The Grim Gazette – A Collection Of Victorian Horror TTRPGs

by Parable Games

The Grim Gazette – A Collection Of Victorian Horror TTRPGs

Five sinister games, one cruel campaign. A collection of rules-light TTRPGs delving into the creeping horrors in Victorian London.

Play the life of a Victorian adventurer from cradle to grave in this haunting 5-part story. Set in a Gothic Victorian world where danger lurks in the shadows, and the sins of your past are never far behind you, The Grim Gazette thrusts gothic malice and horror onto your tabletop. But remember, in The Grim Gazette, even in death there is no rest.

The Grim Gazette is a series of 5 Victorian horror TTRPGs, each one contained within a high-quality A5 hardback book with 48+ pages of rules, stories and monsters, ready to be unleashed on your creepy game nights. 

Play solo or multiplayer, as a linked campaign or as standalone one-shots – The Grim Gazette brings a haunting experience to your game nights, however you want to play!

The Grim Gazette lets you play through a haunting campaign where you’ll explore the life story of a Victorian adventurer from cradle to grave. Take your traumas and sins with you on your journeys as you explore this dark, fateful world.

Start your journey as a pauper, paying off your debts in the abhorrent Nightwatch – facing off against the horrors of the night in the big smoke. Travel throughout the land on vehicles of wonder, encountering foul mythos in All Aboard. Explore the fey world and rescue a taken loved one in Stolen Child. Have your sins return to challenge you in The Haunted Manor. And, finally, return from the dead to seek revenge on those who wronged you in Monkey’s Paw.

The Grim Gazette can be played as a linked solo campaign or a multiplayer experience. Every game has been designed to be a complete solo experience, letting you explore this gothic world alone…if you are brave enough!

Playing as a group sees players developing their own backstory in Nightwatch, before travelling together through All Aboard, Stolen Child, and The Haunted Manor.  Finally, players can write their own epilogue in Monkey’s Paw, making sure they go down in legend as they see fit.

Every game in The Grim Gazette is designed to be learned and get you playing in 10 minutes. With rules-light, easy to play systems, you will not have pages and pages to scour, focusing on what is important – the players and the story.

Whether playing as a campaign or as a refresher from your normal games night, The Grim Gazette gets you right into the thick of the action without the hassle.

You can play each Grim Gazette game and a standalone one-shot as well as a linked campaign. Playable in a single session or over a few shorter sessions, these games offer an atmospheric delve into a dark paranormal world.

The simple rulesets mean these can easily be integrated into your other gaming systems, bringing the characters and stories from your roleplaying games to encounter brand new challenges.

The Grim Gazette campaign is linked using the Campaign Guide, a special issue ofthe Grim Gazette filled with instructions on how to link your experiences together and play out the adventurous life of your Victorian character. 

Each game focuses on a different point in your character’s life, playing them in order allows you to step into a character’s shoes, starting in their early life, winding all the way to their death, and beyond:

When you complete each game (well, if you survive) you will take your experiences with you on your character’s life journey. You may earn powerful rewards and bonuses if your characters achieve greatness in a previous game. Or more likely, you will suffer the dire consequences of their past actions as their regrets continue to haunt them. 

The Campaign Guide provides a unique way to track your progress, keep a record of your triumphs and blunders, and the effects they will have on your games moving forward. 

The collection can be played in a multitude of ways, either as a fully solo campaign, a multiplayer campaign with a solo prologue and epilogue, or as standalone experiences. Play the games your way to craft the life of your Victorian Adventurer, origin, adventures, death and all.

The special edition Grim Gazette Campaign Guide is filled with instructions on how to link the games together and play out the complex and adventurous lives of your characters.

Are you brave enough to face the horrors inside The Grim Gazette?

Estimated Shipping date : June 2026

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