Star Studded Survival Horror
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The Decay: Survival Horror Roleplaying is a new ttrpg from Coffee All Night Games that aims to put the desperate bid for survival back into horror. This is accomplished through simple tension building mechanics and a take on horror that approaches cosmic, but then takes a left turn.
We are not only funding the core book, but also Mass Grave, a stretch goal zine with a diverse group of guest writers that is so stacked it's scary. We have an even mix of newcomers getting their first professional writing credit alongside household names in the hobby.
John Harper (Blades in the Dark)
Rene-Pier Deshaies (Breathless)
Jack Panic (DNGN CLUB) - who will also be doing our cover art!
Jex Thomas (Bump in the Dark)
Alex Rinehart (Cyberrats)
Quinn Murphy (Community Radio)
Carlos Salazar (Puppet Run)
YN Roe
VItheSixth
Will Red
Michael Walton
As excited and focused as we are on the core game, we just had to get that out of our system. Now onto the rotting meat of The Decay: Survival Horror Roleplaying.
The mechanics are simple enough to learn through play. They are going to be familiar to anyone who has played a Breathless game before. Your stats are different die sizes, and every time you make a roll, pass or fail, the dice drop a size. You're rolling against an ever increasing target number set by the Decay Level. So as things are getting more intense your character is getting worn down. However, by leaning on your Saving Grace and Fatal Flaw, you can get re-rolls, ignore penalties, and try to reset your stats...for a price.
The Decay is a game with no instant kills for player characters. Sure, you can die, but it comes after taking on enough Ruin and Collapses to finally take you out. No one wants to sit by the sidelines while their friends get to keep playing the game.
For the Guide (GM), the game is as simple to run as it is to play. The Horrors in this book don't have big stat blocks to track. Hell, we don't even have a dedicated combat system. The all original horrors are narrative fuel to keep your players on their toes without having to stop and track numbers. Being in control of the Decay Level lets you set the pacing in a simple, but effective fashion.
A collection of modular rules, called Afflictions, lets you mix and match to customize the game to your darkest desires. This gives the core gameplay a wide variety of different feels for both one shots and campaigns. The core book will house 30+ original horrors, as well as ready to run scenarios.
If that piqued your interest, you can go check out the FREE 60 page quickstart zine, Fresh Decay, which contains the full core rules that you can run right now. We also have an actual play with the Happy Jacks RPG crew so you can see the game in action.
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