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I’m currently between sessions running Cosmic Dark<\/a><\/em>, the 4th time I’ve run a Cosmic Dark<\/em> scenario, and the third time I’ve run the introductory scenario “Extraction.” I had the great pleasure of being a play tester for “Extraction” which Graham ran in June 2023, and I’ve gotten access to the game piecemeal by supporting his Patreon account<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cosmic Dark i<\/em>s Graham Whalmsley<\/a>‘s not-yet-published weird space horror game based on his Cthulhu Dark<\/em> <\/a>ruleset.1<\/a><\/sup> The mechanics for Cosmic Dark<\/em> and Cthulhu Dark<\/em> are simple in a really-rules-light sort of way.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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I want to talk about the Changed score, the tracking of how your character is affected by the weirdness of space, however, first I should probably explain a bit about the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Characters have an occupation that are tied to the scenario. (Cosmic Dark<\/em> comes with 5 scenarios and “Extraction” is the first.) In “Extraction,” the occupations of the PCs, referred to as employees, are Medical Officer, Mining Engineer, Geologist, Communications Officer, and Team Leader. In Cosmic Dark<\/em>, each character has one stat: Their Changed score (in Cthulhu Dark<\/em> its their Insanity score.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To do things, players roll one to three dice:<\/p>\n\n\n\n