Raiding the Codex Seraphinianus for RPG ideas

The Codex Seraphinianus was published in 1981 by Luigi Serafini and shows art from an imaginary world created in the 1970s. The art is surreal, often a parody of a real life creature and sometimes slightly disturbing. Along with illustrations there’s a mysterious writing system which has become a challenge and a matter of debate among linguists.

Original editions are now rare and expensive but a 2006 edition was released in Italy and is much cheaper.

It’s a book that will appeal to some GMs in their search for inspiration and oddness for their games. For example; what if there are no mermaids in your fantasy world – but rumours of them persist? What would a good fantasy RPG explanation for that be?

Hit up Amazon for the book.