Mages hooked on illegal magic, desperate for another hit…
Heart: The City Beneath is a standalone roleplaying game about delving into a nightmare undercity, that gives players the opportunity to take on the role of delvers – people on the fringes of civilization who are driven to explore a shifting, unpredictable realm waiting beneath the surface of the world in search of answers, absolution, or revelations.
Using the Resistance System first developed in Spire: The City Must Fall, Heart focuses on what player characters have to lose in pursuit of their goals whether that’s supplies, friends, sanity, blood, a way home, or spatial or bodily integrity. Anything is up for grabs. Classes such as the addict Junk Mage, the bee-filled Deep Apiarist, the ravenous Cleaver and the pre-deceased Deadwalker give players the opportunity to explore the world from unique perspectives.
Published by Rowan, Rook & Decard, 2025
UK Import
Hardback
220 full-color pages
29 × 22 cm
Incl. Pdf (please, request via email!)
Gold Winner, Ennies 2021: Best Setting, Best Writing, Best Layout and Design
Silver Winner, Ennies 2021: Best Interior, Art, Best Cover Art, Best Monster, Best Game
Mages hooked on illegal magic, desperate for another hit…
Heart: The City Beneath is a standalone roleplaying game about delving into a nightmare undercity, that gives players the opportunity to take on the role of delvers – people on the fringes of civilization who are driven to explore a shifting, unpredictable realm waiting beneath the surface of the world in search of answers, absolution, or revelations.
Using the Resistance System first developed in Spire: The City Must Fall, Heart focuses on what player characters have to lose in pursuit of their goals whether that’s supplies, friends, sanity, blood, a way home, or spatial or bodily integrity. Anything is up for grabs. Classes such as the addict Junk Mage, the bee-filled Deep Apiarist, the ravenous Cleaver and the pre-deceased Deadwalker give players the opportunity to explore the world from unique perspectives.
Published by Rowan, Rook & Decard, 2025
UK Import
Hardback
220 full-color pages
29 × 22 cm
Incl. Pdf (please, request via email!)
Gold Winner, Ennies 2021: Best Setting, Best Writing, Best Layout and Design
Silver Winner, Ennies 2021: Best Interior, Art, Best Cover Art, Best Monster, Best Game
