Fear of the Unknown Quickstart

Every game is a horror film!

Solve mysteries,

face perils,

encounter horrors,

and see how that changes you as a person.

Fear of the Unknown is a zero prep horror mystery RPGt. These quickstart rules give you everything you need to play, including character and setting creation and all of the basic moves and revelations. For the GM tools and much more, check out the full rules


"This design is beautifully quirky and brilliant. Intensely clever." - Sean Patrick Fannon, author of The Fantasy Roleplaying Gamer's Bible, Savage RIFTS, and Prowlers and Paragons

"A clever campfire tales type of game that returns imagination and group storybuilding back into the genre. Be prepared for sleepless nights!" - Brian Patrick O'Toole, screenwriter of Evilution and Basement Jack

"My new favorite RPG. The most fun I've had worldbuilding for a game, and the easiest, most satisfying way to run a mystery I've found." - Howard Frieze, superfan

"The mechanics work really quite well. I did enjoy that." - Scott Dorward, writer for Chaosium

"I dreamt someone imprisoned me and a bunch of other people and made us play death games before forcing us to play this." - James Avery, superfan