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The Dark Conspiracy TTRPG campaign just launched

https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/mongoose-publishing/dark-conspiracy-a-horror-rpg-in-the-modern-age

The new Dark Conspiracy looks fantastic. The art is properly eerie and atmospheric and the whole game leans hard into modern day horror where conspiracies, shadowy organisations and dimensional intrusions grind against the edges of our world. Everything feels like it is one bad night away from collapsing into something evil.

Mongoose has confirmed it runs on a Traveller adjacent engine tuned for horror and investigation rather than sci fi. It keeps the clean mechanical backbone but twists it toward paranoia dread and slow burn revelations which also means you can draw on the huge Traveller ecosystem without friction.

You can also download the Dark Conspiracy Operative Induction Dossier PDF. It is a bit hard to find on the BackerKit site so just search for “download” and it should take you to the link.

They have said the initial rules PDF should land about a month after the campaign ends and the long June 2027 delivery date is just a safety buffer for manufacturing and tariff chaos. They expect to deliver much earlier.

Also free worldwide shipping which was a very pleasant surprise.

I’ve been following the new edition of Dark Conspiracy, a horror tabletop RPG set in the present day. What really grabbed me is that it’s built on the Traveller rules from Mongoose Publishing. That system is straightforward, grounded, and unforgiving in a way that I believe fits modern‑day horror really well. The mechanics should stay out of the way of the atmosphere, letting the danger land harder and the weirdness stand out.

The BackerKit campaign goes live August 11, and the preview page is already up.

Some additional info can be found on the Mongoose Publishing blog.

I remember reading through the original back in the early 1990s but never had a chance to play. I’m looking forward to this new version and thought I would share, as this new version has me really interested and I figured others might be as well.