Chaosium Launches Time Without Tide, an All-New Original Tabletop RPG of Mirth and Misery

Today, Chaosium Inc. launched the BackerKit campaign for Time Without Tide, an all-new original tabletop RPG. Created by Call of Cthulhu and RuneQuest writers David Naylor and James Coquillat, Time Without Tide introduces an entirely new game system and sends players into a strange, fog-shrouded world where exploration can uncover wonders, horrors, or something much harder to explain.

The Time Without Tide BackerKit campaign is live now through September 24.

Back Time Without Tide on BackerKit.

Watch the Kickstarter Launch trailer here:
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In Time Without Tide, players become Delvers, determined explorers who leave the safety of fortified walls and venture into the World of Fog. With lanterns held high against the mysterious Unknown, Delvers reclaim lost paths, uncover glimmering marvels, face bizarre horrors, and protect the strange survivors of a fallen moon.

The fog-shrouded, faux-Victorian, post-apocalyptic setting is dangerous, unpredictable, and not always what it seems. Players can use diplomacy, creativity, and character-driven roleplaying to navigate its mysteries, then turn to tactical combat when words are no longer enough.

An open, highly customizable character system gives players plenty of ways to build the Delver they want. Items, vehicles, companions, features, and strange adaptations can change how characters play, including fog-induced mutations that grant bizarre new powers.

“Time Without Tide gives us the chance to explore a completely new world and a new way to play,” said Chaosium Vice President Michael O’Brien. “We wanted the World of Fog to feel dangerous, strange, and full of possibilities. Players can negotiate, improvise, fight, and shape their Delvers in wonderfully unexpected ways. We can’t wait to see what they create.”

Time Without Tide Key Features

• Explore the World of Fog: Leave the safety of fortified settlements and venture into a vast post-apocalyptic world filled with lost paths, mysteries, strange survivors, and adventure.
   
• Build Your Delver Your Way: Open character generation and highly customizable development let players shape their Delvers using items, vehicles, companions, features, and strange adaptations.
   
• Talk It Out or Fight It Out: Use diplomacy and creativity to overcome problems, or turn to tactical combat when the Fog bares its teeth.
   
• Face Fog-Shaped Horrors: Encounter a bestiary packed with bizarre monsters and other threats lurking beyond the walls.
   
• Discover a Fully Illustrated World: Explore the World of Fog through artwork and maps created by a team of illustrators and cartographers.
   
• Start With a Free Quickstart: Follow Time Without Tide on BackerKit to receive the free 62-page Quickstart, featuring a complete adventure, pregenerated characters, and everything needed to start playing.

About Time Without Tide

Time Without Tide is a tabletop role-playing game of exploration and adventure set in a fog-shrouded, faux-Victorian, post-apocalyptic world. Players become Delvers, explorers who journey beyond fortified walls to face the Unknown, uncover strange marvels, and survive the horrors of the World of Fog. Built on an entirely new system, Time Without Tide blends character-driven roleplaying, diplomacy, creative problem-solving, tactical combat, and highly customizable character development.

About Chaosium Inc.

Founded by visionary game designer Greg Stafford in 1975, Chaosium has captivated gamers, readers, and mythic adventurers for more than 50 years. Its award-winning roleplaying games, board games, and fiction include RuneQuest, Call of Cthulhu, Pendragon, and Basic Roleplaying, as well as classic board and card games such as White Bear & Red Moon, Arkham Horror, Credo, and Mythos. With Chaosium games, players can dream the dreams of dead gods and help construct the universe from its essential runes.

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