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WELCOME TO LIFE ON THE RIM

In the Blind is a sci-fi horror roleplaying game for 3-5 players inspired by Trophy Gold, Mothership & Heart: The City Beneath.

It's about a group of gig economy workers living contract to contract on the roiling, wild edge of space. It's about CRT screens, mechanical keyboards, junction boxes, pipes and wires. It's about the unknown, the stresses of capital, and horror - visceral and ephemeral. It's about working hard jobs in dangerous conditions for little pay, and the chance of a better life. 

You are a Freelancer Salvager, Shipbreaker, Courier, Bodyguard, Assassin, First Responder, Negotiator, Investigator, Debt Collector. A Freelancer is any and all of these, depending on the contract - you'll take whatever you can get to make ends meet

After the rent on your ship, replacing your gear, and the treatment for the injuries and stress, hopefully you'll have a little left over to put towards what you're really out here for.

Welcome to life on the Rim, where if the debt doesn't get you, the darkness will.


Overlord’s crew are all dead. Ames bought it not long after boarding. Then Cyrus. Vickers - the poor bastard that brought us out here, lost it and ran off towards Vapor Processing. I’ve not seen him since. Not that I give a shit about him, now.

I’ve retrieved the central processing core, for what it’s worth. It’s operational, but I don’t have to know-how to access it. Given the mess up here, I think that’s probably a good thing. God knows what the Company want with it, but they’re gonna be paying out the ass for it.

I think with a bit of luck I can make it through the maintenance tunnels to docking and back to the Reyes. If that thing doesn’t find me first. I think I understand it now, though. Whatever ‘it’ is. Its patterns - how it moves, how it thinks. Its weaknesses. At least, I hope so.

Laura… you always told me if I stayed on the Rim too long, it’d get me killed. That it’d eat me alive. I told you once the only thing that could kill me out here would be the heartbreak. I guess we’ll see who was right.

Teresa Moreno, last survivor of the Reyes. Signing off.


THIS IS A FREE PREVIEW

This is a free (spare creds and reviews are appreciated!) preview of the full version of In the Blind. It contains everything you need to play, and one Excursion - an adventure.

In the full version, you can expect to find:

  • More Excursions, with a broad variety of themes.
  • Rules changes based on playtesting and feedback
  • Conversion guides for modules
  • Procedures and Rules to facilitate longer campaign play

This is a work in progress. This preview will be updated with any changes to the basic rules, but no new content.



In the Blind is based on Trophy, product of Jesse Ross and Hedgemaze Press, and licensed for our use under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. Trophy is adapted from Cthulhu Dark with permission of Graham Walmsley. Trophy is also based on Blades in the Dark, product of One Seven Design, developed and authored by John Harper, and licensed for our use under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license.

StatusReleased
CategoryPhysical game
Rating
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
AuthorRiley
GenreRole Playing
TagsDark, Forged in the Dark, Horror, OSR, Sci-fi, Space, trophy

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IN THE BLIND - Partial Transmission 33 MB
IN THE BLIND - Character Sheet 1.0 533 kB

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"We take off into the cosmos, ready for anything: for solitude, for hardship, for exhaustion, death" — Stanisław Lem, Solaris

I think this quote sums up the feeling I got from reading the Partial Trasmission of In the Blind. I look forward to play it and have fun being a miserable freelancer among the stars!