Wargames rules for Gothic Horror

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http://mattsgamepage.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/rescue-from-schwarzherz-wald-fear-and.html

http://mattsgamepage.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/rescue-from-schwarzherz-wald-part-2.html

Two scenarios played out at the Gloucester club using Fear and Faith

[grand nugget]

I have a new Gothic horror game coming soon. New miniatures now on Indiegogo. My website is vampireslayersclub.co.uk  I know this is a bit late for a reply but see what you think.

[shadowbeast]

I have never played a Gothic horror game, so I don't know if I really like any of the rules in my posession; apart from a session or two of Horrorclix. But I am familiar with Deadlands: The Great Rail Wars and Savage Worlds, so I had a preference for Rippers: the Horror Wars. Except that, guys, Count Dracula not being killed at the end of Dracula, when the book clearly states he was, was cute once or twice, but boy did it get old before Rippers came out.
There are some free rules I have found:
http://necropolishorrorskirmish.blogspot.com.au/
http://web.archive.org/web/20070807212722/http://www.rwlee.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/slayer.htm
From the Blue Moon figure sets:
http://downloads.bluemoonmanufacturing.com/Thingsthatgobump_1.html
Otherwise I could only find two war-in-Hell rulesets, and a whole bunch of - yup - zombies.

[twrchtrwyth]

The Gothic expansion for IHMN is worth a look.

[Blazmo]

Arkeo Obscura features detailed rules for games set in the 18th century onwards. It's aimed mostly at solo gamers and there aren't any rules for playing as the monsters though.

[Inkpaduta]

I don't know if there was a new edition or they cleaned up the rules but I do not find
any of the problems people have with Gothic Horror Vampire Wars. To me they are very
easy to follow and the rules make for a good usually quick game. They did include a correction
sheet with the rules and help correct a few mistakes in the text.

[Cat]

To date, I've been using Donnybrook Skirmish Rules for my Gothic Horror FIW games.  The rules include a Cultist faction, and it's easy enough to pencil in other gothicky bits.  There's a long rumoured Donnybrook Dark with more specific Fantasy/Horror elements that might actually get released one of these years.  Currently, Donnybrook is available in pdf format only:
https://www.leagueofaugsburg.com/shop/products-cat-30.html
 
I also have a fairly new set of rules, and looking forward for a chance to play them, Devil In The Wilderness, witchhunting set in early colonial Salem Mass:
https://www.thegamecrafter.com/games/devil-in-the-wilderness-rulebook-and-cards

Looking forward to the Devil In Sleepy Hollow sequel game, due on Kickstarter this fall.

[horridperson]

I'm going to be looking at cobbling together a few sets to see how they will function together.  Mechanically the goal system is pretty straight forward so Chaos in Carpathis should do the trick.  I want solo gaming so the AI from Arkeo Obscurus is a strong possibility, and a campaign framework of some sort to keep the big story going so procedural ideas from 5 Leagues from the Borderlands.

[Cat]

Newly arriving on the scene is 7TV Dracula, which is on Kickstarter at the time of this writing and quite likely available come March 2023 (Crooked Dice has a great track record for delivering on schedule).

The rules are a variant of 7TV Fantasy, specifically tailored for Stoker's narrative with a progression of scenarios.

[robh]

The AI system in Arkeo Obscura is excellent, worth the price of the rules even if all you want is to graft it onto another set of rules (which is a simple task).
It is not a bad set of rules in its own right and works really well played co-op.

[Flashman14]

So many of the above games are OOP and tough to get.

Wiley Games' Fistful of Lead is well supported, much beloved and has a horror supplement: https://wiley-games.myshopify.com/collections/tales-of-horror

[Aethelflaeda was framed]

Seconded on Fistful of Lead.  The Tales of Horror dovetail easily into any period.