The Lost Bay is like any other place. There’s a skate park, wild horses, arcade games and ghosts, punk bands, two malls, miracles, and wildfires. It’s your home. 

WHAT IS THE LOST BAY?

What Is The Lost Bay? The Lost Bay is a suburban horror tabletop RPG set in altern. The Lost Bay is also the name of the setting where the game takes place: a coastal suburb inspired by films and media from the 80s and 90s. In it you play as a young person touched by the Weird, an ancient force that gives you supernatural powers. You roam the Bay with your gang, its malls, arcade games shops, skateparks and beaches, and fight the Horror that has awakened.

The First Look edition contains the core rules and all you need to start playing it: Vibe classes, horror sparks, gadgets, locations, and scary MOFOs. 

The PDFs of the game are being updated on a weekly basis. The game price will increase as updates are added. Buying it now you support its development and save money. Funds raised on itch will pay for more writing, more art, and editing.

WHAT PEOPLE SAY

Emiel Boven (DURF, The Electrum Archive) 

The suburbs of the Lost Bay are a wonderfully hazy fever dream of 90s nostalgia and unsettling urban horror. I can’t wait to go back.

WHAT YOU'LL FIND INSIDE

• Spooky Locations
• Scary MOFOs
• Supernatural Horror
• Powerful Character Classes 
• Loads of items
• Relics
• Living Saints and immortals
• Exploration tables
• Lots of prompts and

KEY FEATURES

Get that Vibe. You play as Vibes: Splinter, Screamer, Scanner, Firestarter, and many more all inspired by urban/horror 90s archetypes. Vibes are granted specific powers and custom growth opportunities: every time they fail at using a power they get a Scar, including new powers, or discovering something about the Bay. 

Lore light and flavor heavy. The lore of The Lost Bay is spread throughout the ruleset, tables, and game procedures. You’ll discover it as you create your character and play. 

Open and play. Three attributes, two resources to manage (Heart and Weird), one mechanic to rule it all: a D6 dice pool. If you have a basic knowledge of tabletop RPGs you’ll need fifteen minutes to familiarize yourself with the ruleset. The game engine is built on the robust LUMEN and CAIRN rulesets: ruleslight game with epic tactical combats.

Weird is cool. And there’s a lot of it in the Bay: cults, curses, relics, and Living Saints. The Lost Bay is both a familiar playground and an uncanny world that portrays an alternate version of the 90s. It’s wicked enough to give you the chills, and it’s open enough for you to expand it the way you like.

MINIDUNGEON ADVENTURE

Check also UNIT DH-17 suburban mini dungeon adventure for The Lost Bay, or get the core rules + the adventure at a discounted price.

URBAN LEGEND GAME JAM

Create an Urban Legend zine for The Lost Bay RPG and get a chance to be published by The Lost Bay Studio https://itch.io/jam/urban-legend-jam

CREDITS

Text and Layout: IKO

Art: Evangeline Gallagher 

Map: Strega Wolf van den Berg

♥ The Lost Bay RPG system is a mashup of Cairn by Yochai Gal and LUMEN by Spencer Campbell. Kudos to those folks for creating such cool games ♥

COMMUNITY

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3RD PARTY CONTENT LICENSE

Text and art from the book, including maps, may not be reused or translated. If you wish to publish third party content for The Lost Bay RPG check the 3RD party license and the Creator Toolkit..

Copyright © 2023 The Lost Bay Studio LTD. All rights reserved. 

WANT TO REVIEW THE GAME OR RECORD AN AP?

Drop me a line at contact@thelostbaystudio.com I'll be happy to provide a review copy. I'll add community copies when the game gets a review/AP. Tag me on Twitter @thelostbay or on Bluesky @thelostbaystudio.com and I'll boost your review link and add community copies.

Easy peasy way to support the game and the community