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State of the Hat - February 2025
Blades ’68
By Tim Denee
Across the Shattered Isles, it is the Age of Consensus. Superstition has been replaced by the superior values of science, conformity, and consumerism. It is a world at peace. Or that’s what they try to tell you.
Blades ’68 is an official supplement for Blades in the Dark, moving the timeline forward 100 years to the swinging 60s.
Playtest sign ups now closed. Playtesting through April 30, 2025. For more on Blades ’68, see https://evilhat.com/blades-68-playtest/
Rangers of a Broken World
By Cat McDonald
Horrors, Noble Demons, and Automata stalk the land. You are a Ranger, divinely tasked to protect humanity. Draw on the power of your Deilith, spend Scatter, and weave Spell Notes to fight these threats.
Status: Playtesting complete. Playtest revisions complete. Internal review complete. Sensitivity reading complete. Revisions through May.
Find out more about Rangers of a Broken World here.
Hunter’s Journal | Slayer’s Survival Kit
By Michael Sands, Marek Golonka, and Luke Green
Two new Monster of the Week books dedicated to all the Hunters out there, including:
- New Hunter Playbooks
- New Team Playbooks
- Rules and advice for creating new playbooks of your own
- Hunters Resources, Skills, and advice on a Hunter’s Life
- Personal Hunter Stories for each Playbook
Status: Crowdfunding complete. Proofreading complete. Art development complete. Printing through May 2025. Delivery to backers in June 2025.
Public Release Date: July 14, 2025
For more on Slayer’s Survival Kit and Hunter’s Journal, see here.
Godkiller
By Connie Chang
I weep for you. I weep for the violence the gods will inflict upon you, and the violence that you will inflict upon the gods.
Godkiller is a holypunk PbtA (Powered by the Apocalypse) game for one player, the Godkiller, and one Game Master, the god of gods. Together, the two of you will weave a mythic, violent, and transformative tale about the only mortal in existence with the power to slay a god, rising against the challenges of the divine. Which gods will you kill to shape the realm — and which gods will you spare?
Godkiller is in development through April 2025.
Tomb Raider: Shadows of Truth
Explore hidden tombs and uncover powerful secrets! Defy danger as you race to discover forgotten artifacts and prevent nefarious forces from exploiting them!
Playtesting complete. Collecting playtest feedback complete. Revisions and game expansion through April 2025.
Abyssal: A Monstrous Undertaking
By Ash Cheshire and Lara Turner
Abyssal is a Forged in the Dark role-playing game about humans, monsters, and the people in between. In this game, you will play a group of no-longerfully-human, not-yet-fully-monsters, called Liminals—people who have been touched by supernatural forces, but not entirely overcome by them—who are working together to accomplish something truly extraordinary.
Playtesting now closed. Playtest feedback in review complete. Sensitivity reading complete. First editing pass complete. Revisions through May 2025.
More info here.
As the Sun Forever Sets
By Riley Daniels.
As the Sun Forever Sets is a Forged in the Dark game about a group of ordinary Victorian people embroiled in the chaos of Britain as it collapses under the overwhelming weight of an invasion from Mars.
Playtesting complete. Post playtest revisions though May 2025.
More info here.
Tiān Dēng
By Banana Chan, Calvin Wong Tze Loon, Hong Di-Anne and Sen-Foong Lim
Inspired by Firefly, The IT Crowd, Space Sweepers, Cowboy Bebop, and Star Trek: Lower Decks, your hapless crew scrambles from planet to planet completing various gigs, all while trying to appease the whims of their Immortal God Ship and keep one foot out of debt. The Powered By The Apocalypse engine keeps the game flowing fast.
Playtesting complete. Post playtest revisions though May 2025.
More info here.
The Dagger Isles
By Pam Punzalan, with contributions from Aaron Lim, Brenden Gibbons, Shao Han Tan, Sinta Posadas, John Erwin, and Malika Lim Eubank. System development by Nychelle Schneider and creative direction from John Harper.
Playtesting complete. Post-playtest revisions through May 2025.
More information here.
Umdaar: Planet of Swords, Super-Science, and Sorcery
By Dave Joria with contributions from Pam Punzalan, Misha Bushyager, Mahar Mangahas, Helena Real, Soup, and Lara Turner.
Draft complete. Sensitivity reading complete. Editing complete. Layout complete. Proofreading and final system development checks complete. Revisions through May 2025.
Find out more about Fate of Umdaar here!
Project: Perseus
By Stras Acimovic and John LeBoeuf-Little with contributions from Banana Chan, Fábio Silva, Rae Nedjadi, Pam Punzalan, Michel Fischsman, Andres Aguilar, Sungil Kim, Ricard Ibáñez, Hakan Seyalioglu, Nima Dabirian, Jana Ruth.
Playtesting complete. Contributing author contributions complete. Layout design complete. Revisions through May 2025.
More here.
AGON: Realms of Khaos
By John Harper
In Development now. Internal playtesting complete. Revisions through 2025. More information available here.
State of the Hat - March 2025