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Esko Evtyukov
Room 306 (pรถytรค 4), โ€“ (4ย h)
Room 316, โ€“ (4ย h)
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๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ The Silt Verses RPG is a tabletop roleplaying game of folk horror and monstrous divinity, where strange gods haunt the landscape and civilization is fueled by commonplace ritual sacrifice. In this game, a group of conscripted agents called Custodians are sent into isolated territories to deal with these monstrous gods, terrifying angels, and other divine manifestations in order to appease them, neutralize them, or otherwise engage with the locals to find a solution to the threats they present.

๐—ฆ๐˜๐˜†๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜† The game focuses on narrative-driven horror investigation with an emphasis on cinematic play. Notably, the mystery the Custodians investigate has no canonical solution as it is discovered in collaboration with the players and the game master. The players are also periodically prompted to paint in details about the setting via improvised flash backs into the Custodians' pasts.

๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€ The game contains some dark subject matter which may not be suitable for everyone, including intense themes of religious horror, human sacrifice, graphic violence, body horror, cults, implied harm to children and animals, family trauma and mental illness, government oppression and police violence, war, and natural disasters.

Program category: GamingRegistration: Electronic registration (Konsti)Revolving door game: Non-revolving doorLanguage: EnglishTarget audience: Directed at adultsProgram topics: Roleplaying games