The Red Scare is in full effect. The words “atomic” and “bomb” are on everyone’s lips. This could be the 1950s we all know, except everything is cranked up: the paranoia, the pop culture, the fear of global destruction. Everyone is a little more protective over their homeland, fearful of the neighbors, and when word spreads of the Soviets consorting with aquatic monsters, it doesn’t take long for the rumors to gain traction.
They Came from Beneath the Sea! is a tabletop roleplaying game in which the players, as humans, live in a world under increasing attack. The attackers? Aliens from beneath the sea, obviously!
Adventures can range from the one-shot defense of small coastal town, to the lengthier liberation of a cruise ship invested with gill-kin, all the way to a campaign in which characters seize an alien submarine and ride it all the way down to the sea bed to take the fight to the invaders.
In this game, the protagonists are strong-jawed war veterans, cunning and resourceful explorers, utterly insane scientists, and blue-collar heroes, just looking to defend their patches of land. Each appears as in the B-movie classics of the era, providing a wealth of inspiration for the kinds of characters you’ll play in this game.
If this sounds fun to you, Buy They Came from Beneath the Sea! now or join us on Discord!
Roll20Con is coming up, and we’ve got a Scion 2nd Edition bundle that’s running until the end of the con! Roll20Con runs October 21-23. Our Scion 2e Bundle includes Scion: Origin and Scion: Hero, bundled together for 30% off. The bundle is available right now, but the sale only lasts until the end of the … Read more
In which the trio discusses They Came From! in all its forms. Panel originally presented at Virtual Horror Con 2022. No notes for this one, just enjoy the panel! Links: Onyx Path YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheOnyxPath Onyx Path Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/theonyxpath Onyx Path Discord: https://discord.gg/5uckcBk
Now available in PDF and print from DriveThruRPG: The Scion 2nd Edition Player’s Guide: Saints & Monsters! Discover what lurks in the hidden corners of myth. There is more to The World than the children of the Gods — more than Heroes and Demigods. Legends speak of stranger things; of mortals who challenge the very … Read more
2022 is Onyx Path’s tenth anniversary, so we’re celebrating a different game line every month this year! October is They Came From… month. Centapus! Gill-Men! Exclamation points! Part 1 covers They Came from Beneath the Sea!, which has a number of titles on sale for 10% of their original price for our 10th anniversary. That … Read more
We’re back with today’s spotlight shining on the Roll to Meddle podcast! THE SPOTLIGHT Roll to Meddle is a podcast team with a lot of games under their belt. Recently they completed a They Came from Beneath the Sea! actual play, but they’ve played many more games that aren’t just by us at Onyx Path. … Read more
We’re back with another focus on Pain in the Dice, as they’ve recently come out with a stunningly brilliant actual play. The Spotlight Pain in the Dice is a podcast that has in its short history covered a number of our games, always taking care to give in-depth reviews and breakdowns of our books, elements … Read more
Welcome to the Release Roundup! Remember, this is where to go to find not just the month’s releases, but also the compiled project status updates for the last month. This month’s Onyx Path releases include: Scarred Lands: Dead Man’s Rust (PDF/print) Scion: Tales of Heroes: A Scion Anthology (B&N Nook) Scion: Scion Player’s Guide: Saints … Read more
Now available in PDF: Storypath Tasty Bit: They Came from the Bikini Beach Party! for They Came from Beneath the Sea! It’s time for fun, fun, fun in the sun, sun, sun! Every They Came from Beneath the Sea! takes our heroes to the beach at one point or other, and this book is built specifically for … Read more
Today we’ll be floating elegantly to one of my favourite RPG YouTube and Twitch channels: Dork Tales! The Spotlight Dork Tales provide what is very much a renaissance channel of RPG content, with actual plays of a huge array of games (not all of them Onyx Path). They approach every game with an infectious enthusiasm, … Read more
Happy Tuesday, everyone! This week’s spotlight shines on regular favourites and committed producers of gold standard actual plays, A Bunch of Gamers! The Spotlight A Bunch of Gamers have for some time now been running a lengthy chronicle of Werewolf: The Apocalypse, which for me has proven a massive inspiration for my own chronicle (which … Read more