Case Files: Volume 01
A downloadable game
Case Files is an anthology series for Liminal Horror. Each volume contains a collection of the Bureau's investigative case files that have slipped into public hands, which include an assortment of strange and horrid creatures, supplemental mechanics, ready to run scenarios, and new character options for when you're looking for a quick night of play or to supplement your ongoing campaigns.
Inside Vol. 1: Anomaly, you can find the following:
- Scenarios: Explore dark and twisted places in Recursive Transit, and The Chair.
- Documentary Mode: New rules for documentary crews and found footage horror.
- Horrors: Terrorize your players with Dimensional Shudders, the Rot, Greys, and Orb Weavers.
- Omens: Foreboding events that transpire on the periphery.
- Rituals: An assortment of spellcraft and sorcery.
- Encounter Spark Table: A generator for dramatic situations.
Vol. 1: Anomaly was made possible by the backers of the Liminal Horror Deluxe Edition.
The Team:
- Writing: Goblin Archives, Josh Domanski, & Zach Hazard Vaupen
- Layout & Design: Josh Domanski & Goblin Archives
- Editing: Gabriel Reich
- Publishing: Space Penguin Ink
Content Warning:
These files may contain reference to body horror, unethical experimentation, abduction, spiders, and disease.
Purchase
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Development log
- Case Files 01 ReleasedAug 30, 2025
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I ran a recursive transit one shot this weekend for two of my long time players. Took about 3.5 hours after character creation.
It was one of my favorite GM experiences, along side The Forest Queen incursion from Trophy Dark.
The loop is so much fun. I was worried about the 20 minute timer being too short, I did stretch it a few times, but wow it was so perfect. Seeing the players react to being looped back was so satisfying. They got progressively frustrated and started arguing with each other.
The document is easy to follow and gives the GM so much to work with. I think it’s great. I’m running it again this week.
This looks great but partially because it's almost exactly the same graphic design as Headcase's X Files: The Official Archives? Feels a little tasteless to not at least mention that book as an inspiration.
The book was used as a point of reference in a few places (mostly just some of the flare on the cover), but the design was primarily built off of the existing templates from The Bureau and The Bloom, which referenced actual FBI documents and government handbooks.