Dead Letter Society

2023 Indie Groundbreaker Honorable Mention

Live your best unlife as the newest member of the Dead Letter Society, an exclusive communication network for vampires. Pursue your ambitions, and question the Society'ls motives, in this journaling and epistolary game for 1-2 players.

Dead Letter Society is a journaling game where your letters drive the action. Choose your genre, build your world, and discover the joys of corresponding via a secret society with unknown motives.

Features

• A vampire journaling game that adapts to your preferred play style and genre.
• A letter writing game without the waiting. You've always something to do.
• Tarot-driven and intention-based journaling. Decide what you'd like to do, then draw and answer a journaling prompt to develop the idea.
• Game variants for both solo and two-player games.
• Six pre-generated settings and twelve characters with "first contact" letters designed to inspire your games:
  • Lovecraftian steampunk London,
  • the Roman Republic and Empire,
  • modern-day,
  • "cosy" 1920's detectives,
  • gothic,
  • and the far-flung future.
• 140 (A5) pages, illustrated throughout with original, tarot-themed, vampire artwork.

You will need

• 1-2 players (no GM required)
• Safety tools of your choice
• A place to write your letters and journal
• A tarot deck or a method of generating random numbers.