Reviews & Commentary On The Gothic Rpg By The Red Room Crew

 "In gas-lit streets, behind the elegant façades of Victorian manors, and deep within the misty forests of the countryside, darkness lurks. In this game, science and superstition collide, the ghosts of the past refuse to rest, and madness is always a risk. Gothic draws its inspiration from 19th-century literature and the enduring legacy of gothic horror in literature, cinema and the small screen"

The Gothic Rpg By The Red Room Crew is a solid  Gothic & Edwardian horror rpg for running OSR adventures set within those time period. Gothic uses the Red Rpg system which gets rid of the levels, and other OSR elements. This game uses fear points & these collect as the terror mounts. Combat is extremely deadly within the game and that's appropriate because the PC's are facing down icons of horror and the supernatural. The Gothic rpg hits the high points points for horror rpg systems & the dark forces because the entire game revolves around the classic Edwardian horror period.

Because Gothic is powered by the Red Rpg system  it uses the virtues & vices PC rpg system that plugs into the Victoriana horror era. Gothic has the usual Red Room quality & solid design work. There's lots of rpg elements that plug into the back end of the literature horror tropes of the era. Below the surface of the Victorian era there's the corruption, decidence, & dark forces that make Gothic rpg such a great game. 

The Gothic rpg has a decent skill system similar to many other OSR games according to the Red Site for Gothic;". Characters also possess a range of skills, from the scholarly (Knowledge, Linguistics) to the practical (Stealth, Combat). Skill levels range from +1 to +5, representing increasing degrees of mastery. Specializations allow for further refinement, granting +1 bonuses in specific applications of a skill."

Gothic takes full advantage of the Red Rpg systems & harkens back to early BX rpg games even without the PC levels. 

The Gothic Rpg plugs right into the classic &  OSR rpg systems of the world's most popular fantasy rpg. This means that many classic rpg modules could be plugged into Gothic rpg as Victorian horror adventures.  

The Gothic Rpg is a well designed, written, & truly servicable Edwardian horror rpg. Gothic rpg adventures are designed to challenge, horrorify, & even kill PC's. The rpg systems of the Gothic rpg are designed to do exactly this. The Gothic Rpg is a completely all in one rpg tool kit for running Victorian horror & supernatural rpg adventures.