Isles of the Sea Kings
A downloadable game
Isles of the Sea-Kings Hexcrawl & Blank Hex Map
Isles of the Sea Kings: Explore an ancient-Greek and Sword & Sorcery inspired RPG setting. Visit cities ruled by warlike Sea-Kings vying for power, explore long-forgotten temples of brooding gods, and avoid the island lair of the fearsome Hydra!
The Islands of the Sea-Kings begin shrouded in the mists of ancient tales, home to one of the oldest cultures known to humankind. The first Sea-King Iona claimed these rocky shores after the great Fall of Atlantis, each city thriving under its own ruler while paying respect to the High King in the majestic Citadel of Kourion.
The proud Ionian peoples are famous for their sleek trireme ships and unmatched skills as spearmen and sailors. Yet the Isles are not just known for their people; fearsome beasts roam these lands, from the dreaded Hydra lurking in its swamp to the enchanting Sirens who lure sailors to their doom.
Now, tensions rise as war brews between Sea King Tyras and High King Pella, stirring unrest across the Isles. The seas are plagued by piracy, with daring raiders taking advantage of the chaos, further complicating loyalties among the Ionans.
Shine your shield and spear, and prepare to set sail to the famed isles of the Sea Kings.
Also included is Hex Atlas. Unfold endless adventure with Hex Atlas, a compact one-page zine for creating and recording dynamic hexcrawl maps! Ideal for GMs, PCs, and Solo gamers.
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Development log
- Added a list of Ancient Greek Professions/Backgrounds + Starter equipment compat...15 days ago
- New Art: Final Update22 days ago
- Updated map23 days ago
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Another question, what is the scale of an hex on your map?
I hadn’t really set one it since I usually play systems that abstract hex travel, but I’ve read that 6mile hexes are the standard and best practice for hex crawl design.
This product is nothing short of amazing because it's exactly what I've been looking for! What system would you recommend to play this with?
Thanks for playing! I recommend Thalassa, it’s a Cairn Hack that’s really well themed to the Ancient Greek era. Cairn based games are low fantasy and pretty deadly as there’s not too many powers and abilities.
If you want a more sword and sorcery epic adventurer feel, go for Barbarians Of Lemuria. BOL has very cool mechanics and really makes you feel like an over the top Conan the Barbarian type adventurer. Both of these work well solo too.
There’s so much crammed into this! Super inspiring. It makes me want to do something like this myself!
Just a heads up, it isn’t a big deal, but on the Settlement Creation section in the blank hex map pocketmod, there aren’t any numbers for the d6 tables. Just wanted to point that out in case it isn’t intentional!
Also, for the Isles of the Sea-King, 10. Ruins of Milera seems to be mislabelled - it should be E06 not I10!
Again, awesome work!
Thanks for the kind words! I really tried to fit as much as I could onto a page. As far as the charts go, I was inspired by the slick charts in Maze Rats so yes they're intended not to have numbers. And thank you for the note on Milera, it's been fixed!
Hiya Silver! Just got this and noted that the back page has labels superimposed on the contents, wasn't sure if that was intended? Thank you
labels? Def not, I’ll fix it tonight and let you know
can you provide an example? The file looks okay on my end
Oh I was looking at the wrong file. fixed, thanks!
Thank you!