Vampyrates - A Caltrop Core Game

Welcome to Vampyrates, a Caltrop Core TTRPG where you and your friends play as a crew of a pirate ship cursed with a lust for gold, and blood. As both a lawless seafarer and a lifeless creature of the night, it’s time for you to do what you do best - sneak into town and get up to no good. You’ve moored your ship in town just after nightfall. Your crew will need to make your way through town and try to steal as much treasure and suck as much gold as you can, without getting caught by the guards or getting caught in the sun.

This work is based on Caltrop Core, published by Titanomachy RPG. The Caltrop Core SRD is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. 

This game was developed for the Caltrop Jam 2. Special thanks to Titanomachy for hosting this game jam, and for developing the Caltrop Core system around which Vampyrates and many other games like it are based. Thanks also to Eric Brocksom of Brocksom Design for the art, to Abbey Kelly, Kerry Hishon, and Nicole Ireland for inspiration during development.

Content Warning! Avast! This game contains descriptions of blood and violence. While Vampyrates is designed to be played in a campy and light-hearted manner, a game centred around vampires will inescapably contain depictions of blood and light-horror themes. The more troubling elements of the lives of pirates and the mythos of vampires are not to be underplayed. Always discuss your group’s comfortability with these topics before playing to ensure a safe and enjoyable session.