Brinkwood: The Blood of Tyrants
Happy Halloween! lets eat the rich to celebrate
Genre: Horror/Heist
Touchstones: Blades in the Dark, Vaguely castlevania
What is this game?: Vampires are evil tyrants, lets use powerful fae masks to take them down!
How's the gameplay?: Brinkwood runs in Forged in the Dark, meaning it uses many of its basic systems, action dice, devil's bargains, effect levels, if you're familiar with these, you're familiar with brinkwood, it has a few differences but those are at the level we usually don't really go to, they're minute but important. The game features character creation via choosing a character's Folk (no gameplay ramifications, just vibes), Upbringing (How your character grew up, adds some abilities and NPCs), Profession (As above), Class (Gives you extra action dots), and a Tragedy (Determines your character's motive)
What's the setting (If any) like?: Brinkwood is set in a set of isles ruled over by tyrannical Vampire aristocrats who created an alchemical mix of Silver and Blood, turning them into immortal beings who feed on the blood of the peasantry, at the borders of civilization theres somewhere known as the Brinkwood, a forest inhabited by fey, who don't like vampires very much due to them taking down the forest. You now live in the forest alongisde the fey, and are conspiring with them to take down the tyrannical vampires
What's the tone?: Revolutionary and Dark, shit sucks! evil has won, but you're gonna fight against it or die trying
Session length: 2-3 hours
Number of Players: 4-6
Malleability: Brinkwood is very hardset in its own setting, so you could in theory change it but it wouldn't be recommended
Resources: Brinkwood has group character sheets, but its simple enough to where you won't need it
Brinkwood is a great game about killing vampires in a more... unique! way, it's a great spooky time