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The Thing in the Darkness

The Thing in the Darkness

1984

Designed by Steve Jackson (I), Matthew J. Costello, Warren Spector

Published by Steve Jackson Games

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Description

You are a journalist investigating the disappearance of a college co-ed. Each turn the player chooses from a list of places to investigate and then reads a paragraph to see what happens. These may involve dice checks and re-directions to yet other paragraphs. In addition there is a Time Chart -- the character must eat and sleep -- as this is also a "race against time." Based on the H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos. Most players will fail several times before managing to get to the key places at the right times and win. Published in Fantasy Gamer #3, Dec/Jan 1984

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