Running Curse of Strahd? Here’s a List of Resources for Getting Started With CoS: Guides, Mods, etc.

If you're new to running Curse of Strahd (and even if you're not!), this video gives a list of resources to help you run the campaign, including handy guides, mods, books, novels, maps, art, music and communities.

00:00 Intro
02:43 Guides & Mods
09:42 Books & Novels
12:34 Maps
15:35 Art
18:24 Music
20:11 Communities
22:57 Outro

The following folk are mentioned:

GUIDES & MODS 🔀

Dragnacarta
- Reddit:   / dragnacarta  
- Patreon:   / dragnacarta  

MandyMod
- Reddit:   / mandymod  
- DMsGuild: https://www.dmsguild.com/browse.php?a...

Lunch Break Heroes
- Web: https://lunchbreakheroes.com/
- YouTube:    / lunchbreakheroes  
- Patreon:   / lunchbreakheroes  
- Raising the Stakes guide: https://lunchbreakheroes.com/product/...

No Fun Allowed
- YouTube:    / nofunallowed  
- Patreon:   / nofunallowed  

Pyram King
- Web: https://pyramking.com/
- YouTube:    / pyramking  
- Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/pyramking

guildsbounty
- Reddit:   / guildsbounty  

The Wedding at Ravenloft
- DMsGuild: https://www.dmsguild.com/product/2499...

The Interactive Tome of Strahd
- DMsGuild: https://www.dmsguild.com/product/3018...

BOOKS & NOVELS 📕

I, Strahd: Memoirs of a Vampire by P. N. Elrod
Knight of the Black Rose by James Lowder
Vampire of the Mists by Christie Golden
I, Strahd: The War Against Azalin by P. N. Elrod
Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft

MAPS 🗺️

DM Andy
- Reddit:   / snootangerines5710  
- Patreon:   / dm_andy  

Aonbarr Cartography
- Reddit:   / eledryll  
- Patreon:   / aonbarrcartography  

Morvold Press
- Reddit:   / sgtsnarf  
- Patreon:   / morvoldpress  

The MAD Cartographer
- Patreon:   / themadcartographer  

The Dungeon Madames

ART 🎨

JamesRPGArt
- Web: https://jamesrpgart.com/
- Reddit:   / jamesrpgart  
- Patreon:   / jamesrpgart  
- Instagram:   / jamesrpgart  

CoS subreddit NPC commissions
- First 8 NPCs:   / the_first_8_npc_portraits_for_the_rcos_com...  
- Second 8 NPCs:   / the_second_8_npc_portraits_for_the_rcos_co...  

Caleb Is Drawing
- Reddit:   / ccleveland  
- Patreon:   / calebisdrawing  
- Strahd & Bucephalus art:   / strahd_as_horse_girl_2024  

MUSIC 🎶

Tabletop Audio
- Web: https://tabletopaudio.com/
- Patreon:   / tabletopaudio  
- My list of TTA songs for different CoS chapters, locations, etc.:   / tabletop_audio_music_choices_for_cos  

COMMUNITIES 💻

Reddit
- CoS:   / curseofstrahd  
- Ravenloft:   / ravenloft  

Facebook
- CoS:   / 954751747941099  

Music credits - Tabletop Audio's "Barovian Castle" was used with permission. All other music - "Shadowlands 1 - Horizon", "Shadowlands 2 - Bridge", "Shadowlands 3 - Machine", "Shadowlands 4 - Breath", "Shadowlands 5 - Antechamber" and "Shadowlands 7 - Codex" - by Kevin MacLeod (a.k.a. Incompetech) licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

All images, logos, etc. are the copyright of their respective creators, the vast majority of which will be from Wizards of the Coast, as per their Fan Content Policy.