A5 Hardcover - 308 pages - with Ribbon

“In the 1980s strange things happened everywhere!”

Bloat Games proudly presents Dark Places & Demogorgons. Dark Places & Demogorgons is an OSR Horror TTRPG set in the 1980s, where you play as teenagers from a small town where strange occurrences began popping up all around. The adults are too busy to care, and the police don't believe you. It’s up to you and your friends to figure out what’s going on and stop it from happening again!Dark Places & Demogorgons for Old-School Essentials and Dark Places & Demogorgons The Cryptid Manual, utilizes the B/X rules revised to perfection in Old-School Essentials by Gavin Norman of Necrotic Gnome.  Dark Places & Demogorgons for Old-School Essentials and The Cryptid Manual will give the ultimate 1980s Retro Roleplaying experience.

Playable Classes include:

Break Dancer, Extreme Athlete, Final Girl, Geek, Goth, Hood, Horror Connoisseur, Jock, Karate Kid, Kid Scientist, Metal Head, Most Excellent Dude (Or Dudette), Nerd, Party Animal, Performer, Preppy, Princess, Punk Rocker, Snoop, Mystic (Optional Class), and Psion (Optional Class).

Monsters Adventure Seeds of note:

1. The Pope Lick Monster

2. The Phantom Fairlane

3. Tara The Clawed Menace

4. Alien Life Form

5. Son of The Mothman

6. The Killer of Your Dreams

7. Heckles The Clown

8. Cyborg Slaughter Machine

9. Dolly The Doll Maker

10. Gremlins, and many more!

What's included in Dark Places & Demogorgons for Old-School Essentials?

1. Introduction

2. 20+ Character Classes

3. Extensive Character Backgrounds Options

4. 30+ Spells (themed for the 1980s)

5. Rules for Psionics (20+ Powers)

6. Modern Equipment List

7. Complete Jeffersontown Setting Guide

8. Includes Locations and Places of Note

9. NPC catalog (including human villains, and worse, teachers!)

10. 10+ Adventures Seeds, fully detailed with descriptions and stats

11. Monster Bestiary, fully detailed with descriptions and stats

12. Animal Bestiary, fully detailed with descriptions and stats

13. Quick Reference Index

14. And much, much more!

Does this require Old-School Essentials to play?Yes.  Nothing has been doubled up from Necrotic Gnome's Old-School Essentials, including any material from the Player Characters section of OSE (e.g. including the rules for character creation and ability scores) or the Adventuring section of OSE (e.g. including the rules for combat, saving throws, ability checks, dungeon exploration, etc.). With Dark Places & Demogorgons for OSE, you're getting all new gaming material!

Creative Team

Product Line Producer:

1.  Eric Bloat (Bloat Games, SURVIVE THIS!! Dark Places & Demogorgons)

Writing & Conversion Team:

1.  Eric Bloat (Bloat Games, SURVIVE THIS!! Dark Places & Demogorgons)

2.  Jeff Scifert (Crypt of the Devil Lich, Weird Frontiers)

3.  Pete Spahn (Small Niche Games, WWII: Operation Whitebox)

Art Team:

1.  Bradley K. McDevitt (Dungeon Crawl Classics, Mutant Crawl Classics)

2.  Christopher Torres (Weird Frontiers, SURVIVE THIS!! Bloody Appalachia)

3.  Joe Singleton (SURVIVE THIS!! Dark Places & Demogorgons)

4.  Phil Stone (Magic The Gathering, SURVIVE THIS!! We Die Young)

5.  Runehammer (Index Card RPG, SURVIVE THIS!! Vigilante City)