# Bump in the Dark tags: #game/rpg/bump-in-the-dark #game/rpg/forged-in-the-dark ![[Bump in the Dark (cover).jpg|600]] **Bump in the Dark** is the Forged in the Dark game about monster-hunting teens — a horror game where you're not the plucky hero but the ordinary person who's just... there, armed with wits, courage, and a handful of dice. Set in 1994 in the fictional "Iron Country" of the Ontonagon Peninsula, a belt of dying mining towns surrounded by the supernatural Sylvan Wilds, it's powered by the **[[Blades in the Dark]]** engine and plays like an episode of a monster-of-the-week TV show: investigate, hunt, and try to keep the horrors from eating the regular folk you've sworn to protect. The core is the same Forged in the Dark action roll: roll a d6 pool equal to your action rating and take the highest die — a **6** is a strong hit, **4/5** a weak hit with a complication, **1–3** a miss with consequences, with multiple 6s a critical. Character creation runs through the nine core actions (*Compel, Connect, Hunt, Read, Rig, Scramble, Sneak, Sway,* and *Wreck*), a special ability, connections, and a source of solace. It's built for one-shots and short series of suspenseful horror, with the hunt-and-showdown structure and a countdown clock driving the tension. One edition, revised, — and it's the leanest way to get the FitD engine doing *Buffy*-style monster hunting. ## References - [Bump in the Dark: Revised Edition - itch.io](https://jexjthomas.itch.io/bump-in-the-dark) - [Bump in the Dark: Revised Edition - DriveThruRPG](https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/434845/bump-in-the-dark-revised-edition) - [Bump in the Dark: Revised Edition - BackerKit](https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/jex-thomas/bump-in-the-dark-revised-edition)