Midnight of the Century

Midnight of the Century is a mid-‘90s pre-apocalyptic serial killer investigation TTRPG inspired by ’90s movies and TV shows like Millennium, Silence of the Lambs, Twin Peaks, and Homicide: Life on the Street. The hardcover is a 104-page black and white (and red) rulebook from writer and designer Colin Le Sueur.

Dive into the shadows of the '90s in this occult serial killer investigation TTRPG

This book contains everything you need to play and run the game:

• Run investigations using a lightweight, no-combat framework.
  
• Navigate a world of escalating chaos and tensions using a four-phase Doom Clock: Dawn, Midday, Dusk, and Midnight.
• Peer into the Uncanny world of the supernatural, including relics, mysterious entities and arcane rituals.
• Delve into the secret history of the mysterious Oroboro Group and expose their true objectives. 
• Explore ten destructive End of the World scenarios, both secular and supernatural. 
• Learn to build and run compelling investigations. 
• Experience the world of the Pacific Northwest in the 1990s with a setting guide for Seattle, Portland, and Vancouver. 
• Lead your table into a new system with an introductory investigation perfect for a one-shot or the start of a campaign. 
• Craft your own serial killer investigation, with random generators for killers, victims, murders, and Uncanny events. 
• Dive alone into dangerous shadows with solo play and, if you die, hand your Investigation off to other with the Solo Legacy rules.

Midnight of the Century is inspired by Liminal Horror, Cairn, Into the Odd, Mothership, Vaesen, Brindlewood Bay, and Cthulhu Dark.

Appendix N

MOVIES

• The Bone Collector (1999) 
• 8mm (1999) 
• Fallen (1998) 
• Ringu (1998) 
• Cure (1997) 
• Perfect Blue (1997) 
• Copycat (1995) 
• Seven (1995) 
• Man Bites Dog (1992) 
• Candyman (1992) 
• Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992) 
• Silence of the Lambs (1991) 
• Angel Heart (1987) 
• Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986) 
• Manhunter (1986) 
• The Dead Zone (1983)

TV

• Millennium (1995–99) 
• Brimstone (1998–99) 
• Profiler (1996–2000) 
• Nowhere Man (1995–96) 
• Homicide: Life on the Street (1993–99) 
• Twin Peaks (1990–91)

COMICS

• Stormwatch (WildStorm)
• Hellboy (Dark Horse Comics)
• Sin City (Dark Horse Comics)
• Hellblazer (DC/Vertigo)

TABLETOP GAMES

• Liminal Horror (Goblin Archives)
• Cairn (Yochai Gal)
• Into the Odd (Chris McDowal)
• Mothership (Tuesday Knight Games)
• Cthulhu Dark (Graham Walmsley)
• Brindlewood Bay (The Gauntlet)
• Vaesen (Free League)