Shadowdark General Thread

[Fenris-77]

I don't find grimdark to be a particularly useful term, aside from as a benchmark to see how similar to GWs stuff something is. If we're talking about grittiness and horror, then I'd probably use those two terms as they are separate dials for campaign feel IMO. Despite my protestations, people do seem to have an idea what the term means in a general sense, so take my distatse as simply personal preference.

 

[Scribe]

Campdark

I like this actually lol.

Or '80's Grimdark' which is the actual vibe I get from most of the Shadowdark stuff. Old GW.

 

[overgeeked]

I like this actually lol.

Or '80's Grimdark' which is the actual vibe I get from most of the Shadowdark stuff. Old GW.

Yeah. Early Warhammer and WFRP are great. Love that so much. When it didn’t take itself seriously.

 

[Reynard]

Right? It's like we need a new term for the darkly comedic that you find in a lot of OSR stuff. It's not grimdark, it's either so grimdark it's turned a corner and become comedic (like Mörk Borg), or it vaguely approaches grimdark but lets out a nasty fart before arriving (most others). Goofdark maybe? Campdark. Pantodark.

Grindark.

 

[darjr]

Grindark.

Shadowdark.

 

[overgeeked]

Shadowdark.

Shadowdank?

 

[Fenris-77]

Shadowdank?

Shadowdork

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Shadowdank?

The third party 4/20 Shadowdark supplement.

 

[Bae'zel]

Shadowdark is so rules-light in the best ways that I find it hugely simple to "hack", not just for different settings, but for different "moods" or levels of lethality.

Which is why I find it odd when I get pushback from people who insist that the game was designed to be ultra lethal and any other playstyle is incompatible. To each their own, and maybe that was the intention (ie, PCs dying regularly), but from the 2 albeit short-lived campaigns that I actually ran, we had a fine time with some homebrewed dials set to "easy" mode.

 

[Argyle King]

Is there a way to preview the game?

I've seen it suggested in other threads.