Weird space horror game Cosmic Dark has passed 500% funding on Kickstarter, with stretch goals by writer Kieron Gillen and Lovecraft Investigations creator Julian Simpson already funded.
From the author of Cthulhu Dark, Cosmic Dark takes you to the far reaches of the galaxy, where a golden wound-like object called The Glitch dominates the sky. This is where Extracsa, a mining and resources consortium, has sent you, until you leave, die or lose your mind.
“Cosmic Dark is a whole new universe of horror,” said author Graham Walmsley, “There are time loops, alternate universes, doppelgangers, all twisted until they’re surreal and wrong.”
The game has no character creation or set-up. You sit down at the table and start playing straight away, making characters and worlds as you go.
Cosmic Dark is a beautiful 180-page hardback book, with cover art by Paul Bourne of Handiwork Games. The wonderfully disturbing interior art is by Matteo Bocci, who also illustrated Cthulhu Dark.
Kieron Gillan, Jadzia Axelrod and Gar Hanrahan have all signed up to do stretch goals, along with award-winning game designers Jeeyon Shim, Alex Roberts and Grant Howitt.
“Graham’s approach to tabletop RPGs has been a huge influence on my game mastering”, said actor and comedian Jared Logan, who is also writing a stretch goal. “And all of that occult wisdom is in the design for Cosmic Dark.”
