Vermis II – Mist & Mirrors (Forsaken Edition)
Vermis II – Mist & Mirrors is the second volume in the Vermis series — a LORE Game Book (LoreGB) by Plastiboo, published by Hollow Press. Formatted as an official strategy guide for a game that does not exist, it extends the dark fantasy world first mapped in Vermis I. This is the Forsaken Edition — a large-format hardcover limited to 3000 copies worldwide (fourth printing, March 2026).
Concept & Content
The book draws its visual and structural logic from retro dungeon crawler video games: maps, creature entries, diagrams, and fragments of lore arranged into a mythology that is coherent but deliberately incomplete. The format mimics the conventions of an official strategy guide while operating entirely outside any real game system. Rules are implied rather than stated; the world is self-contained; the reader interprets rather than follows.
The subtitle Mist & Mirrors defines the thematic territory — a shifting realm in which identity, flesh, and reality dissolve. Where Vermis I – Lost Dungeons and Forbidden Woods (Forsaken Edition) established the system's internal logic, this volume destabilizes it. Eerie locations, monstrous figures, and strange artifacts populate the pages, rendered in Plastiboo's characteristic style: nostalgia for pixelated graphics folded into dark fantasy illustration and fragmented lore.
Forsaken Edition — Physical Details
The Forsaken Edition is the hardcover release of this title, physically distinct from the standard softcover edition of Vermis II – Mist & Mirrors:
- Large-format hardcover
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3D embossed and debossed front cover, with a deeply debossed back cover
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Dual-color tissue bookmark (black and green)
- Fourth printing, March 2026 — limited to 3000 copies worldwide
Series & Related Editions
The Vermis series spans three volumes, each available in both standard and Forsaken Edition formats. The first volume is available as the hardcover Vermis I – Lost Dungeons and Forbidden Woods (Forsaken Edition) and as the standard Vermis I – Lost Dungeons and Forbidden Woods. The third volume continues the series as Vermis III – Old Curses & Buried Horrors (Forsaken Edition), also available in the standard edition as Vermis III – Old Curses & Buried Horrors. Further titles in this vein are catalogued under Artbooks & Artist Publications.
About Plastiboo
Plastiboo is an independent artist and visual worldbuilder known for creating fictional universes that blur the boundaries between games, illustration, and lore. Through works such as Vermis, Godhusk, and other LORE Game Books, he has developed a distinct aesthetic language merging retro game interfaces, horror motifs, and speculative design.
His work circulates across zines, indie publishing, and experimental narrative objects — occupying a space where game design logic and dark fantasy illustration converge into something that resists easy categorization.
