Against the Gloom

As game editor, I conducted key developmental editing, playtesting, and production leadership work for the forthcoming tabletop roleplaying game Against the Gloom.

As graphic designer & layout artist, I worked with artist Sarah Gavagan and layout collaborators Tonee Mae Moll and Andrew Sargus Klein to create a gorgeous, full-color print book.

What if our heroes exchanged their battle axes for Stratocasters? And what if lyrics and harmony were actual magic? Against the Gloom is a fantasy TTRPG of melodic mayhem that asks this and more! It's about the joy and power of music, chosen family, and building community in the face of the void. 

Roll dice. Build your playlist. Fight the Gloom.

In Against the Gloom, players take on the roles of punk pirate troubadours sailing across a vast and dangerous void—the Gloom—aboard a ramshackle ship propelled by the power of song. Use your character's sonic powers to push back the Gloom as it seeks to obliterate any pockets of community that dare to resist it. Build your story one gig at a time. 

Against the Gloom is published by Scryptid Games.