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About the Game

Descent into Midnight is a Powered by the Apocalypse tabletop roleplaying game where the players take on the role of alien psionic creatures who are defending their home from an otherworldly corruption.

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Mock-up of book with purple seascape and strange aquatic creatures.
Standard Hardcover

Mock-up of blue hardcover with crustacean surrounded by kelp halo, in silver foil.
Limited Edition Hardcover

A joyful pufferfish inflated like a beach ball. Trio of fish with long narwhal horns and fleshy, spiky manes. Fish with component parts physically separate, held together with psionics. A mineral-encrusted turtle with small crabs living on its back.

"I playtested DiM at GenCon and it was one of the defining moments I’ve had from ANY con."

@billoftheforest on Twitter
Cast member @TalesfromtheGrim @DiceTribe

"I'm gonna say, my game is really really good, but this game is ridiculous!"

@DungeonCommandr on Twitter
Creator of Mutants in the Night; Narrative Designer, Wizards of the Coast

"The playbooks were built in such a way that failure and hardship were exciting and beautiful things, and I haven’t stopped thinking about it since."

@kyle_krueger on Twitter, co-host @RSSDefiant

"I’m seriously missing this game already. Please, Rich Howard, may we have another?"

@gnomedic on Twitter, cast member DemigodsFall, Kobold Press Social Media Manager

"Exploration without combat, co-op through building, not destroying. It allowed me to imagine a world outside our own perceptions. It was simultaneously a game and a meditation."

@tembeep on Twitter, marine biologist, co-host @RSSDefiant

"It's completely changed how I engage with my games and the people around my table."

Aram Vartian
Creator, editor, producer GodsFall and DemigodsFall