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order it now 		If you look down the wrong alley in the middle of the night, you may see something happening which is terrible, inexplicable, alien. If you are like most, you will keep driving and try to forget what you've seen.

Yet some pain or hunger inside you may drive you to turn back, to try to gain another glimpse. You may spend sleepless nights peering down dark alleys, reading heretical texts, performing strange rituals, exploring abandoned places, trying to grasp the sensations that squirm at the back of your mind. Along the way you will discover that you are developing incredible and dangerous powers.

And there will come a day when you catch a glimpse of something that sees you looking at it, that realizes that you know things that you're not supposed to know. And without a word it will rush at you…

  • A complete game - no other products needed to play.
  • Play 'the Touched,' people who have peeked behind the curtain of this reality, people who have incredible powers but are in terrible danger.
  • A unique, fully detailed horror cosmology.
  • A detailed look at supernatural and mundane Los Angeles as a default campaign setting.
  • Two complete introductory adventures.
  • Fan Rewards: Get free stuff just by playing.

    Want to find out more? Read the IDA Game Overview (also available in espanol , français and Hebrew ).

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    Frequently Asked Question: What Makes IDA Different From Other Occult/Horror RPGs?

    Anyone who has purchased the In Dark Alleys book can download the PDF for free.

    Take the In Dark Alleys Narrative Character Class Test as text (also in Hebrew) or mp3.

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    Intro - Little Boy Lost - Audio/Video - Ch Sheets - Interact - T-Shirts - Pregen PCs - Library
    Click Here to download Little Boy Lost (1 MB pdf), a stand-alone adventure set in the IDA universe. The players play a college-aged babysitter and her freinds who must investigate the dissapearance of an odd little boy. Little Boy Lost has pre-generated characters and a condensed version of the rules, everything someone would need to play the adventure. Little Boy Lost was a givaway at the 2007 Free RPG Day. You can read a review of Little Boy Lost here.

    Intro - Little Boy Lost - Audio/Video - Ch Sheets - Interact - T-Shirts - Pregen PCs - Library

    Instructional Video

    This 8 minute video, featuring art from In Dark Alleys and IDA play music, is designed to introduce players to what they need to know about the In Dark Alleys setting.

    Watch them all now on YouTube.

    		 

    Game Play Music

    This free music and ambient sound was created to be played in the background during an In Dark Alleys game session.
    01 Wandering A Deserted City
    02 Back Room At The Herb Shop
    03 Old Pain Echoing in Abandoned Places
    04 Strange Machinery Under Your Feet
    05 Discovering Family Secrets
    06 Staying Alive Until Dawn
    07 The Long Hallway*
    All Music in a 19 MB zip file

    *Ambient sound track.

    Chapter One - Introduction small (5 MB avi) large (20 MB avi)
    Chapter Two - The Touched small (10 MB avi) large (48 MB avi)
    Chapter Three - Survival Tips small (9 MB avi) large (28 MB avi)
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    Intro - Little Boy Lost - Audio/Video - Ch Sheets - Interact - T-Shirts - Pregen PCs - Library

    Character Sheets
    These In Dark Alleys character sheets are the same as those found in the game books are free to download and use.


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    Online Character Sheet

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    Pregen PCs
    A set of level 1 PCs suitable for giving to players or using as NPCs.
    Tabitha "Toby" Camden, Tomboy Construction Worker (Androgyne)
    Guadapule Herrerra, Vanezuelan Currandera (Animist)
    Kathy Burbick, Ex-Addict Nun (Cannibal)
    Javier Herrera, Drug-Dealing Gang Member (Survivor)
    Mike "Burner" Sigler, Homeless Stalker (Hero)
    Charles King, Troubled Highschool Student (Outcast)
    Joan Chen, Think-Tank Researcher (Professional)
    Cameron Carlotti, Teen Urban Explorer (Faustian)
    Jamal Howard, College Student & Father-To-Be (Wonderlander)
    Anna Malinovsky, Rich Shut-In With Cancer (Scribbler)

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  • Review: In Dark Alleys is a superb horror role-playing game... -rpg.net
  • Review: "In Dark Alleys es un libro tremendamente completo ... que presenta un sistema sencillo y una ambientación interesante." -helechaloscuro.net babelfish translation
  • Review: "Sommigen hebben het aangedurfd om niet zomaar voorbij die donkere steegjes te stappen waar vreemde ogen hen vanuit de mantel der duisternis begluren." -cerberus2.net
  • Review: "...een subliem horrorrollenspel, met heel wat aandacht voor psychologie, uitstekende regels en een unieke sfeer." -fantastiek.com babelfish translation
  • Review: " Il y a des lectures qui ne laissent pas indifférentes. In Dark Alleys a été de celles-ci." -roliste.com babelfish translation
  • Review: "בסמטאות אפלות -the-orc.com
  • Review: "...just enough reality and realism to freak you out into believing this is more than a game." -Games Gazette
  • Review: "In Dark Alleys is not a RPG for your Catholic grandmother" -gamewyrd.com
  • Review of Little Boy Lost: "Little Boy Lost is a dark, nasty horror scenario."
  • Fiction: The Room in My Head A short-story in the IDA world.
  • Fiction: Switch Bodies A short-story in the IDA world (warning: this story is both pornographic and unpleasant).
  • Other Systems: Sad But True. A writeup of a Dance in the Hero system (warning: contains GM section spoilers). From Ogmios Project.
  • Printable: Open Game Flyer (pdf) A ready-to-print flyer for advertising an In Dark Alleys session.
  • Printable: IDA GM Screen (4 MB pdf) You can print it out and paste it to some cardboard.
  • Game Info: Game Overview An overview of the setting and game. (also available in espanol , français and Hebrew ).
  • Game Info: L.A. Map An interactive map of Los Angeles, the game's default setting.
  • Game Info: Adventureless Play An article on playing IDA without adventures.
  • Game Info: Getting Players To Work Together An article for GMs.
  • Game Info: In Dark Alleys Narrative Character Class Test.
  • Game Info: Nietzche Club: an In Dark Alleys adventure.
  • Press: IDA Capsule Pre-Review at GamesGazette.co.uk
  • Press: Debra Cleveland character creation @ Ogmios Project Hall of Characters
  • Press: Lovecraft Was An Optimist An IDA ad.
  • Press: The Orc Magazine interviews Brian St.Claire-King about In Dark Alleys (Hebrew). Click here for the English version.

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    In Dark Alleys was written and designed by Brian St.Claire-King

    Cover by Jason Juta

    Art by Michaël Brack, Nicole Cardiff, Kulbongkot Chutaprutikorn, Alice Duke, Tomasz Jedruszek, Jason Juta, Cristina Ortega, Pablo Palameque, William Teo, Gracjana Zielinska.

    Editorial Assistance by Tiffany St.Claire-King and Shawn Connor.