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Drained is a social horror game in which players are vampires and must navigate mundane social situations, try to blend in with humans and keep their cool when things go wrong.

The game is intended to mirror a conventional "dungeon crawl", with an understanding that social situations are as risky and stressful for a vampire as delving a lost tomb might be for a more traditional adventurer. Players will have to manage limited resources and come up with clever solutions to problems like not having the right ticket, trying to order a drink at a busy bar or persuading a local celebrity to listen to their band’s demo tape.

We hope that players will find both humour and tension in the contrast between the normal situations they need to navigate and the horrific power they wield as vampires. Humans can easily be killed, beguiled or terrified, but these apparent solutions are  likely to escalate a tricky situation into uncontrollable chaos.

Also available to download is a sample haunt - sort of like an adventure module - that can be used to learn the system and as a fun "one shot" game. "Gargax Lager" challenges vampires to attend a rock concert and hopefully meet the band before they inevitably lose their Composure and everything goes horribly wrong.

NEW: Printable Versions!

If you want to print the game out and have a physical copy, we now include two printable versions to download - one in colour and a super-printer-friendly black and white version that removes backgrounds and other things that might discourage home printing. Both of these should be printed "double sided" and folded in half to make a little booklet.

StatusReleased
CategoryPhysical game
Rating
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Authoroffworldbogil
GenreRole Playing
TagsHalloween, Horror, into-the-odd, Tabletop role-playing game, Vampire

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Drained 4.5 MB
Gargax Lager 1,015 kB
Drained (Colour Printable) 7.4 MB
Drained (Printer-friendly BW printable) 4.1 MB

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Hey there! I added your game to Goodreads, and wrote a review there!

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/63128996-drained

Thank you for the kind and considered review!

The point you make about 1d6 composure being a bit stingy is very fair and something we went back and forth on during playtesting. 

We did find that characters starting with lower composure were incentivised to rely on their supernatural abilities more than those who could more safely take risks with "normal" social interaction, creating some fun moments, but for a risk-averse group of players starting with a fixed 5 or 6 should work fine.

Either way I'm glad you liked the game and really appreciate the feedback!

That is a good point, about the supernatural abilities! Didn't think of that.