FEAR OF THE DARK 2ND EDITION

Fear of the Dark skirmish wargame is back with a second edition!

After a year and a half from being published an improved second edition is available: Rules have been checked and modified, the AI controlling the enemies has been made easier to use, layout has been improved, typos have been corrected and checked...

Fear of the Dark 2^nd edition is now available and it is made of two books including the whole set of rules (tokens, cards and everything needed to play), eight scenarios and a short campaign... 

More than 260 pages full of chances to fight nameless horrors...

Fear of the Dark is a narrative solo wargame of skirmish battles using miniatures set in the worlds of H.P. Lovecraft and designed to play solo or full coop.

Narrative since the plot in each scenario will have a great deal of narrative weight, everything will have a reason in these scenarios. 

The background of this wargame is set in the worlds of madness created by H,P, Lovecraft, where a strange universe of gods and monsters underlies our reality, twisting our world upside down and throwing ourselves into a bottomless pit of madness.

Solo since Fear of the Dark is designed to be played solo, although you can play with more people as long as they work cooperatively. 

The AI will decide which enemy miniature will activate and which actions will it make, so, you don't play both sides, you just play your side against this AI, but I have to warn you... That damned AI is good at it... This is not going to be easy...

Skirmish since the games will be played with a few miniatures on a small table with some terrain.

If you want more information on Fear of the Dark just visit the post made to explain what this game is about:

What is Fear of the Dark?

Or you can visit Fear of the Darkfacebook group by clicking this LINK.

Fear of the Dark is available through Wargamevault, and you can buy it for 10€/11$ cliking in this WARGAMEVAULT LINK.

UPDATE ON PROJECTS

Hi! I just wanted to let you know how every project is going on:

1. I already started editing the layout design for the second edition of Fear of the Dark, I Hope It doesn't take too long, but It's a more than 260 Pages file: the ruleset, 8 scenarios and one campaign...

The rules Will suffer some changes (the AI Will be easier to use) and some things Will be clearly explained. The layout design Will be slightly modified as well.

Apart from that, the Game Will be written without gramatical mistakes or typos. 

As you know I'm not an english native speaker, but several members from the Fear of the Dark Facebook group have taken their time to help me and correct the text so that It is properly written.

The Game Will be published in two separate books: one with the rules and four scenarios and a second book with four scenarios and the campaign.

Everything Will be uploaded to wargamevault and Will be free for all those Who already had bought Fear of the Dark.

2. New scenarios for Fear of the Dark... well... I have a lot of ideas, but two of them are really appealing: one dealing with a fishy town similar to Innsmouth and another one dealing with an expedition in the sands of egypt. 

I have developed all the possible "paths" in the first one and just need to write it down. I´ll be playing this one this week or the next one, as soon as I have all the terrain ready.

Remember: keep your deep ones ready...

(and as an addition this scenario will include a skirmish battle between US soldiers and hoards of monsters, as a preview of the following project ↓ )

3. The ww2 (and weird ww2) rules are working properly. After a lot of playtesting most rules have been changed once and again, but it seems that I have reached a point where they are stable and work as I want. Nevertheless I may make some changes as I keep playtesting the rules.

With the rules almost finished it just would need a lot of scenarios, and as they are quite simple to write (not as Fear of the Dark ones) I hope I can write a few and have the ruleset finished in the next few months.

After that it would need a long photography session and some time of edition to make the layout.

This project is going to take more time than I expected, as I´m trying to do my best and dont want to make mistakes or leave aside important aspects of the game, but this game is something I really want to do, and I want all of you to play and enjoy it.

And this is it... 

Of course I dont know how long will it take me to do each of these projects as I, the same like you, also have a real life that needs time (job, kids, social life, everyday problems...)

I hope I have time and go step by step to finish all of them as soon as possible.

FREE CAMPAIGN - SONS OF THE NEW MOON

 A new thrilling campaign is available for free for Fear of the Dark.

Jerry tugged several times on the axe handle unable to get it to release from where it was stuck, after trying in vain to pull the blade of the axe out he decided to rest his foot on the poor man´s back.

 Pushing hard with his foot and pulling energetically on the axe handle, he managed to force the blade out of the back, exposing a large wound from which blood was flowing. 

Looking down at the stranger's immobile body, he tilted his head to one side and crouched beside him.

 Bringing his lips close to his victim's ear Jerry asked him in a low voice: 

 "Do you still hear the violins playing?"

Sons of the New Moon is a campaign that will take your investigators to their limits: a writer is missing while he was making a research for a new book, a horror novel about a long time disappeared esoteric cult. everything seems like he has discovered something... something wicked.

Will they dicover the writer´s whereabout?

Will they make it alive?

Will they find what happened with the Sons of the New Moon?

This is the introduction for this campaign, to get it for free just log in your wargamevault profile and look in the Fear of the Dark folder, you may download and enjoy it.

and as always...

THANKS FOR SUPPORTING THIS PROJECT!

FEAR OF THE DARK EN CASTELLANO

Quizás muchos hayais visto que el juego Fear of the Dark ha desaparecido en castellano.

Tanto el archivo para su compra en Wargamevault como la versión de demostración gratuíta.

Todo tiene una explicación...

Hace poco se llegó al acuerdo con la compañía editorial Shadowlands para su edición de modo profesional tanto en formato físico como digital.

Shadowlands es una editorial seria y con mucha fuerza especializada en los juegos de rol de ambientación de terror, y quien haya visto algunos de sus trabajos no podrá mas que concluir que se trata de la mejor editorial que se podría encargar de lanzar este proyecto de modo profesional.

Así que durante unos meses Fear of the Dark no estará disponible en castellano, pero en breve podreis disfrutar de una versión realmente profesional que seguro que no os va a dejar indiferentes.

¿Que pasará con aquellos que ya adquirieron el juego a través de Wargamevault?

Aún no hay nada asentado, pero se planteó darles algún tipo de beneficio a los que ya habían comprado el juego si adquirían el libro una vez sea publicado por Shadowlands.

Aunque ese beneficio aún está por decidirse en firme, tened por seguro que aquellos que confiaron en este proyecto desde el principio no van a caer en el olvido, gracias a vosotros es posible este juego y tanto a la editorial como a mi nos parece algo digno de premiar.

Aún nos quedan unos meses para poder ver Fear of the Dark editado de manera profesional, pero os puedo asegurar que la espera habrá merecido la pena...

Mientras tanto permaneced juntos...

No os separeis...

Y sobre todo, temed a la oscuridad...

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Many of you may have noticed that the game Fear of the Dark has disappeared in Spanish.

Both the file in Wargamevault and the free demo version.

Everything has an explanation...

Recently an agreement was reached with the Shadowlands publishing company for its professional edition in both physical and digital format.

Shadowlands is a serious and strong publishing company specialized in horror role-playing games, and anyone who has seen anyof their work can only conclude that this is the best publisher that could be responsible for launching this project in a professional way.

So for a few months Fear of the Dark will not be available in Spanish, but soon you will be able to enjoy a really professional version that will surprise you.

What will happen to those who already purchased the game through Wargamevault?

Nothing is set in stone yet, but it has been considered to give some kind of benefit to those who have already bought the game if they purchase the book once it is published by Shadowlands.

Although that benefit is yet to be decided, be sure that those who trusted in this project from the very beginning are not going to be forgotten, thanks to you this game is possible and both the publishing company and I think it's something worth rewarding.

We still have a few months to see Fear of the Dark edited in a professional way, but be sure that the wait will be worth it...

In the meantime stay close...

Stay together...

And above all, have fear of the dark...

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!

2020 was a complicated year, and 2021 has been quite hard, but I want to wish you all a merry Christmas and a happy new year... 

2022 is going to be better, my Friends!

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! 

(I found this picture on the internet long time ago, so I can't acknowledge the author, but for me is the best way to wish a merry Christmas for my wargamers friends) 

OKUMARTS PAPER MINIATURES

Many times people say that they don't find proper miniatures to play Fear of the Dark, but sometimes the answer is easier than we think.

Okumarts games makes high quality paper miniatures  with many different characters and ranges (pulp investigators, innsmouth denizens, gangsters...) that fit perfect the Fear of the Dark setting.

This is the link to their website, with links to their different online stores, their patreon,  information on all the different ranges they have made and new projects:

http://www.okumarts.com/

And these are a few pictures that show what this paper miniatures may offer to Fear of the Dark players...

It seems that you are running out of excuses to play Fear of the Dark...

And these are some of the ranges they made at Okumarts games, but there are A LOT so I encourage you to visit their website to enjoy watching what they offer:

WE MOVED TO A NEW BLOG

 We moved to a new blog. 

A new blog where not only Fear of the Dark has a place, but also Frontline Heroes (and all the games that may come in a future). It was very difficult to maintain two blogs at the same time, so I decided to merge all the existing posts in this blog into a new blog.

I'm sorry for the inconvenience this may cause, but it was a necessary improvement.

I hope that we will continue to give life to the wargaming hobby and be able to help as much as possible.