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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  \nCREDITS & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS  \nThe Dark Times fanzine wishes to thank the following people and publishers who have allowed us to cover their intellectual properties and games:  \nAtlas Games Atramentis Games Cakebread & Walton Chaosium Inc.  \nClockwork Publishing (Uhrwerk Verlag) Delta Green Partnership Eden Studios  \nJason L. Blair  \nJust Crunch Lester W. Smith Modiphius Publishing Pelgrane Press Popcorn Press Purple Duck Games Sine Nomine Publishing  \nCover image from an Unsplash original by Linus Sandvide under their terms & conditions.  \nAll trademarks and copyrights used in this publication remain the property of their owners and are used according to the respective publishers’ policies  \nDark Times Influences 02  \n“There are two different stories in horror:  \ninternal and external.  \nIn 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.”  \nJohn Carpenter, born January 16, 1948  \nDark 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:  \n[darktimesfanzine@gmail.com](darktimesfanzine@gmail.com)  \nAtlas Games-Feng Shui 1&2, Over The Edge, Unknown Armies all editions  \nAtramentis Games-Zas Irkalla Cakebread & Walton-Dark Streets, Clockwork & Cthulhu Chaosium-Call of Cthulhu all editions  \nCthulhu Dark  \nDark Conspiracy-all editions  \nDelta Green all editions  \nEden Studios-All Flesh Must Be Eaten, Army of Darkness, Conspiracy X, C.J.Carella’s  \nWitchcraft  \nJust Crunch-The Cthulhu Hack  \nLittle Fears & Little Fears Nightmare Edition  \nModiphius-Achtung:Cthulhu  \nPelgrane Press-GUMSHOE system (Esoterrorists, Fear Itself, Night's Black Agents, Trail of  \nCthulhu)  \nPopcorn Press-D6xD6 RPG  \nPurple Duck Games-4Saken  \nSine Nomine Publishing-Silent Legions  \nWe also accept short fiction, artwork, poetry and anything else that fits our chosen sphere.  \nMost Likely A Meteor  \nA One-Shot Little Fears (1st ed) scenario By Tim Bisaillon  \n(Inspired by a photo manipulation photograph on Tad Kelson’s FB page)  \nPreface:  \nEzekiel saw the wheels;  \nWay up in the middle of the air.  \nEzekiel saw the wheels;  \nWay up in the middle of the air.  \n-a folk song.  \nThis 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.  \nIn The Beginning:  \nOur 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.  \nThere'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.  \nA 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","cbCaimY8nwL6075x","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaimY8nwL6075x","pdf",3745161,34,"English","# Table of Contents\n## Credits & acknowledgements\n## Most Likely A Meteor\n## Apparitions\n## A Little Monster Aside\n## BANGS! Unexpected Incidents\n## Blest Be The Ties That Bind\n## Sunflower Masquerade Part 0\n## Sports Day\n## Wooden Heart\n## From the Editor’s Attic","[{\"question\":\"What is the central theme of this issue?\",\"answer\":\"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.\"},{\"question\":\"Which game systems does the fanzine cover?\",\"answer\":\"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.\"},{\"question\":\"What happens in the “Most Likely A Meteor” scenario?\",\"answer\":\"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.\"}]","The Dark Times - Horror & conspiracy gaming - Issue 03 May 2018 | PDF",1791309868,13]