Publisher Blurb:
THIS IS DARK NATION
Uncover the truth, struggle for justice, pay the price
Dark Nation is a role-playing game about what you will do to uncover the truth, and the price you are prepared to pay for justice.
Dark Nation uses rules from the Cthulhu Dark game of Lovecraftian horror, but there is nothing supernatural in Dark Nation, the only monsters are people like us, and the System we have created for ourselves.
THE GAME
Dark Nation takes its influences from fiction like the Handmaid’s Tale, SS/GB, The Man in the High Castle, 1984 and Edge of Darkness. Play starts with the players collaboratively describing the System their characters live in, how it sustains itself, and how it exercises control over its subjects.
Characters in Dark Nation are ordinary people, pushed into extraordinary circumstances. Players create characters as a group, agreeing the bonds and secrets that will keep them together in times of stress.
Dark Nation scenarios begin with a simple premise. Something awful has happened. Something so terrible the characters cannot ignore it, and feel compelled to investigate, even if that means putting themselves and their families at risk.
If the Investigators succeed they will face an awful choice. Do they want to punish the guilty, secure redress for the victims or make a lasting change? They can only choose one. If they fail they will disappear into darkness, consumed by the System.