Evil Hat Productions

Blades in the Dark : Deep Cuts

At a Glance

Small Group (3-5)Long (2-4 hours) and Campaign (Multiple sessions)Ages 18+ (Mature/Adult)Mechanics (System): Six-sided dice (Forged in the Dark)Genres: Crime, Mystery, and SupernaturalComplexity: Intermediate

Blades Expanded

Inside this expansion to Blades in the Dark you’ll find intriguing new details about the scheming city of Doskvol, including:

  • 27 factions, providing new lore and crew opportunities
  • Over 100 heritage and background packages to flesh out the characters and the setting even more
  • 13 new innovations in technology to reflect ongoing industrial-age advances, including new rare and restricted technology for nefarious Scoundrels to get their hands on

Plus “catalysts” — world-shaking events that expand and alter the setting of the game, providing new avenues for intrigue and adventure!

Deep Cuts also includes new rules and new ways of doing things, such as:

  • More flexible and impactful Harm & Trauma rules
  • A modified Advancement system to customize the rate at which characters progress
  • A new diceless Downtime system helps you manage Vice, Healing, Crew Development, Debt, and more!
  • A modified approach to Load keeps things streamlined while still tied to the fiction
  • An alternative Action system empowers players even more and speeds up play.

The whole book is packed with tons of lore, gameable details, plug-and-play systems, GM tools, crew opportunities, and new artwork to take your Blades in the Dark games to the next level.

120 pages, 6.25 x 9.5 inch, black and white, hardcover book. Shrink-wrapped. 

Includes access to digital version