
Liminal Horror
A downloadable game
Official Modules also available on itch:
- The Mall (What if John Carpenter's The Thing was set in a trapped 1990s mall?))
- The Bureau (“The office as modern dungeon in this love letter to Control and Gradient Descent.”)
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Liminal Horror brings adaptable modern horror to TTRPGs. It is a rules-lite, fail forward system that leverages creative problem solving in order to create memorable experiences at the table. Players act as 'investigators' navigating a modern world full of terrible and unknowable horrors.
For fans of Junji Ito, John Carpenter, Silent Hill, Resident Evil, Call of Cthulhu, Monster of the Week, or Silent Legions but wanting rules-lite adaptable system. It is a modern horror hack of Yochai Gal's Cairn (Into the Odd + Knave).
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Gameplay: Fast and simple rules (the summary fits onto a single page). There are 3 stats (Strength, Dexterity, Control) and players makes saves when there is a risk of failure. Rolling equal to or under is a success. There are not rolls to hit (damage is dealt automatically).
Stress & Fallout: Play deals with horror themes. This is represented mechanically by Stress and Fallout. Fallout is how characters are changed encountering horrors. The design avoids using mental illness and trauma as game-play mechanics.
Magic: Magic is dangerous, random, and chaotic. Liminal Horror adapts the Maze Rats magic system (thanks to the work of Xenio).
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The cover illustration is ©️ 2021 Zach Hazard Vaupen.
All core text is licensed under CC-BY-SA 4.0. Interior images are public domain.
There is a Third Party License for creating adventures compatible with Liminal Horror.
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Resources: Liminal Horror is being designed to present the core game in as many modes as possible for Facilitators & Players.
- Adventures for Liminal Horror:
- The Mall (it's the Thing but set in a 90s mall)
- The Bureau (“The office as modern dungeon in this love letter to Control and Gradient Descent.”)
- Plague of Frogs(included in Liminal Horror core text)
- Adventure Conversions for Liminal Horror
- 3rd Party Content through the Tales From The Void Jam
- Funnel Rules
- Voidcrawl Rules for delving into the deep and unknown places.
- Item Tags for Liminal Horror.
- Time Procedures for Liminal Horror.
- Mystery Framework Google Doc or Mystery Framework Template in Markdown for creating your own adventures to sell.
- Liminal Horror Official Website. A fully searchable, updated version of the core text so players can access resources from their phone or computer. It also contains additional resources for Facilitators.
- IN PRINT AT EXALTED FUNERAL!
- Facilitator Tools (including a framework for writing your own mysteries)
- Appendix N
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Updated | 54 minutes ago |
Status | Released |
Category | Physical game |
Rating | Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars (159 total ratings) |
Author | Goblin Archives |
Genre | Role Playing |
Tags | Horror, Monsters, Mystery, OSR, Tabletop role-playing game |
Links | Homepage |
Mentions | The itch.io Winter Sale and Tabletop itc... |
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A web based version can also be found here: https://goblinarchives.github.io/LiminalHorror/
Development log
- Newsletter (#dungeon23) & the game jam47 days ago
- Liminal Horror Jam Sep 5th - Oct 31stAug 28, 2022
- More Liminal Horror Content!Aug 15, 2022
- Adventure Writing Primer & Jam sneak peakAug 09, 2022
- Physical Edition on sale (20% off)Apr 20, 2022
- Mailing List / BlogApr 18, 2022
- Rule Change for Second PrintingDec 28, 2021
- EPUB & Markdown TemplateOct 16, 2021