Rating: [ 6.4 / 10.00 ]

Game Info

Title  Noctum
Author  Mischa L. Thomas
Book Type  Core Rules
Rank: [ 269 / 4196 ]
Genre  Horror
Setting  Modern

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Game Summary

We summoned it with our malice. We made it grow by the strength of our hatred. We let it stay because we can’t change our very natures. Nothing can force humans to commit acts of evil, only endow us with powers to indulge in our own sadistic proclivities. It’s all around us, on every news channel and in every paper. The vile nature of man is evident. Some of us kill our parents and forsake our children, greed is our creed and instant gratification our pastime.

There is no God; there is no heaven or hell. There is only the ancient darkness and the evil of man. Hope is fleeting and grace is no longer in our grasp. We gave the darkness a form and a realm of its own. It wishes to feed upon us but now some parts of it want more. Humankind has taught it to relish in the suffering of others in a way only humans can. Enter Noctum, an inner tale of survival horror. There is nothing more evil than your fellow man.

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4 + 5kafka. Are you in search of a game that is murkier than Chaosium's Call of Cthulhu nevertheless yet brighter than Kult. This is wher Noctum stands -- the sort of in-between game -- as it strives to be the grey zone between Kult and Cthulhu. For some, the game mechanics are a bit daunting and unwieldy if handled by a rules lawyer thus almost every chapter rightly tells the reader to make stuff up.
4 + 5MR. Looking for a mature role playing game? Look no further...

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10 / 10Ars MysteriorumOut of nowhere, this game blew me away with its highly playable system and brilliant mechanics which manage to illustrate a character's descent into horror while miraculously remaining light on the crunch. I'm very impressed with the maturity with which this game and its setting was treated, especially given the subject matter.

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