Description
Experience weird and spooky stories in gloomy Victorian London.
Penny Dreadfuls were short, illustrated periodicals, very popular in the UK in the second half of the 19th century.
Despite their low cultural value, Penny Dreadfuls gave birth to a genre that has continued to evolve to the present day.
In Penny Dreadfuls of Victorian London each sensational tale features specific characters living in an ordinary Victorian world, who are suddenly embroiled in shocking events, catapulting them out of reality and natural conventions.
Joining them, players face a bizarre scenario, investigating, making deductions and choices, facing trials leading to unpleasant consequences or handsome rewards.
Each game has a variable number of turns with different possible outcomes, ranging from miserable failure to total and satisfying success, all depending on how players interpret the story, sharing the fate of their Stars.
