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DEAD OF NIGHT:
the little book of horrors
Dead of
Night: the Little Book of Horrors is a roleplaying game based
on b-movie horror, slasher flicks and campfire tales of things
that go bump in the night. Dead of Night is a pocket roleplaying
game in the true sense of the word - it is only a quarter of the
size of a normal roleplay book, small enough to fit in your pocket
and play just about anywhere!
At the core
of Dead of Night are the Survival Points and Tension mechanics,
designed to work in tandem to encourage players to embrace horror
movie cliches, take control of the story and put their victim's
life in danger, whilst giving the GM freedom to rack up the tension
and guide the story to it's grisly conclusion.
Dead of
Night is designed to be pick-up-and-playable, with streamlined
mechanics, ready made monsters, characters and scenarios, as well
as plenty of guidelines for making your own on the fly. It can
be as detailed or lite as you want, and supports any type of horror
game.
Dead of
Night is available direct from Key20
or Indie
Press Revolution.
"A
pocket horror roleplaying game with a fast resolution system and
a lot of options that will have you bashing werewolves in no time."
- Eddy Webb, RPG.net
"Dead
of Night accomplishes exactly what it sets out to do - it is a
simple, portable game that captures the feel of horror movies
to a tee. While it is perhaps the wrong time of year for it, unless
I get snowed in in an isolated mountain cabin and find that the
phones are dead, then come October I will be pulling this game
out." - Paul Tevis, Have
Games Will Travel
"Spending
Survival Points and spending Tension Points are the real meat
of the game, affecting or framing the way the basic dice-resolution
functions. It's a lot like the way that Luck and Attention Stars
interact as the stronger mechanic framing or holding the action-resolution
dice in Space Rat, and if you don't think that's a ringing endorsement,
then you must not be paying attention." - Ron
Edwards
"Is
it playable? Oh, yes, I see no problem in using these mechanics
to actually play a game. Is it especially suited to it's purpose?
Well, if it's purpose is horror roleplaying in a very narrative-driven
style, yes, it works for that … If the purpose is to create
a very portable gaming book to carry around with you, it's even
better - it small, pretty complete, needs very little paperwork
indeed, and is easily readable." - Wulf Corbett, RPG.net
Dead of Night
adventures
We've
released two Dead of Night adventures so far, both now available
at RPGNow.
Coyote
Creek is priced at just $1 and Night
of the Santa Claws is free!
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Dead
of Night
The
bite-size game of
larger-than-life horror roleplaying.
Author:
Merwin Shanmugasundaram & Andrew Kenrick
Editor:
Ian Sturrock
Cover: Eric Lofgren
Interior Art: Eric Lofgren & Michael Cunliffe
Product
Code: SMH001
Release Date: out
now!
Format: 4.25" x 5.5" softcover
Page Count: 224
Price: $19.95
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