Camping Cryptids Compendium is a collection of 5 new playable cryptids designed to work with the 80s horror-movie-inspired ttrpg Camp Cryptid. 

Each Cryptid comes with Unique Abilities and Crisis Moments, meaning each Cryptid offers a different play experience. Plus, every Crytpid comes with example Aspects to make character creation quick and easy. 

The featured cryptids are:  

• Friar's Lantern - A ball of strange shimmering lights often found near large bodies of water. Use your mesmeric glow to lure people to their doom. 
• Gestalt Man - Inspired by Frankenstein, this monument to science gone awry can use its stitched-together body to give itself the advantage in tricky situations. 
• Spectral Bride - Inspired by classic ghost stories, this ghoulish figure won't rest until she finds someone to walk down the aisle with. Glide through walls and use your supernatural wiles to entrap those who catch your eye. 
• Zombie - Risen from the grave and hungry for flesh! Use your unearthly strength and affinity for the grave to crush all in your path. 
• Extraterrestrial - From the stars, but stranded on Earth and forced to scavenge to survive. Use alien technology to influence and entrap humans who learn too much about your intergalactic origins! 

About Camp Cryptid:

Camp Ruby Lake is the most highly-reviewed Summer camp in the country! Just… not by people. 

The summer retreat is actually the favorite of Cryptids. Every year, hundreds of Cryptids from all around descend on Ruby Lake to torment human campers and cause chaos. 

Because of this, Ruby Lake has become infamous. Not a year goes by without the camp appearing in the news due to some strange event. From mysterious disappearances to unconfirmed monster sightings, if there is a weird occurrence in the area, it will link back to Ruby Lake. 

However, despite this slew of strange events, the cryptids that visit the site have been mostly unbothered. Most reports are ignored, with the local police presuming all of the incidents are merely overly-imaginative kids or teens pulling dumb pranks. 

It was a heaven for cryptids who wanted to blow off steam.

But, nothing can last forever. 

The local government is getting tired of the negative headlines. It's tired of getting complaints from parents and counselors, and it's even more tired of getting calls from obnoxious Internet mystery bloggers, all of whom are desperate to learn the truth about what they saw lurking around the camp.

The mayor has finally had enough. They're sending a load of government officials to Ruby Lake camp with a simple goal: investigate the camp from top to bottom and decide if it's best to keep the camp open, or if it should be knocked down to make way for a new gated community. 

Thankfully, the word’s gotten out before the investigators arrive, allowing Ruby Lake's cryptids to decide on a plan of action! 

They've grabbed any spare clothing they can find and have disguised themselves as campers and camp counselors. They aim to find a way to get rid of the investigators or convince them that the camp should stay open! 

Camp Cryptid is a rules-lite storytelling game that flips the script on classic '80s horror tropes. It focuses on a group of Cryptids trying to save their favorite summer camp. Each player takes control of a Cryptid that has disguised themselves as a member of camp staff as they attempt to maintain their disguise and pull off their plan. 

The game revolves around a Jenga tower. Players will need to manage this tower carefully, as while you need to pull blocks to use your special abilities, bad things happen when the tower falls. And if the tower keeps falling, your cryptids will begin to succumb to stress, and their disguise may slip. 

However, to guarantee that your plans go off without a hitch, players have several abilities at their disposal. Not only can they use their special cryptid powers, but they can also leverage secrets they've learned to get NPCs and other players to help them out or do what they need. But beware, if people learn your secrets, they can turn them against you!