Trophy Dark: Roommates Wanted

2-4 players - 22 June 2022

The advert reads:

“Elderly recluse seeking roommates for shared costs and company.

Large estate within 10 minutes of city centre, all amenities and bills included.

The grounds and estate are free to use as you see fit except of course for my bedroom, and the basement, which are STRICTLY OFF LIMITS.”

Even if you don’t want to stay there, the advert promises £10,000 in return for your time. It’s worth it, just for that, even if you don’t want to have a house share with several other strangers and some weird recluse. What could go wrong?

Trophy Dark is a game of tragic horror. You are doomed souls, ambitious enough to leave behind reason and driven to remain in a place that doesn’t want you there. By the end of the story, death may be a favourable fate, and whatever’s left of you will be unrecognisable.

This is a highly collaborative game, with players and GM alike working to help doom these characters in an interesting fashion.

You’ll need some six-sided dice in two different colours, ‘light’ and ‘dark’. I’ll be bringing a lot of them, so if you don’t have any, that’s fine.

We’ll be using safety tools to make sure that the game is enjoyable, no matter how dark things get. The default Content Warnings for this story are: confined spaces, animals (specifically rats), gaslighting, body horror.

Your GM

I’m Charlie Etheridge-Nunn, indie RPG and board game reviewer for Who Dares Rolls. I am not a lot of rats pretending to be a person.