''Fear Itself'' is a role-playing game published by

Pelgrane Press Pelgrane Press Ltd is a British role-playing game publishing company based in London and founded in 1999. It is co-owned by Simon J Rogers and Cat Tobin. It currently produces GUMSHOE System RPGs, '' 13th Age'', the Diana Jones award-winning ' ...

in 2007.

Description

''Fear Itself'' is one of the games to use the

Gumshoe System The Gumshoe System (stylised as ''The GUMSHOE System'') is a role-playing game system created in 2007 by Robin Laws, designed for running investigative scenarios. The premise is that investigative games are not about finding clues, they are abo ...

. Set in a similar world to that of ''

The Esoterrorists ''The Esoterrorists'' is a Contemporary Occult tabletop role-playing game, written by Robin D. Laws, and published by Pelgrane Press in 2006. Description ''The Esoterrorists'' is one of the games to use the GUMSHOE System. As elite investigator ...

'', ''Fear Itself'' instead focuses on ordinary people who are drawn into confrontation with the creatures of the Outer Black. The game introduces psychic powers to the ''Gumshoe System''.

Publication history

Robin Laws Robin D. Laws (born October 14, 1964 in Orillia, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian writer and game designer who lives in Toronto, Canada. He is the author of a number of novels and role-playing games as well as an anthologist. Career Robin D. Laws ...

designed ''Fear Itself'' (2007) for

's '' GUMSHOE'' system.

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References

{{Rpg-stub British role-playing games Horror role-playing games Pelgrane Press games Robin Laws games Role-playing games introduced in 2007