The Lurking Fear

Devlog

• Fear and Panic, a companion game to The Lurking Fear, has been released! Also, revised rules and layout for Lurking Fear! And more news!
  September 21, 2024 by Lyme

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  #TTRPG, #Horror, #The Lurking Fear, #Fear and Panic, #Social Media

  Lots of big news today! If you liked The Lurking Fear, take a look at Fear and Panic . I designed The Lurking Fear to make it as easy as possible to play old Call of Cthulhu and Delta Green adventures... Continue reading
• GM's Guide Preview 3: The Atmosphere of Horror
  September 03, 2024 by Lyme

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  This next excerpt from the upcoming Lurking Fear GM's Guide addresses the perennial question of, "how do I actually scare my players?" https://brackish-draught.bearblog.dev/the-atmosphere-of-horror/... Continue reading
• GM's Guide Preview 2: When The Players Can't Find The Clues
  August 13, 2024 by Lyme

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  This week's blog post contains an excerpt from the upcoming Lurking Fear GM's Guide answering possibly the most asked question in investigative games: what do I do if the players don't find the clues... Continue reading
• GM's Guide Preview
  August 06, 2024 by Lyme

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  I published The Lurking Fear around two years ago. At the time, I intended to have the GM's guide out in around six months. Then life happened. I'm finally back to a place where I can work on the guid... Continue reading
• Call for Questions and Stories
  September 12, 2023 by Lyme

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  I'm still at work on the Lurking Fear GM's guide. My plan right now is for it to have the following chapters: 1. Resources (Spells, Tomes, Bestiary, Random Tables) 2. Running Games 3. Running Investig... Continue reading
• ePub and Markdown Versions of The Lurking Fear Released
  November 27, 2022 by Lyme#epub, #markdown, #accessibility, #formats, #investigative, #horror, #lovecraft, #Feedback

  By request, I've added EPub and Markdown versions of The Lurking Fear to the game's itch.io page. Thank you to Fozbaca for making the suggestion - I had a fun time learning how to use Pandoc so I coul... Continue reading
• The Lurking Fear goes Creative Commons! Plus, Portuguese translation and new one-page game.
  November 12, 2022 by Lyme

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  #creative commons, #horror, #investigative, #cthulhu, #Portuguese

  As of today, The Lurking Fear is now under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. This means anyone can use it to make their own works, for free or for sale, as long as they provide attribution t... Continue reading

  
• New 1-Page RPG Coming Soon
  October 30, 2022 by Lyme

  I'm working on a one-page RPG that goes a little deeper into what you can do with just sanity mechanics. Hoping to get it out on my itch.io page by Halloween night... Continue reading

  
• The Lurking Fear, Past and Future
  August 28, 2022 by Lyme

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  #Cthulhu, #Lovecraft, #Investigative, #Horror, #OSR, #Update, #Future, #Inspiration, #Design, #d100

  It's around one week since I put The Lurking Fear online. Since then, I've been floored by the number of downloads, especially considering the basically nonexistant marketing and social media presence... Continue reading