Locus - Dreadful Futures
A downloadable game
Locus: Dreadful Futures is a supplemental advice and guidance document for the Personal Horror ttrpg Locus.
This 84 page document contains a multitude of information and thoughts about how Locus can be adapted to, and adapted by the genre of Science Fiction.
The book contains the following chapters:
Chapter 1: Horror in the Future covers an introduction to sci-fi as a genre.
Chapter 2: The Normal World discusses worldbuilding—establishing a Locus setting with sci-fi elements, while avoiding potential pitfalls. It also covers genre-specific considerations for Characters, Foils, and Items.
Chapter 3: Science Fiction Loci will take you through ways to bring the trappings of sci-fi into the design of a Malus Locus.
Chapter 4: Monsters will help you populate your Malus Locus with genre-appropriate sinister denizens.
Chapter 5: Building a Malus Locus walks you through the creation of an example Malus Locus.
Locus: Dreadful futures explores not only the way that game of Locus can be adapted to a Science Fiction setting, but also elements of the creator's design process when developing their stories for the game, and also some general thoughts and musings on how Science Fiction and Horror intersect as genres.
Purchase
In order to download this game you must purchase it at or above the minimum price of $15 USD. You will get access to the following files:
Exclusive content
Support this game at or above a special price point to receive something exclusive.
Community Copies
If you're in need and unable to afford the game then please feel free to take a copy from this pool.
We will add another copy to the pool every time someone likes this game, or any other Locus products, enough to give us a 5star rating on itch.
Comments
Log in with itch.io to leave a comment.
Is this only a supplement for Locus and does it require Locus to play/use?
This is primarily a supplement for Locus and the discussions of Horror in Sci-fi are seen through the lens of the Locus game, but much of the information is applicable outside of Locus and can be interesting at least (we hope) for any sci-fi horror thing.
Okay! Yeah, I will be reading this, but probably not end up using the supplement itself.
This supplement was included in a bundle and Locus itself wasn't - but I'm not interested in buying the main thing just because I have the supplement from the bundle. Maybe that will change, I'll see.
Thanks for the replay and info either way!