In December 2023 we present the Blades in the Dark 2 Bundle, a new sequel to our December 2020 offer featuring the rulebook and play aids for Blades in the Dark from One Seven Design Studio, along with many recent Forged in the Dark standalone games based on the Blades System Reference Document. One of the most acclaimed and influential RPGs of the past decade, Blades fine-tunes the Apocalypse Engine system, adding rules for clocks, stress, and Devil’s Bargains that ensure fast play and suspenseful choices.

There were six titles in this new offer’s Blades Collection (retail value $72) as DRM-free .PDF ebooks, including John Harper’s complete Blades in the Dark core rulebook (previously presented in several past offers); four Blades in the Decks print-and-cut play aids from Evil Hat Productions – Characters, Crews, Deals, and Factions & Locations; and another card deck, Heists in the Dark (Shields Up Publishing). The five card decks are all new to the Bundle of Holding.

Those who paid more than the threshold (average) price also got our entire Forged Collection with six more titles worth an additional $90:

  • Court of Blades (A Couple of Drakes): Scandal, schemes, intrigues, duels, and dangerous liaisons in a fantasy-Renaissance city-state. Includes the Companion Zine and Community Zine.
  • Mountain Home (Ideagonk): A tabletop take on Dwarf Fortress.
  • A Torch in the Dark (Not Writing Games): A single-player RPG that sends you dungeon-delving to twice-kill troublesome undead Lords.
  • Diogo Nogueira’s dinosaurs-in-space extravaganza Kosmosaurs.

Ten percent of each payment (after gateway fees) went to this Blades in the Dark 2 offer’s designated charity, the Diana Jones Award Emerging Designer Program. Each year, the Diana Jones Award for Excellence in Gaming, a 501(c)3 nonprofit, amplifies the voices of up-and-coming game designers by featuring them during an expenses-paid visit to Gen Con. The global Emerging Designer Program focuses on creators from marginalized communities.

Blades/Forged in the Dark resources

2 comments
  1. Cool that Blades is back. Will the other Forged in the Dark worlds / settings (Scum and Villainy, Band of Blades, … ) also come back somewhen? I sadly missed the bundle last time and got my hope up… sadly seeing they are not in any longer.

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