkes