Dark Conspiracy Interview

[MongooseMatt]

DCtRPG has interviewed us, covering the very early days of the new Dark Conspiracy RPG!

We go over the move of Dark Conspiracy to Mongoose, and our current plans for the new line...

 

[Wizard]

I'm excited by this as it will use the Traveller rules. Hopefully this means it will allow me to easily mix Traveller and Dark Conspiracy together. That way I can add starships to a Dark Conspiracy campaign, or pinch some supernatural elements and add them to a Traveller campaign. Looking forward to it's release in 2026!

 

[Sigtrygg]

You don't need to wait. Conversion from DC to MgT is pretty easy to do, if you still have your DC books

I offered a quick conversion on the DC reveal thread.

Spoiler: just in case you are interested

Use DC character generation with the following ajustments:
characteristics 2d6 (don't subtract the 2
skills - skill levels have a rising cost to buy with the points available per term.
level 0 costs 1 skill point
level 1 costs 1 skill point
level 2+ costs 2 skill points

so a level 2 pilot would cost 1+1+2 = 4
a level 3 pilot would be 1+1+2+2 = 6
a level 4 pilot would be 1+1+2+2+2 = 8

(If you don't you can get the pdfs from Mongoose, but drivethru have a pod of the DC core rulebook, mine arrived last week and it compares well with my original copy)

I like the three book set up, there are so many conspiracy theories to explore with the first book...

and then curve balls can be thrown for the dark minions reveal... Earth:Final Conflict may be how I will do it to start with

 

[Morthrai]

The original game was designed so that you could incorporate pretty much anything into your scenarios, so using the existing MgT material will be a continuation of that early principle.

 

[TrippyHippy]

Thing is, Dark Conspiracy was released in 1991 when there was an explosion of dark, horror themed RPGs and was maybe drowned out of the market at the time while some may have felt that the GDW mechanics were possibly over familiar.

These days, there may actually be an extra niche of interest as most new games seem to be D&D retroclones. Dark Conspiracy might feel quite novel to a young audience. I like the idea of three run on games, advancing the timeline and power level.

 

[MongooseMatt]

I like the idea of three run on games, advancing the timeline and power level.

This is actually very good to hear - the three core book set-up, even done over time, was the thing we were most nervous about presenting to everyone

 

[Sigtrygg]

I think it is probably the best selling point. There is no rush to get the second one out of the door, there are plenty of conspiracies for the near future investigators to be dealing with.

You do know people will be expecting crossovers every Halloween...

 

[Morthrai]

I have to admit that I am already sorting through my old material to work out which of it would be worth converting to the MgT system - there's quite a lot of it after all these years