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A December for The Doomed

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I’m not sure what bit me, why it became such a passion project all of a sudden.  I’ve been excited about The Doomed: Apocalyptic Horror Hunting for a while, and planning a campaign with a friend.  But momentum felt stalled.  I think I was stuck, as we often are, with the pressure of perfection.  I wanted to build and paint a bunch of cool stuff to make this game memorable, to share with the world, and I didn't think I could do it justice. Written by Chris McDowell  and published by Osprey Games , the game has a simple but evocative premise.  A world that fulfilled grimdark fantasy tropes was invaded by a science-fiction capitalistic Company, abused by extractive industry and uncontrolled misused science, then abandoned once the expedition was no longer profitable.  The result is that the original inhabitants are left on a dying world terrorized by the abominations left behind.  Each player controls a warband of misfit, kitbashed survivors who hun...