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Thanks! This is the entire game, as it is designed to be quick to the table for one shot and convention play. I have thought about expanding it to zine length to add some GM support but all the rules to play one shots and short campaigns exist on the sheets here. If you're looking for a more robust game with similar themes, or support for setting elements, this is essentially a lightweight version of my game Bump in the Dark which is a full game with player and GM support, a realized setting, and some scenarios. There are also many other scenarios ("hunts") available created by myself and community members. Thanks for your interest.

Looking to find those Widow's Bay vibes? Look no further.

A really fun supplement for Bump in the Dark, introducing just what your Iron Country has always needed ... pro wrestling! 

Hi Dusty,

Just added more copies. The book comes with three hunts to get you started. 

Thanks for playing,

Jex

Oh, that's awesome! Thanks so much!

Thanks so much, Bill!

Sure. But that's not a play on "Blades/Forged in the Dark."

I am lucky to have gotten to playtest this shortly before the ashcan release and it is a game designed with a lot of intention and attention to detail. It's something really special and I'm so glad more people are going to get to play it now!

Thanks so much 😊

Hack away! If you're up for it  we'd love to hear about it on the Bump discord!

Yeah, that's exactly right. I think in some ways I didn't have my head fully wrapped around beats yet, and I really have always liked the sort of "indulging your vice"/seeking solace way of clearing stress, which feels in keeping with the genre. I think there's a way I could have done it more elegantly, though, and one of the games I'm working on currently will use beats much more in line with how Slugblaster does. There's maybe part of me that wanted it both ways with Bump and while I think it works, I think it could be smoother. 

Hello! The change was inspired by the Beats system from the imo absolutely amazing FitD game Slugblaster. In that game, Beats help ground the game (which can have a sillier tone) in real human emotion. The reason I wanted to use Beats in Bump was because downtime in MOTW-type media is not just recovery and training and projects -- it's also drama and conflict and emotions. Beats felt like they reinforce this better than Downtime Activities interspersed with free play. Now, I don't know whether I fully stuck the landing with how I implement them here, but I'm overall pretty happy with how they turned out.

Of course, it would be easy enough to swap them out for more traditional DTAs as well, if that's more to your liking. 

Thanks for putting these together!

A little late, but thank you!

Hello, I meant to reach out earlier but the charity bundle from the Cold Iron Blues jam is waiting for your approval:

https://itch.io/bundle/2982/edit#participants

If you could approve it before Thursday I would greatly appreciate it!

Glad to be able to help! I'll be sure to send out a notification to everyone when the new one is out.

Hello, there is a functional but not great character keeper that I put together: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11SW2WiCZwKATkE-3XsWLtDgxBTRlMJ3dJ6YVsSwtDOE/copy

There should be a new one coming out sometime this year

2-4, though I have played with five and it's been fine!

Thanks!

Thanks so much for listening! It was fun to do and I hope I get to guest more often. Hearing you and Josh Fox both say you felt seen and validated by the conversation is a really really cool feeling 😊

I had no idea this existed! this is really cool!

Thanks! I don't have any particular advice here and I love the idea. The original playbooks are meant to be open enough to be able to do this, especially with the use of monstrous abilities, but I think it would be cool to see specialized playbook!

This is really really great.

That is very kind of you!

This is super cool! Also, as far as I know, the first hunt to be published in a language other than English! That is super exciting to me! Thanks for putting this together!

Hi all,

Since the holidays got in the way of me finishing my last hunt for the jam, I'm going to extend things out until 1/13 at midnight. So for those of you who haven't finished your stuff, you get a little extra time!

Seeing Last Pine come to life like this is so incredibly cool!

this is sick on like ten levels

Thanks for reading it! I play with that same idea in my game Bump in the Dark, and it's very much inspired by things like Brindlewood Bay and Apocalypse Keys and how they approach mysteries.

Highly considering using this to run a sequel to my Bump in the Dark campaign set 30 years later. Great work!

This is such a cool concept for an Anamnesis hack. Excited to sit down with it soon.

Thanks so much!!

jex

It's no problem! I'm excited to put the one with all the new art out there soon! Thanks for your support!

Should be corrected now.

Nope! I will fix that. Thank you!

Completed this last night. Let me know if you have any problems.

goddamn this heckin' rules

Wasn't able to do that from work, but can do it soon!

And you can strike what I just said, because I went ahead and uploaded the preview of the Revised Edition to Itch. It's rules complete, just missing art, the chapter on changing the game, and the index.