# Brindlewood Bay **URL:** https://forum.menagerie.team/c/games/brindlewood-bay/27.md [Latest](https://forum.menagerie.team/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.menagerie.team/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.menagerie.team/tags.md) --- ## [About the Brindlewood Bay category](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/about-the-brindlewood-bay-category/1291)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 0
--- ## [The Anti-Brindlewood Manifesto](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/the-anti-brindlewood-manifesto/1312)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2025, 4:25pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/the-anti-brindlewood-manifesto/1312 "2025-04-27T16:25:44Z")
(or why I struggle so much with this particular game system) I’m a long-time fan of HP Lovecraft’s work, and cosmic horror in general. I’ve enjoyed some TV Murder Mystery formats but not others - I think I still prefer … --- ## [Brindlewood Bay musings (XP and RP and what the game is about)](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/brindlewood-bay-musings-xp-and-rp-and-what-the-game-is-about/1310)
**Author:** [@Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/Dave)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2025, 4:02am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/brindlewood-bay-musings-xp-and-rp-and-what-the-game-is-about/1310 "2025-04-27T04:02:46Z")
I just wanted to write down what I was meandering around last night. I’m not saying it contradicts anything anyone was suggesting, I do want to write it down to help solidify it in my brain. This is my approach to the E… --- ## [Brindlewood Bay and Clues](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/brindlewood-bay-and-clues/1309)
**Author:** [@Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/Dave)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2025, 7:58pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/brindlewood-bay-and-clues/1309 "2025-02-01T19:58:42Z")
Thought I'd collect the verbose conversation that was started on Discord (I've left off some stray comments) DAVE: Riffing off something either Mike or Bill said (or maybe both), I think a problem I am having is that I… --- ## [End of Session questions and flashbacks](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/end-of-session-questions-and-flashbacks/1304)
**Author:** [@Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/Dave)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2024, 8:30pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/end-of-session-questions-and-flashbacks/1304 "2024-12-19T20:30:39Z")
In answer to @Margie’s question: So have at it. (And I think I owe you a couple of XP for it.) --- ## [That Theory](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/that-theory/1303)
**Author:** [@Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/Dave)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2024, 11:35pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/that-theory/1303 "2024-12-14T23:35:43Z")
In less than 24 hours, I’ve forgotten some of the particulars of the solution you came up with. Here’s what I have, with the 9 clues in CAPS (including the three I don’t recall how you included). Thoughts? … The family … --- ## [Mystery Maven mooting!](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/mystery-maven-mooting/1294)
**Author:** [@Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/Dave)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2024, 12:02am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/mystery-maven-mooting/1294 "2024-12-06T00:02:37Z")
Thought I would start up a thread on general ideas that people might be thinking of for their Mavens, so that we don’t end up with three whose lives center on tinkering in the garden (and reading murder mysteries and inv… --- ## [I'm the Map, I'm the Map](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/im-the-map-im-the-map/1302)
**Author:** [@Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/Dave)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2024, 8:06pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/im-the-map-im-the-map/1302 "2024-12-05T20:06:51Z")
This is also available in-game, but since I spent the time on it I thought I’d show off here my map of Brindlewood Bay. The town is in Massachusetts, but from what little I can glean, there’s no good place for it on … --- ## [Session 1 Outline](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/session-1-outline/1301)
**Author:** [@Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/Dave)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2024, 10:36pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/session-1-outline/1301 "2024-12-04T22:36:49Z")
I’ve been asked to outline the first session. The game actually has an outline for the first session, separate from the standard session outline. Here it is: Keeper - Read the Text Keeper - Gather Play Materials. Kee… --- ## [Age and Mavenry](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/age-and-mavenry/1299)
**Author:** [@Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/Dave)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2024, 9:30pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/age-and-mavenry/1299 "2024-12-04T21:30:06Z")
As I was lying in bed last night, it occurred to me … I could be a Murder Maven (gender notwithstanding). The game doesn’t give a precise age range for the Mavens, just that they are “elderly” and “they each had a life … --- ## [Roots in Brindlewood Bay](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/roots-in-brindlewood-bay/1300)
**Author:** [@Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/Dave)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2024, 8:06pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/roots-in-brindlewood-bay/1300 "2024-12-04T20:06:47Z")
There are parts of the game that make it seem like you are relative Johnny-Come-Latelies to Brindlewood Bay. Other parts of the game (e.g., questions to pose to the players) imply one/some of you have been here most of y… --- ## [Sandbox by the Bay](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/sandbox-by-the-bay/1297)
**Author:** [@Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/Dave)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2024, 9:58pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/sandbox-by-the-bay/1297 "2024-12-03T21:58:13Z")
Well, not exactly. Brindlewood Bay has Mysteries that are defined, but also not defined, at the same time. We’ve talked about how there is no canonical solution involved in any of the BB Mysteries. The conceit of the B… --- ## [Safety Tools](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/safety-tools/1298)
**Author:** [@Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/Dave)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2024, 8:47pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/safety-tools/1298 "2024-12-03T20:47:14Z")
Just a reminder to those who haven’t looked at it that I’ve set up a “Lines and Veils” table in the Rules \> Safety Tools handout in the game Roll20. All players can edit it to note their preferences, but Roll20’s Handout… --- ## [Search in Roll20](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/search-in-roll20/1296)
**Author:** [@Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/Dave)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2024, 8:46pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/search-in-roll20/1296 "2024-11-27T20:46:16Z")
I’ve incorporated the Search mod/API script to the Roll20 setup for the game. It allows for easy text searches of content, and given the variety of people and places I have set up, I thought it might be convenient for ev… --- ## [Welcome to Brindlewood Bay](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/welcome-to-brindlewood-bay/1293)
**Author:** [@Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/Dave)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2024, 12:38am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/welcome-to-brindlewood-bay/1293 "2024-11-23T00:38:51Z")
I don’t know who has the Brindlewood Bay book (or the Nephews in Danger! sequel). Let me know if you need to borrow it. As a rule (ha!) the main BB book is mostly usable by players, and any of the GM/Keeper stuff in it …