While we haven’t had any official game adaptations (yet) of Netflix’s hit series Squid Game, for those that like the idea of competing against your friends in a competition to the death, designer Tim Denee has your interests in mind with Deathmatch Island. Taking cues from Squid Game, Battle Royale, The Hunger Games and other dystopian game shows, Deathmatch Island is a fast-paced tabletop roleplaying game based on the Paragon system by Sean Nittner and John Harper.
The story is simple: You wake up to find yourself in a deadly game show set on a chain of mysterious islands. Armed only with their hazy memories and matching uniforms, players compete in challenges to satisfy the demands of Production.
Each session is divided into two phases. In Phase One, competitors explore the island, moving from node to node on the map. Resolving the contest presented at each node can...
The story is simple: You wake up to find yourself in a deadly game show set on a chain of mysterious islands. Armed only with their hazy memories and matching uniforms, players compete in challenges to satisfy the demands of Production.
Each session is divided into two phases. In Phase One, competitors explore the island, moving from node to node on the map. Resolving the contest presented at each node can...
- 10/22/2023
- by Mike Wilson
- bloody-disgusting.com
Tabletop RPG fans can get their dose of gothic horror next month when Darrington Press releases the Core Rulebook for Candela Obscura on November 14th. Available in both a standard hardcover edition as well as a hardcover limited edition for collectors and fans alike, the RPG has a free quickstart guide for those eager to learn more about the game prior to the Core Rulebook release.
In this investigative horror RPG designed and written by Spenser Starke and Rowan Hall, and featured on Critical Role, you are a member of a secret society, the eponymous Candela Obscura, which confronts occult horrors from beyond, keeping hidden the true nature of magickal incursions besetting our world. You’ll pursue strange occurrences and encounter dangerous magicks, fighting back against a mysterious source of corruption and bleed. Candela Obscura is the first to use the Illuminated Worlds System, a newly designed system that uses...
In this investigative horror RPG designed and written by Spenser Starke and Rowan Hall, and featured on Critical Role, you are a member of a secret society, the eponymous Candela Obscura, which confronts occult horrors from beyond, keeping hidden the true nature of magickal incursions besetting our world. You’ll pursue strange occurrences and encounter dangerous magicks, fighting back against a mysterious source of corruption and bleed. Candela Obscura is the first to use the Illuminated Worlds System, a newly designed system that uses...
- 10/17/2023
- by Mike Wilson
- bloody-disgusting.com
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