Dark Conspiracy the RPG

[Tabloid] The Hitchhikers

On February 20, 2019

A Tabloid Article by Linden Dunham

An isolated stretch of road passes close to an area of woodland. In the evenings, as dusk falls, two women can often be seen standing in the trees. They are both young and attractive if dressed rather eccentrically in long black cloaks and dresses that seem to hark back to the Victorian era. They seem to be waiting for something, or someone. Eventually one, or both of them steps out of the woods and flags down a passing car and asks the driver, usually a lone male, for a lift to their home nearby. The driver usually agrees and takes them to their destination – a mouldering Victorian mansion situated in its own grounds on the other side of the woods down a narrow lane leading off the main road. On arrival at the house the driver is invited inside, with the implied promise of being shown a good time. If they accept, and they generally do, they are never heard from again.

[Tabloid] The Tunnel

By Marcus Bone

On December 22, 2018

In Tabloids

A Tabloid Article by Linden Dunham

The Greater Depression saw a worldwide uprooting of provincial communities and mass migration towards the big cities. A significant minority though resisted the pull of the urban centres. Forced to abandon the ghost towns their homes had become, yet unwilling to be cooped up in the sprawling metroplexes they became nomads. In the United Kingdom there was something akin to a revival of the New Age Traveller movement of the 1980s: Families and like minded groups living in mobile homes or vans and buses converted for residential. Not all of the Britain’s nomads opted for life on the road though. Some took to the waterways in narrow boats and other craft capable of navigating the country’s canal and river network.

The breakdown in civil society experienced by the United Kingdom in the Dark Times means that the canal network, so lovingly restored in the 20th century, has started to fall into decay again. Administration of the network is fragmented and under-funded. Maintenance is haphazard and in rural areas often non-existent. Long sections of canal are half choked with weed and silt, their banks and tow-paths overgrown or slowly crumbling into the water.

[Tabloid] Return of the Beast

By Marcus Bone

On December 3, 2018

In Tabloids

A Tabloid Article by Linden Dunham

“In the forest… is a monster.”
Who Will Love Me Now? PJ Harvey (Written by Nick Bicat and Philip Ridley)

Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom: British tabloid papers have run a series of stories claiming a monstrous creature is at large in north western Gloucestershire. Eyewitness accounts claim that the beast is a pig or wild boar grown to enormous size and possessed of a highly aggressive temperament. There are reports of the animal smashing through heavy duty agricultural fencing to ravage crops and livestock, ramming vehicles intent on killing the occupants, plus stalking and ambushing the hunting parties assembled to stop the its depredations. The monster has been christened “Moose Pig”, a name once used to refer to The Beast of Dean, a massive boar like creature that terrorised the region in the 18th and 19th centuries.

With its security section having failed to deal with the threat International Cereal Corp (ICC), the UK’s biggest agri-business and a major regional employer, have offered a sizeable reward to anyone who can bring them the carcass of “Moose Pig”. Professional hunters, outdoor sportsmen plus various chancers and no-hopers are converging on the Forest of Dean intent on claiming the reward. Perhaps the player characters feel like joining them?

[Tabloid] Detroit Bot City

By Marcus Bone

On November 24, 2018

In Tabloids

A Tabloid Article by Linden Dunham

The West Eerie metroplex has more than its fair share of problems: Overcrowding, unemployment and poverty. In the old Detroit area these difficulties have been exacerbated by the decline in traditional motor manufacturing. During the Greater Depression the city’s auto manufacturers either went bust or relocated production abroad where costs were lower.

[News] Development of DC 4th Edition Begins…

By Marcus Bone

On July 21, 2018

In News

As mentioned over at the Dark Conspiracy 4th Edition Facebook site, development of the latest iteration of our favourite game of modern conspiracy-horror is now underway…

Headed up by the well-respected Jason Durall (Lead developer of Chaosium’s Runequest, Mophius’ Age of Conan, and many more great RPGs), Clockwork Publishing (the English imprint of Uhrwerk Verlag) is looking to ‘Kickstart’ an updated, full-colour edition of Dark Conspiracy; revising its background and setting while staying true to its roots!

As always, DCtRPG.info will do its best to keep you up to date with these developments (either here or via our forums) as they come to light! In the meantime I encourage that, if you are like us, fans of Dark Conspiracy, then you also pop over to the Dark Conspiracy Facebook page or join other fans over at the Dark Conspiracy Fan Facebook group!