Heart: The City Beneath

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Heart: The City Beneath
Cover of RPG Heart, The City Beneath.png
Designers Grant Howitt and Christopher Taylor
PublishersRowan, Rook & Decard
Publication2020
Genres tabletop role-playing game
ChanceHigh

Heart: The City Beneath is a tabletop role-playing game about surreal underground labyrinths, designed by Grant Howitt and Christopher Taylor. [1] It shares a setting with Spire: The City Must Fall .

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Gameplay

The game uses ten-sided dice in dice pools. Failure results in added stress. [1]

Reception

Heart: The City Beneath was funded by a 2019 Kickstarter that raised £99,612 from 2,448 backers. [2] The game won seven ENNIE Awards in 2021: Gold ENnies for Best Setting, Best Writing and Best Layout, and Silver ENnies for Best Art, Best Art - Interior, Best Game, and Best Monster/Adversary. It was also nominated for Product of the Year. [3]

Kristina Manente for Syfy recommended it for fans of dark fantasy. [4] Robin Valentine for PC Gamer listed it as one of the best alternatives to Dungeons & Dragons . [5]

References

  1. 1 2 Elsam, Sara (2020-04-01). "Explore cursed dungeons in Spire creators' dark fantasy tabletop RPG Heart: The City Beneath". Dicebreaker. Retrieved 2023-04-15.
  2. ↑ "Track Heart: The City Beneath RPG's Kickstarter campaign on BackerTracker". BackerKit. Retrieved 2023-04-15.
  3. ↑ "2021 Nominees and Winners – ENNIE Awards" . Retrieved 2023-04-15.
  4. ↑ "Beyond D&D: The 12 TTRPGs you're not playing, but really should be". SYFY Official Site. 2021-08-02. Retrieved 2023-04-15.
  5. ↑ Valentine, Robin (2023-02-23). "I've been playing tabletop RPGs for 20 years, and these are the D&D alternatives I recommend". PC Gamer. Retrieved 2023-04-15.
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