TTRPG Thoughts: A Torch in the Dark

A Torch in the Dark is a solo TTRPG by Michael Elliott with a focus on fantasy dungeon crawling. One plays as a survivor of the Peoples’ Revolution, a person who is haunted by the ghost of the mother of that revolution as they attempt to silence the unquiet spirits of the slain nobility through a series of nine subterranean dungeons. The mechanics are described as a “stream-lined” version of John Harper’s Blades in the Dark, and are here optimized for a single player, GM-less experience. This game doesn’t have the journaling aspect that I’m often drawn to in solo TTRPGs, but since Elliott cites one of my favorite video games as inspiration (Darkest Dungeon by Red Hook Studios) I couldn’t not play it.