Welcome to the Afterlife
You’re dead. So what happens next? Awaken in the Ink, a spirit world filled with danger, mysteries, and plenty of coffee. Gather your friends and settle in for a journey across dark waters as you search for a way out in this spooky, caffeinated, and award-winning tabletop RPG.
This hardcover rulebook is recommended for 1 to 6 players and contains 6 Shadow Forms to choose from, dozens of Fiends to battle, and over 75 caffeinated elixirs to purchase from the local “Booristas” along the way.
The ink Lanterns Bundle
Begin your adventures in the Ink with 300+ pages of rules, lore, and adventures in this four book ink bundle which includes all of the rules that you need to play the game and the three connected adventures in the Seven Lanterns campaign path.
You will also get a set of ink “Shadows & Coffee” dice, a tri-fold ink GM screen with helpful rules references, and the Fishing in the Ink DLC pack so your players can cast a line and dredge up weird creatures from the deep for fun and profit.
Sunken horrors, soul-powered magic items, vampires, Masked gods, cheery Booristas, and more await you in the eternal darkness of the Ink!
Spooky Season
The Spooky Season book contains new adventures and lore for ink. Unlock new soul-powered abilities, explore a new pantheon of wild and dangerous deities, and play a multi-part adventure where you will meet a Scion of Hexalia and other servants of the Masked Nobles.
New Beginnings
The puppets await! Discover the dread secret of the Obur in the book, New Beginnings. Explore a new multi-part adventure for ink, with wild elixirs, deadly fiends, puppet villains, and more. But hurry, before the night comes and the vampire comes out once again…
Welcome to Fossil Park
It’s a theme park that was 65 billion years in the making. Explore the ruined remnants of the legacy of Mr. Bones and his wild amusement center, Fossil Park, in the book Fearsome Fossils. Beware the Dunk and the MiniRexes!
Find More in Cozy Companion
Don’t miss new ink content, published every other month in Cozy Companion, Snowbright’s cozy games and fiction publication. New adventures, lore, rules, and more await you along with new content for our other RPGs including Teatime Adventures and Time Tails.
See It Played!
Watch the intrepid voyagers at Wanderer’s Haven play in this fan-made ink one shot.
Or join the crew at Magic Academy for this multi-part fan Actual Play!
Good luck and RIP, sailors!
Death (like coffee) is only the beginning…
In the unique system behind ink, players only level up after there is a TPK (Total Party Kill). Cast aside your fear of TPKs and embrace the inky darkness as you battle some of the most fearsome monsters ever to exist in history.
When players die, they gain Shards that they can spend to level up their abilities and powers to make each attempt at escaping the afterlife stronger and more fearsome. But what else will they gain (or lose) in the process…?
Every character is made up of their Spirit and their Shadow. Their Spirit represents their conscious selves left behind after their death while their Shadow represents their unbridled emotions. Shadows can gain in power and ferocity using a variety of status-based attacks pulled from skill trees for Burn, Chill, Poison, Terror, and Frailty creating an “ad hoc class system” that allows players to start quick and define their classes and specialties over time.
ink uses a brand new D6 combat system featuring 6D6 Shadow dice and a single Karma die that represents the karma of your actions within the Ink. Use any six dice or Snowbright’s special glass Shadow and Karma dice for quick identification while rolling. Or play ink adventures using your own preferred system!
