# Tribes in the Dark tags: #game/rpg/tribes-in-the-dark #game/rpg/forged-in-the-dark ![[Tribes in the Dark (cover).jpg|600]] **Tribes in the Dark** is the new edition of Dream Pod 9's **Tribe 8** — the post-apocalyptic fantasy of Vimary, where the Seven Tribes live in the shadow of their god-like Fatimas and the monstrous Z'bri — rebuilt from the ground up on the **[[Blades in the Dark]]** Forged in the Dark engine. It's the Tribe 8 setting you know, but run through the crunchier-than-PbtA narrative engine, capturing the visceral, ravaged world of the original in a contemporary framework. 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 full success, **4/5** a partial success with a consequence, **1–3** a failure — with position and effect, stress, resistance, progress clocks, and flashbacks all intact. You play the **Fallen** — exiles banished from the Seven Tribes — banded into a **Cell** that goes on quests and navigates the faction game of the Tribes, the Fatimas, and the Z'bri, with playbooks (Fallen Agnite, Dahlian, Evan, Joanite, Magdalite, Sheban, Yagan) and a Cell-tier advancement loop that ties into the broader metaplot. It's a 332-page book, funded on Kickstarter and released to the public on DriveThruRPG in 2026. ## References - [Tribe 8: Tribes in the Dark - DriveThruRPG](https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/561166/tribe-8-tribes-in-the-dark-ebook-and-pod-books) - [Tribe 8: Tribes in the Dark - Dream Pod 9](https://www.dp9.com/2021/10/18/tribe-8-tribes-in-the-dark) - [Tribes in the Dark - Roleplaying Game - Kickstarter](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dp9/tribes-in-the-dark-roleplaying-game)