In gas-lit streets, behind the elegant façades of Victorian manors, and deep within the misty forests of the countryside, darkness lurks. In this game, science and superstition collide, the ghosts of the past refuse to rest, and madness is always a risk. Gothic draws its inspiration from 19th-century literature and the enduring legacy of gothic horror in literature, cinema and the small screen. From the psychological terror of Henry James’ The Turn of the Screw to the doppelgänger motif in Robert Louis Stevenson’s Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, from the decadence and moral decay explored in Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray to the cosmic horror hinted at in the works of Arthur Machen, this game seeks to capture the essence of Victorian and Edwardian-era fear and fascination with the unknown. The goal of Gothic is to immerse players in a world of atmospheric tension, moral ambiguity, and supernatural dread (336 pages).