There’s a strange comfort to ambiguity. To stand at the threshold between states of what was and what’s next, to inhabit the places of transition. But you’re never truly alone here. There are things that hunger within the dark places. Strange creatures and mysteries lie in wait and tumbling into the wrong place at the wrong time may put you on the path towards doom. 

Grab your flashlights and blood splattered jackets as you try to make it through the night. Beware, snapping bone and rending flesh are often the simplest outcome. While there may be great power within these places… not all mysteries can be solved and not everyone can be saved. Above all, there are fates far worse than death.

What is the Deluxe Edition?

This is explicitly not a 2nd edition of Liminal Horror. The core rules are fully compatible with all previously released zines (rules and adventures). We are keeping Liminal Horror Investigators in print as it acts as an easy player reference and contains the basic tools a Facilitator needs to run an LH adventure. The Deluxe Edition is enhanced, adding additional content while still keeping the original text relevant and usable. 

The Deluxe Edition adds a robust toolkit for Facilitators, and includes optional rules, settings, monsters, lore, starter adventures, and Facilitator advice. It is everything you need to run any sub-genre of modern horror at your table. The biggest draw being an all new design, hardcover flourishes, and art throughout by Zach Hazard Vaupen.

Our major goals in creating a Deluxe Edition is backwards compatibility (which is why it is not a 2nd edition and instead an enhancement), usability for all types of players and facilitators (regardless of your experience running horror, old school style games, or running ttrpgs), and adding more content (both official and generative) for people running Liminal Horror.

During the campaign we also have a limited run Luxe Edition that is linen bound with a custom foil pressed cover by Zach Hazard Vaupen.

The Deluxe Edition is broken into 5 main sections: Introduction, Investigator’s Guide (Rules), Facilitator’s Guide, Catalog of the Strange (bestiary, npcs, magic items), The Haunted Pacific Northwest (a ready to use setting), Appendices (additional content and optional rules to enhance gameplay).

The Player-Facing Rules from LIMINAL HORROR: Investigators have been revised and expanded to include:

• Revamped Backgrounds and Archetypes.
• An expanded Equipment List with all the weapons, items, and protection you'll need to survive.
• Quick-Start Rules including roll tables, bonds, and party questions to help you create a unique Investigator and integrate them into the party in seconds.
• The new Rituals system, with 30+ magic spells and comprehensive rules for creating your own occult rite.
  

The Facilitator's Guide is the beating heart and soul of LIMINAL HORRORS: Deluxe Edition, and its contents have been developed and distilled over years of playing, running, and writing adventures for LIMINAL HORROR. Within you'll find:

• Essays and Advice on creating and running your own Investigations, including tips on designing mysteries, managing tension, and combat encounters.
• Genre-Savvy Tips on running different styles of horror, from slashers in the woods to cosmic terrors from beyond space and time.
• Detailed Procedures for adapting and integrating any adventure into the LIMINAL HORROR system.

The Catalog of the Strange is a collection of all the weird and horrid entities, objects, and organizations that we've encountered in our Investigations. We don't claim to fully understand everything that's in this catalog, so we've left some gaps where you can fill in the connections. Maybe you can find a way to untangle this web of mystery and intrigue once you've read about:

• Factions and Organizations connected to the Weird, each with their own internal hierarchy, motivations, resources, relationships, and esoteric ambitions.
• Dread Cults and the ways they seek to align themselves with unspeakable powers.
• A Bestiary of Horrors detailing the wants, needs, strengths and weaknesses of the kind of monstrous NPCs you're likely to meet in your Investigations. If you don't know the difference between a Ritual Horror and a Dead God, this section might just save your life.
• A Codex of Resonant Artifacts, strange objects of immense and terrifying magical power.
• Allies and Adversaries we've crossed paths with in our travels — whether they'll be a help or a hindrance in your Investigations is anyone's guess. 

A peek into our backyard, The Haunted Pacific Northwest is a complete setting guide and adventure sandbox. In between the truck stops, the dying logging towns and the shadows of the pines you'll find: 

• Detailed Locations including resources and amenities, important NPCs, points of interest, and potential investigation threads.
• Campaign Frameworks for Facilitators looking to connect multiple different Investigations into a single unified storyline. 
• Plot Hooks, Conspiracies, and Conversions to help you integrate any official LIMINAL HORROR adventure into the Haunted Pacific Northwest.

These Appendices and Errata are all optional, but include modular rules, tables, and resources that can radically change the way the game feels, plays, and responds to the Investigator's actions. Make LIMINAL HORROR the perfect game for your table by mixing and matching any of the following: 

• Optional Mechanics optimized for different horror genres, lethality of combat and exploration, and mechanical complexity.
• Expanded Resources that Facilitators can use when prepping and running their games, like expanded archetypes, NPC templates, Doom Clock and Fallout mechanics, and more.
• A set of Generic Universal Location Maps, fully keyed and complete with suggested ways to incorporate them into your Investigations.
• Quick Reference Aides and cheat sheets for both players and Facilitators, designed to minimize page flipping and keep your players focused and in-the-game.

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STRETCH GOALS

(UNLOCKED) "Case Files 01" PDF ($70,000) Every backer will receive a digital (PDF) version of LIMINAL HORROR: Case Files 01, a collection of short adventures, locations, factions, and monsters.

(UNLOCKED) "Case Files 01" Zine ($90,000) Each physical reward tier backer will receive a printed (softcover) version of LIMINAL HORROR: Case Files 01, for the first time in print!

PDF Adventure Bundle ($100,000) We're giving away the store: digital files (PDF) of ALL official adventures (The Bloom, The Mall, The Bureau, One Night at the Shelterwood Inn, and The Parthenogenesis of Hungry Hollow) included for every backer. You've got the book, now let's get playing! 

"Einfühlung", a Haunted House Starter Adventure PDF ($120,000) Still not sure where to start? This brand-new haunted house adventure by series creators Josh Domanski and Goblin Archives is designed to ease new Investigators and Facilitators into the LIMINAL HORROR experience.

"Einfühlung", a Haunted House Starter Adventure Zine ($150,000) But why stop there? Add "Einfühlung" to your LIMINAL HORROR shelf at no extra charge, just for being part of the movement. For all physical reward tier backers.

"The Bureau Remastered" PDF ($180,000) If you liked what we did with The Mall Remastered, you're gonna love what we do with this. An all-new revision of the 2022 adventure module, The Bureau Remastered puts your Investigators deep in the labyrinthine headquarters of The Bureau in the midst of an extradimensional crisis. A fan favorite! 

"The Bureau Remastered" Zine ($210,000) As above, so below: all physical reward tier backers will receive The Bureau Remastered as a softcover zine, the first time this particular product has seen print.