Rating: [ 6.38 / 10.00 ]
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Dead of Night: the Little Book of Horrors is a roleplaying game based on b-movie horror, slasher flicks and campfire tales of things that go bump in the night. Dead of Night is a pocket roleplaying game in the true sense of the word - it is only a quarter of the size of a normal roleplay book, small enough to fit in your pocket and play just about anywhere!
At the core of Dead of Night are the Survival Points and Tension mechanics, designed to work in tandem to encourage players to embrace horror movie cliches, take control of the story and put their victim's life in danger, whilst giving the GM freedom to rack up the tension and guide the story to it's grisly conclusion.
Dead of Night is designed to be pick-up-and-playable, with streamlined mechanics, ready made monsters, characters and scenarios, as well as plenty of guidelines for making your own on the fly. It can be as detailed or lite as you want, and supports any type of horror game.
At the core of Dead of Night are the Survival Points and Tension mechanics, designed to work in tandem to encourage players to embrace horror movie cliches, take control of the story and put their victim's life in danger, whilst giving the GM freedom to rack up the tension and guide the story to it's grisly conclusion.
Dead of Night is designed to be pick-up-and-playable, with streamlined mechanics, ready made monsters, characters and scenarios, as well as plenty of guidelines for making your own on the fly. It can be as detailed or lite as you want, and supports any type of horror game.
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| Rating | User | Summary |
| 3 + 5 | vgunn | [Horror Week] Dead of Night. Dead of Night doesn't pretend to be something it is not. The horror game was written specifically for pick-up play—quick one-shot adventures that can be up and running in no time. Not much bookkeeping required at all and while simple in design, it is elegant in play. [ Read Review ] |
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| 9 / 10 | Geoff Hall | Dead of Night does exactly what it says on the tin. It is a very compact (yet high quality) book that literally fits in your pocket and can be carried with you wherever you go. It's deceptively simple system makes for fast, easy play with lightning quick character creation and easy pick-up for someone unfamiliar with the rules. I say deceptively as the interaction between survival points, tension and the games unique take on initiative provides for very atmospheric play that can cover anything from slaher movies to hammer horror to tense, 28 Days later syle horror. |
| 8 / 10 | Malcolm Craig | Evokes the feeling of horror movies excellently. While not absolutely perfect it does what it does with style and aplomb. |
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