Release Date - November 14th, 2023
Investigators get ready: Candela Obscura needs you!
We are thrilled to announce that on November 14th, the comprehensive Candela Obscura Core Rulebook will be available to buy in TWO versions:
A standard edition hardcover for $39.99 USD
A faux leather limited edition, featuring an exclusive debossed metallic cover design by John Harper, for $59.99 USD
Candela Obscura is a collaborative investigative horror tabletop roleplaying game in a gilded world simmering with occult magick, and is the very first game to use the Illuminated Worlds System. As an investigator of the paranormal secret society, Candela Obscura, you will be charged with protecting the world from deadly magickal phenomenas. This amazing core rulebook is the “all you need to know” and more to explain and guide you through successful character building, gamemastering and gameplay.
So, what else is inside? To help you protect the people of Newfaire, the Candela Obscura Core Rulebook includes:
204 detailed pages, with a satin ribbon to keep your place
The core rules to play and create your Candela Obscura investigators and their circles
Over 90 pages detailing the turn of the century-inspired setting of the Fairelands, and in detail the city of Newfaire and the ancient ruins beneath known as Oldfaire
4 full example assignments for gamemasters to dive in with their players
Over 30 example assignments to explore far-flung corners of the Fairelands and the organizations and people operating within it
An extensive guide to preparing for and gamemastering Candela Obscura
Immersive, in-world ephemera and notes strewn throughout the chapters—illustrations, sketches, research notes, correspondences, advertisements, maps, and more to bring the Fairelands to life
