Cæsar Ink, who has worked on Jim Henson’s Dark Crystal RPG, the Hunger Games board game, have taken Doomsong to Kickstarter.
In the beginning, the one true God was murdered. Now, the Last Day looms, and the dead walk free. It’s your job to put them back in the ground.
How? You’ll have to check out the crowdfunder.
Doomsong is an RPG Macabre set in a world on the brink of a Biblical apocalypse. The dead are being turned away at the gates of Hell, giving them no choice but to return to the world above. PCs must subdue them, regardless of how they feel about the arrangement.
Inspired by the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, medieval folk horror, and European mythologies, the campaign offers two beautiful hardback books filled with artwork by the incomparable Moritz Krebs.
In this world, the dead are not at peace. The dead are angry, confused, and desperate. The dead will do whatever it takes to survive, even harming the living.
Characters are Doomspeakers, the few who can communicate with the dead. PCs must use their powers to subdue and send them back to the afterlife.
Doomsong is a game of dark choices and difficult decisions. PCs will have to weigh the needs of the living against the rights of the dead. Characters will have to decide who lives and who dies.
Doomsong: Lord Have Mercy Upon Us is a Roleplay Macabre, a story that puts tense horror at the heart of everything it does, giving GMs and party members alike an unforgettable experience. It is a system that prioritises player choice: will you brave the horrors of combat, parley obscene enemies into tenuous allies, or employ profane powers to twist the world about you? No choice is without risk, and you must weigh your strengths against the frailty of your mortal frame.
Backers can support the game by sharing it on social media or offering cash, and those who offer £30 or more will get the PDF of Doomsong as a thank you gift.
That £30 tier also includes the Lord Have Mercy Upon On, Map fo the Plaguescape, character sheets and character creator app/PDF.
At £45, backers get all the digital rewards plus the hardback version of Doomsong.
The Lord Have Mercy Upon Us and The Doomcoin, which features so strongly in the Kickstarter, are added to the physical rewards at £80.
At £150, which isn’t an inconsiderate backing, there’s also a pad of character sheets and the calendar of Painyme, Tarot-sized GM reference cards, a cloth map of the Plaguescape and an 80mm Father Plaque mini.
The estimated delivery for Doomsong is October 2024.
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