The Dark Times - Horror & conspiracy gaming - Issue 03 May 2018

Oct 6, 2026

Horror & conspiracy gaming fanzine issue covering serialized, one-shot and short-form contributions across multiple tabletop roleplaying systems. Includes article highlights such as “Most Likely A Meteor,” “Apparitions,” “A Little Monster,” “BANGS! Unexpected Incidents,” and editor’s notes, plus extensive credits and acknowledgements for creators and publishers. Features a “Most Likely A Meteor” scenario with preface and scene structure: a mysterious sky event that children alone can perceive, disappearances, and the ensuing investigation through character encounters and Smarts-based clues.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryComic

FormatPDF

Pages34

Reading Time13 min

AccessFree to download

Table of Contents

Credits & acknowledgements

Most Likely A Meteor

Apparitions

A Little Monster Aside

BANGS! Unexpected Incidents

Blest Be The Ties That Bind

Sunflower Masquerade Part 0

Sports Day

Wooden Heart

From the Editor’s Attic

The The Dark Times Horror & conspiracy gaming Issue 03 May 2018 The DARK TIMES FANZINE Issue 03 Table of Contents Cover image by Linus Sandvide Page 3-Credits & acknowledgements Page 4-Most Likely A Meteor by Tim Bisaillon Page 8-Apparitions by Finn Cullen Page 10-A Little Monster Aside by Paul Riegel-Green Page 11-BANGS! Unexpected Incidents by David South Page 14-Blest Be The Ties That Bind by Sal North Page 16-Sunflower Masquerade Part 0 by Joe Klemann Page 26-Sports Day by Paul Riegel-Green Page 32-Wooden Heart by Finn Cullen Page 34-From the Editor’s Attic CREDITS & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The Dark Times fanzine wishes to thank the following people and publishers who have allowed us to cover their intellectual properties and games: Atlas Games Atramentis Games Cakebread & Walton Chaosium Inc. Clockwork Publishing (Uhrwerk Verlag) Delta Green Partnership Eden Studios Jason L. Blair Just Crunch Lester W. Smith Modiphius Publishing Pelgrane Press Popcorn Press Purple Duck Games Sine Nomine Publishing Cover image from an Unsplash original by Linus Sandvide under their terms & conditions. All trademarks and copyrights used in this publication remain the property of their owners and are used according to the respective publishers’ policies Dark Times Influences 02 “There are two different stories in horror: internal and external. In external horror films, the evil comes from the outside, the other tribe, this thing in the darkness that we don't understand. Internal is the human heart.” John Carpenter, born January 16, 1948 Dark Times Fanzine covers material for the following game systems. If you would like to submit something for our consideration please contact us at the following email address: [darktimesfanzine@gmail.com](darktimesfanzine@gmail.com) Atlas Games-Feng Shui 1&2, Over The Edge, Unknown Armies all editions Atramentis Games-Zas Irkalla Cakebread & Walton-Dark Streets, Clockwork & Cthulhu Chaosium-Call of Cthulhu all editions Cthulhu Dark Dark Conspiracy-all editions Delta Green all editions Eden Studios-All Flesh Must Be Eaten, Army of Darkness, Conspiracy X, C.J.Carella’s Witchcraft Just Crunch-The Cthulhu Hack Little Fears & Little Fears Nightmare Edition Modiphius-Achtung:Cthulhu Pelgrane Press-GUMSHOE system (Esoterrorists, Fear Itself, Night's Black Agents, Trail of Cthulhu) Popcorn Press-D6xD6 RPG Purple Duck Games-4Saken Sine Nomine Publishing-Silent Legions We also accept short fiction, artwork, poetry and anything else that fits our chosen sphere. Most Likely A Meteor A One-Shot Little Fears (1st ed) scenario By Tim Bisaillon (Inspired by a photo manipulation photograph on Tad Kelson’s FB page) Preface: Ezekiel saw the wheels; Way up in the middle of the air. Ezekiel saw the wheels; Way up in the middle of the air. -a folk song. This particular adventure is suitable for a standalone game but could develop into a full-blown campaign if need be. It's an invasion Closetland style, thus creating a Second Skin in the sewers so that our characters fight little grey men, mutated rats and a killer robot. In The Beginning: Our story began a couple of days ago when a comet streaked through the heavens and exploded in a brilliant fiery ball over the town of Hovertown. There's a few viral videos of it on the social media sites depicting a massive ball of fire streaking across the heavens on a cold night. It even got to the point where a team of reporters descended upon the town to pick up some local reaction about it for their newscast, getting quotes and additional video about the meteor for their evening broadcasts. A few days have passed now and there are strange incidents happening and no one over the age of 13 can see it, other than the children of the town of Hovertown. Also, there have been some disappearances of people but then they would show up 24 hours later without a clue of what happened and go about their bu

FAQs

What is the central theme of this issue?

The issue focuses on horror and conspiracy gaming, presenting multiple contributions and a scenario built around an unexplained sky event and follow-on strange incidents.

Which game systems does the fanzine cover?

It lists coverage across several tabletop game systems and publishers, including Feng Shui, Over the Edge, Unknown Armies, Dark Conspiracy, Delta Green, Achtung:Cthulhu, and others.

What happens in the “Most Likely A Meteor” scenario?

A comet-like event triggers strange disappearances and only children can perceive what happened; later, a missing character returns in an altered, aggressive state, prompting players to investigate clues and separate encounters.

Oct 6, 2026

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