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The Dark Quarter: Lost to the Night

Game ID: GID0326444
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Year
2025
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Description

Thirteen year old Susanna has disappeared without a trace and the NOPD are powerless to find her. A band of misfits, brought together by their connections to Susanna, will do what the police cannot and bring her home!

While not investigators themselves, this group congregates around "The Alligator" club and have seen the dark and magical underbelly of New Orleans with their own eyes. They also know that Susanna might well be connected to the arcane as she is no ordinary teenager.

With Susanna's life on the line, the stakes will be higher and more personal than ever.

What's Inside:

3 feature-length scenarios
30 location tiles
3 scene tiles
21 NPC markers
28 consumable cards
21 story cards

Characters:

Jane 'Bluejay' Tien: The Sister
Hector Zavaleta: The Protector
Fermin 'One-Eye' Lafayette: The Teacher
Evelyn Dansky: The Mother

Each character comes with:

1 character board
1 32mm miniature
9 ability cards

Miniatures:

1 Small NPC Mini (~32mm)
1 Medium NPC Mini (~44mm)
1 Honey Island Swamp Monster (~70mm)

Description

Thirteen year old Susanna has disappeared without a trace and the NOPD are powerless to find her. A band of misfits, brought together by their connections to Susanna, will do what the police cannot and bring her home!

While not investigators themselves, this group congregates around "The Alligator" club and have seen the dark and magical underbelly of New Orleans with their own eyes. They also know that Susanna might well be connected to the arcane as she is no ordinary teenager.

With Susanna's life on the line, the stakes will be higher and more personal than ever.

What's Inside:

3 feature-length scenarios
30 location tiles
3 scene tiles
21 NPC markers
28 consumable cards
21 story cards

Characters:

Jane 'Bluejay' Tien: The Sister
Hector Zavaleta: The Protector
Fermin 'One-Eye' Lafayette: The Teacher
Evelyn Dansky: The Mother

Each character comes with:

1 character board
1 32mm miniature
9 ability cards

Miniatures:

1 Small NPC Mini (~32mm)
1 Medium NPC Mini (~44mm)
1 Honey Island Swamp Monster (~70mm)

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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • New campaign story expands the noir world
  • Maintains mature, detective tone while offering fresh cases
Cons
  • Long playtime may limit family or casual game nights
Thematic elements
  • narrative campaign with police-mystery investigations
  • Noir detective world, 1980s New Orleans
  • adult, dark themes with investigative decisions
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • Campaign — Campaign-driven with linked scenarios and story choices
  • Deduction — Investigate murders and collect clues to progress
  • investigation and clue-solving — Investigate murders and collect clues to progress
  • Narrative Campaign — Campaign-driven with linked scenarios and story choices
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Quotes (from this video)
  • This is the first time we're doing it and I'm really excited.
  • We're going to be mixing traditional standup with gameplay.
  • This expansion adds six more of those round cards.
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