otherwise.
imagine
welcome to blacktide
where hyperfixations become stories systems alternate histories mythologies RPGs adventures lorebooks modules
where hyperfixations become stories systems alternate histories mythologies RPGs adventures lorebooks modules
otherwise.
imagine
Drafts, Dreams, & Dice
A one-person lab for crafting new tabletop RPGs, strange worlds, and short-form stories. Part workshop, part archive.
Every project here is an attempt at narrative design and worldbuilding. From tabletop games to multimedia stories that blur the lines between fiction and reality, blacktide is where unconventional ideas take shape.
In a land scarred by fear, faith, and forbidden magic, the fate of kingdoms hangs by a thread as an ancient order seeks to purge the world of heresy at any cost.
Low Fantasy • Worldbuilding
Ongoing
The year is 1999. The Cold War continues, as the Soviet Union and the United States stand on the brink of nuclear war.
Alt-History • Visual Essay • Docufiction
In Development
Featured Projects
A pulp-horror roleplaying game of survival set in an alternate Russian Civil War. Here, the dead don’t stay buried, and ideology is as dangerous as infection.
Alt-History • Horror • TTRPG
In Development
Beneath the neon and noise of Seattle-9, a strange untraceable murder sets off a chain of secrets that were designed to stay buried.
Cyberpunk • Noir • Short Story
Editing
Historical Fiction • Screenplay
Drafting
COMING SOON
A fantasy roleplaying game of oaths, spirits, and stories that refuse to die. Inspired by Slavic folklore and tales from early Rus.
Folkloric Fantasy • TTRPG
In Development
Nazi troops have broken through the Eastern front, and an all-female squadron of Soviet bomber pilots must push back the enemy's advance using little more than the cover of darkness.
Edict
In a land scarred by fear, faith, and forbidden magic, the fate of kingdoms hangs by a thread as an ancient order seeks to purge the world of heresy at any cost.
Ongoing
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Low Fantasy • Worldbuilding
Featured Projects
Better Red Than Undead
A pulp-horror roleplaying game of survival set in an alternate Russian Civil War. Here, the dead don’t stay buried, and ideology is as dangerous as infection.
In Development
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Alt-History • Zombies • Squad-Based • TTRPG
Gods of the Hollow Tree
A fantasy roleplaying game of oaths, spirits, and stories that refuse to die. Inspired by Slavic folklore and tales from early Rus.
In Development
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Mythic Fantasy • Folklore • Storytelling • TTRPG
Operation: Blacktide
The year is 1999. The Cold War continues, as the Soviet Union and the United States stand on the brink of nuclear war.
In Development
CLICK TO EXPLORE
Alt-History • Visual Essay • Docufiction
Non_Zero
Beneath the neon and noise of Seattle-9, a strange untraceable murder sets off a chain of secrets that were designed to stay buried.
Editing
CLICK TO EXPLORE
Cyberpunk • Noir • Short Story
imagine
otherwise.
blacktide [blak-tahyd] n.
creative stories, systems, and games
made with ideas from other worlds.
we create tabletop RPGs, stories, and
modules for new and existing systems.
worlds in progress,
games in motion,
ideas with teeth.
PROJECTS
all are focused on storytelling, game design, and experimental worldbuilding. there’s no fixed genre or medium. just prototypes, stories, systems, and narratives from elsewhere.
Better Red Than Undead
A pulp-horror roleplaying game of survival set in an alternate Russian Civil War. Here, the dead don’t stay buried, and ideology is as dangerous as infection.
Tags: Alt-History • Zombies • Squad-Based • TTRPG
Edict
In a land scarred by fear, faith, and forbidden magic, the fate of kingdoms hangs by a thread as an ancient order seeks to purge the world of heresy at any cost.
Tags: Low Fantasy • Political & Religious Intrigue • Worldbuilding
Gods of the Hollow Tree
A fantasy roleplaying game of oaths, spirits, and stories that refuse to die. Inspired by Slavic folklore and tales from early Rus.
Tags: Mythic Fantasy • Folklore • Storytelling • TTRPG
Operation Blacktide
The year is 1999. The Cold War continues, as the Soviet Union and the United States stand on the brink of nuclear war.
Tags: Alt-History • Visual Essay • Docufiction
Non_Zero
Beneath the neon and noise of Seattle-9, a strange untraceable murder sets off a chain of secrets that were designed to stay buried.
Tags: Cyberpunk • Noir • Short Story