Game2012

The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav

AdventureIndie

Developer Daedalic Entertainment

The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav (German: Das Schwarze Auge: Satinavs Ketten) is a 2012 graphic adventure game developed by the German studio Daedalic Entertainment and published by Deep Silver. Part of The Dark Eye series, the game is set in the fictional place of Aventuria within the Kingdom of Andergast. The player controls the protagonist, Geron, who tries to save the town from disaster. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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  • Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 14, 2025

    One of my favourite pieces of music in a game bursting with memorable, atmospheric compositions by Guido Henkel. Third game in the first trilogy of adaptations in the 90s of Germany's Das Schwartze Auge (The Dark Eye) TTRPG and 'Adventuria' campaign setting. 📺: Shadows Over Riva, 1996 (DOS)

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  • Edu Benavente Art @edubenart.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 11, 2024

    Alrico Fulrani of Taladur: commission for a patron He's a proud mage played in a game of The Dark Eye (Das Schwarze Auge) #art #ttrpg #digitalart #artistsupport #fantasy

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  • Jaybee @jayb33.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 23, 2026

    This game was originally released in Scandinavian countries in Danish. A full English version was produced but never released. Until now this was considered lost media. If you're a sicko who loves The Dark Eye, Cosmology of Kyoto, and Gadget this is a game you can really sink your teeth into.

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  • Chase Taylor-Carter @chasecarter.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 2, 2024

    It's a bit rough around the edges, but the Rascal Radio Hour is officially live! The who team chats World of Game Design, The Dark Eye, MTG changes and more! I'm wearing the production hat, which I think shows in the final product. Good news: I will only suck less at this as time goes on.

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  • JM93 @jm93.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 23, 2025

    I'm downloading a pack of what might be every Windows 3.x game, including The Dark Eye, all set up to run in DOSBox. I've been wanting to try that game for ages.

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  • Verena Lattanzi @verenalattanzi.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 13, 2025

    Done for the adventure “The Curse of Ash’Grabal” for The Dark Eye ttrpg. These serve as game-ready characters to choose from, each coming with a unique backstory, so players can jump right into the game. #dasschwarzeauge #thedarkeye #ttrpg #characterillustration #fantasyart

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  • .chantal//RYAN @thoughtrise.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 22, 2026

    The Dark Eye is a claymation adventure game based on a handful of Edgar Allan Poe's short stories. yeah. it's fucked up and gorgeous and incredibly dark, macabre and well done. the nailed the vibe. if you wanna feel fucking weird, this is your game. it's my game for sure

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  • Hampus Flink 🐷💢 @hampus.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 5, 2026

    I never thought in a hundred years this game would come out on Steam. Not sure why they changed the title from "The Dark Eye" to "Edgar Allan Poe's Interactive Horror 1995 Edition" (rolls right off the tongue, doesn't it?) but this will still be worth getting store.steampowered.com/app/4289030/...

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  • Liam @ GamingOnLinux @gamingonlinux.comBluesky · Jan 10, 2025

    The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav adventure game from Daedalic added Linux / Steam Deck support #AdventureGames #LinuxGaming #SteamDeck #SteamOS

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  • Michael @michaelklamerus.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 12, 2025

    More folks should check out The Dark Eye, an adventure game from 1995. The game uses stop motion animation to tell stories by Edgar Allen Poe and features narration by William S Burroughs. Playable in ScummVM too!

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  • allsee @allsees.onlineBluesky · Mar 19, 2026

    sharing a cool game every day until I can talk about mine: a 1995 cult classic, The Dark Eye adapts Edgar Allan Poe's stories with uncanny stop-motion puppetry

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  • Adventure Game Hotspot @aghotspot.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 28, 2026

    “While it still has bugs that should have long been put to rest, a surreal cult classic reawakens evermore in this re-release of The Dark Eye”- Sam Amiotte-Beaulieu reviews Edgar Allan Poe’s Interactive Horror for AGH adventuregamehotspot.com/review/6045/... #adventuregame #IndieGame

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  • Vitoria, Lamashtan Mage @vitoriafaria27.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 31, 2024

    TTRPGs I want to run in 2025 First time: Whitehack, Fabula Ultima, Ryuutama, Tagmar, The Dark Eye, D&D 4e, Break!! (still want to punch the authors, thou) Return to: The dead Spanish Adventure Time game, some YZE stuff, ptbas that don't suck Keep running: Pf2e, BtW, my mad BX based experiments

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  • BratApfel @bratapfel.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 31, 2025

    The Dark Eye actually was good design, the game that came closest to doing the whole simulationism thing. But it never got the appreciation it deserves and now it kinda doesn't deserve it anymore.

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  • Konstantinos Dimopoulos @konstantinosd.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 22, 2026

    The 1995 video game adaption of Poe's The Tell-Tale Heart, The Cask of Amontillado, and Berenice -The Dark Eye- is apparently getting a remaster! Already wishlisted: store.steampowered.com/app/4289030/...

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  • Jaybee @jayb33.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 20, 2025

    I would be more concerned if Proton wasn't miles better than literally any version of Windows. How is it I can run a Windows 95 game like The Dark Eye with better compatibility than Windows 95???

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  • CMOT Diablerie @strangelibrary.comBluesky · Mar 11, 2025

    The Dark Eye - HI KIDS! Ever wanna play an eerie horror game based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe populated by weird claymation puppets and narrated at points by every young person's favorite uxoricidal writer William S. Burroughs? Wait, why are you walking away? This thing's legitimately good!

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  • Noobirus @noobirus.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 1, 2024

    Not to mention, if there is an original non-english audio track, I prefer to use that + subs. Example game: Das Schwarze Auge (The Dark Eye): River of Time. The english version of that game SUCKS. And don't get me started on a lot of jRPGs...

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  • DoubleDM @doubledm.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 22, 2025

    I did start in 2013/2014 and my first game was the Dark Eye 5th Edition Beta! However if you want to know the real truth, it was a hack of all of the Dark Eye Editions combined from memory on a week long school trip that a friend had crafted to get us all to start playing... safe to say.. it worked

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  • Nihil / Alexander @nihilnihilnihil.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 28, 2024

    The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav is free on GOG www.gog.com/en/game/the_...

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  • Jennifer de Ghoulsman Haunts Again @jenniferdeguzman.bsky.socialBluesky · May 14, 2024

    Suddenly of a mind to watch this version of Edgar Allen Poe's The Masque of the Red Death, read by William S. Burroughs, from the 1995 game The Dark Eye youtu.be/FRZYQsOCLic?...

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  • Timothy S. Brannan "Tim" @timsbrannan.bsky.socialBluesky · May 2, 2025

    Fantasy Fridays: The Dark Eye I am concluding Walpurgis Week with the perfect game for both Walpurgis Week and Fantasy Fridays, Germany's own The Dark Eye. theotherside.timsbrannan.com/2025/05/fant...

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  • Eric Lee @ericleeacts.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 12, 2024

    Did anybody else ever play The Dark Eye, the Edgar Allen Poe pc game that featured William S. Burroughs reading some of his poems?

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  • boredompeejeterson.bsky.social @boredompeejeterson.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 13, 2026

    DND is nothing, if you've ever played Das Schwarze Auge (DSA, I think they tried to sell it as The Dark Eye in English). It used to be the most played tabletop game in Germany for ages, it still might be. You definitely use the mechanics but the mechanical complexity during creation is just crazy

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  • daml @damlthesquidtopus.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 27, 2026

    adventuregamehotspot.com/review/6045/... My review is up on @aghotspot.bsky.social for the re-release of The Dark Eye! Is this a worthy resurrection, or is this a title that should have remained entombed beneath the floorboards? 🫀

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  • Spooky Princess! 🎃 @hopetheprincess.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 21, 2025

    watched a video essay about an old abandonware game called The Dark Eye, which adapted Poe's works in a really incredible way, and told a story of its own as well and tbh? It made me really wanna read Poe's works. Like *actually* read them.

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  • thelukio.bsky.social @thelukio.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 28, 2025

    This is scarily true. First experience playing a TTRPG was "The Dark Eye" (a very crunchy, German game) in the 90s and it was basically a big "Yike". Would never recommend to start with! I'd probably suggest "Into the Odd", pbta or Mutant Year Zero engine games (Dragonbane f.e) as recommendation.

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  • Steve Latta @slatta.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 4, 2025

    According to this it’s a German game called The Dark Eye diceofdragons.com/blogs/dice/t...

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  • Adam @adamsdesk.comBluesky · Dec 29, 2024

    🚨 FREE GAME ALERT Grab a free copy of The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav via GOG DRM Free for a limited time for Windows or on Linux. www.gog.com/en/game/the_... Lutris: lutris.net/games/the-da... Wine: appdb.winehq.org/objectManage... #games #gaming #free #DRMFree #windows #linux

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  • Skybrush Threepwood @skybrush.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 15, 2024

    Here's a very special thing: The Dark Eye. Video game re-telling of 3 Edgar Allan Poe stories, each played once as the victim and once as the murderer? Oh, and it's all stop motion puppets. Weird? Yes! Also unique. No "puzzles" as such, more figuring out where to go and what to click to proceed.

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  • Sketch_Ferret @sketchferret.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 30, 2023

    Introduce yourself with 1 TTRPG, 1 book, 1 board game, 1 movie and 1 TV show 🎲 The Dark Eye 📖 Red Dwarf (omnibus) ♟️ Mice and Mystics 🎬 Princess Mononoke 📺 Sherlock Holmes (old series with Jeremy Brett)

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  • Cobra Commanda @cobracommanda.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 15, 2026

    We didn't finish The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav last night, but it's a beautiful game so I'm not complaining! I appreciate the raids from Ashli_Gator @imalittletpat.bsky.social @tawejea.bsky.social & @misswillowfaye.bsky.social--Thank you so much! 💜 We start Alan Wake 2 on PS5 tomorrow night!! 😱✍️

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  • RipWitch @ripwitch.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 11, 2026

    Friday the 13th two months in a row?!? Well, I have the perfect oldie but goodie. Check out my review for Edgar Allan Poe’s Interactive Horror: 1995 Edition (AKA The Dark Eye). #Review #GameReview #pointandclick #horror @playpoe95.bsky.social #TheDarkEye witchsreviewcorner.com/2026/03/11/e...

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  • Samhain the Wraith @samhainvt.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 8, 2026

    Unfortunately going to have to put further playing of The Dark Eye on hold Tried to catch up off stream and game kept crashing randomly, and trying to use save states also caused the program to shut down Will wait for the rerelease later this year to see if it's more stable

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  • Samhain the Wraith @samhainvt.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 7, 2026

    It is time! We're journeying back to 1995 so that we can check out The Dark Eye, a point and click horror game featuring adaptations of tales from Edgar Allan Poe! Come on in for fun and frights! www.twitch.tv/samhainvt

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  • Kaiju Stew @kaijustew.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 23, 2025

    … what if I ran a game of The Dark Eye over Roll20? haha jk, jk … unless…?

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  • BratApfel @bratapfel.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 13, 2025

    The first thing I made public was a Fiasco playset. So it got me to design, there was a clear structure. I had to put ideas into words to make them playable in a gm less game, so without me running an adventure. The Dark Eye was where I made it into a career for a while.

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  • Michael Boulerice @michaelboulerice.comBluesky · Mar 11, 2025

    Oh my god The Dark Eye gave me NIGHTMARES as a kid. I can't believe someone else remembers this game! Every time I bring it up people insist it doesn't exist and that I have a radon leak in my house

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  • Markus aka The Chindividual @thechindividual.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 22, 2025

    Can't exactly recall the year, but has to be around 2000. The game was The Dark Eye, Germany's bestselling TTRPG and basically Spreadsheet: the TTRPG. Glad it got me into the hobby, but also glad I didn't stick to that specific game ;D

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  • Fin, Cosmic Bird from the Outer Beyond @celestialfin.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 26, 2024

    🎄 Merry Christmas, #TTRPGCommunity! 🎄 Here's mine: 🌟 writing about stuff 🎲 either Fallout 4 (video game) or The Dark Eye (ttrpg) 💌 I smile at almost every text message by friends I get, so all of these :3 #TTRPG #CommunityBuilding

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  • Michael @michaelklamerus.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 28, 2024

    Going to stream the 1995 adventure game The Dark Eye www.twitch.tv/mikeklam

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  • The Voyager’s Workshop @wfgworkshop.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 20, 2023

    The Fleeting Crown is a traditional, fantasy themed card deck to add flavour to your tabletop gaming sessions of Dragonbane, Pathfinder, the Dark Eye, Dungeons & Dragons or whatever your game of choice is! preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/4... #ttrpg #fantasyart #cards #poker #gamenight #noai

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  • Markus aka The Chindividual @thechindividual.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 2, 2023

    RPGaDay 2023 - Day 2 The very first game I GM'd was the German TTRPG "Das Schwarze Auge" (The Dark Eye). I was 10, didn't know what I was doing, and the first game I ran was an absolute disaster :'D It would take 4-5 years for me to give TTRPGs another serious try...

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  • ScreamingMadden @trbucket.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 23, 2026

    Game #26 The Dark Eye Or as its called on Steam, Edgar Allan Poe's Interactive Horror: 1995 Edition. Not much gameplay per say. But this is the most unnerving game I've played with how these creepy stop motion puppets compliment the retelling of Poe's tales. It also has William S. Burroughs in it!

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  • Rocky @viperwave.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 22, 2026

    It is time for The Dark Eye, come and witness this strange art game from the 90s where we read poetry and have scary animation www.twitch.tv/kemonofriend...

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  • Jacob Strick @jacobstrick.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 15, 2026

    This game, née The Dark Eye, is one of the most memorable adventure games I’ve ever played. You get to experience three classic Poe tales twice — both as victim and perpetrator. Plus voice acting by William S Burroughs! For the love of God, Montessor, get this game!!!

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  • JcDent (he/him) @jcdent.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 3, 2025

    German law only protects you if you make one of three kind of games: 1. CoD ripoff that's barely worth getting a second A. 2. Menial Day Job Simulator. 3. Fantasy game set in The Dark Eye universe.

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  • Shaun - Daily Game Bytes @dailygamebytes.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 24, 2025

    Heya folks, here's a 2nd short featuring The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav by Daedalic Entertainment. I'm already close to recording a 4th short from the game. I'm already a week ahead on videos. #thedarkeyechainsofsatinav #videogames #indiegames #adventuregames #shorts

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  • Evening Primrose 🌃🏵 @lateprimrose.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 13, 2025

    it's 1995. help me with this body playing "The Dark Eye" tonight, now live on twitch

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  • Sean Jordan | Sharing Great Games You Probably Never Played! @greatestgames.substack.comBluesky · Dec 29, 2024

    GOG is currently giving away Daedalic Entertainment's The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav for free. It's a 2012 adventure game that reportedly was better in the original German, but which some folks really love despite its lackluster English translation. Give it a try! It's free. #Gaming #FreeGames

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  • Nice Game Hints @nicegamehints.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 5, 2024

    The Dark Eye point'n'click series is finally complete at Nice Game Hints thanks to @westydesign.bsky.social ! If you hit a hard puzzle in Memoria, peek a hint at Nice Game Hints: nicegamehints.com/guide/dark-e... There are hints for Chains of Satinav, too!

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  • CMOT Diablerie @strangelibrary.comBluesky · Sep 16, 2026

    But I remember being scared by Last Half of Darkness in a DOS adventure game collection one Saturday morning, or trying to play Morpheus or Nemesis or The Dark Eye in my teens, or the tension of being Someplace You Shouldn't Be in Tex Murphy games and the amount that did with just atmosphere.

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  • BratApfel @bratapfel.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 5, 2026

    I played my first game on my 10th birthday, running The Dark Eye (Das Schwarze Auge) out of the box. It was a scenario about a missing merchant and tower on the moors. I played with people from the same group today, 30 years later.

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  • Brian Belew @brianbelew.comBluesky · Oct 27, 2025

    The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe, read by William S. Burroughs, with art by Richard Downs and music by Thomas Dolby. (From the video game, The Dark Eye). youtu.be/FRZYQsOCLic?...

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  • Eliza Stein @elizastein.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 25, 2025

    This was actually recorded for a 90s computer game, the Dark Eye m.youtube.com/watch?v=pR4f...

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  • Michael Botterill @biggeordiegeek.ukBluesky · Dec 27, 2024

    The guys at GOG are giving away The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav right now, so go grab it! www.gog.com/en/game/the_... #VideoGames #VideoGameGeek #VideoGame #GOG #FreeGames #PCMR

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  • Lazyajju @lazyajju.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 27, 2024

    The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav - Free game until Dec 30, 2024 at 7:30 PM on GOG. 😍🎁 #TheDarkEyeChainsOfSatinav #FreeGame #GamingInfoAndNews #Gaming #GOG #Lazyajju

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  • Kaiju Stew @kaijustew.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 13, 2024

    It is a day ending in Y so here I am, daydreaming about running a game of The Dark Eye over Roll20

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  • Devious Jordz @deviousjordz.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 24, 2024

    TONIGHT 7PM BST (In just under 2 hours time) We're playing Point And Click classic The Dark Eye (1995) One of my absolute favorites. twitch.tv/deviousjordz Come say hi to me and my community - Everyone welcome!

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  • BratApfel @bratapfel.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 18, 2024

    Four Contributing to "Die Grüne Ebene" a setting for Dragonbane and The Dark Eye. A game about Shelley, Byron and the Villa Diodati in 1816 as a closed room setting. A game about fable animals saving nature. A PbtA reverse investigation noir game about sapphic women in classic Hollywood.

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