The They Came From…! games occupy a unique place where players take on the role of actors trapped in terrible B-movies. Undersea monsters are made of foam rubber, skeleton warriors are stop-motion, and the amount of gratuitous blood is measured in gallons.
Covering a wide range of periods and genres, from Shakespearean drama to swinging 60s superspies, They Came From…! games can be played as straight or as farcical as individual groups desire. If you enjoy Mystery Science Theatre 3000, you’ll enjoy these games.
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Ahoy there! Matthew here, with a blog post about our upcoming B-Movie sci-fi game, They Came From Beneath The Sea! This game is all about the thrills of the cinema, whether it be special effects, death-defying stunts, awful one-liners, or horrible monsters. They Came From has a rose-tinted view of the era in which it’s … Read more
Brainbox “They don’t feel anything, they don’t care if you live or die. They’re hard to kill, impossible to understand. And if you’re in their way they’ll sweep you aside in the most efficient way possible. All that was left of my unit were bodies and the strange urge to buy my groceries at Harlow’s … Read more
This is an alert broadcast across all frequencies. I am sorry for interrupting your radio listening. Regular programming will resume shortly. People of the world, if you can hear this and can see the sea or any large body of water from your current location, you must turn and move in the opposite direction immediately. Obviously if you … Read more
Greetings, traveller! Matthew Dawkins here, with a small preview of some of the fiction for They Came From Beneath the Sea! This fiction will be interspersed between chapters, as is traditional in many of our books, and is all written by Larry Blamire. You’ll notice Larry’s writing style is a little different to our usual fare, … Read more
Greetings, wayfarers! Matthew Dawkins reporting in. It’s been some time since my last confession. As many of you will be aware, I’ve been at work developing Onyx Path’s new game, They Came From Beneath the Sea!, an RPG of 1950s b-movie science fiction, horror, and japes. They Came From is intended to be a game you can … Read more