Candela Obscura (game)

Candela Obscura is a Gothic horror tabletop roleplaying game from Darrington Press based on the Illuminated Worlds system. It is the game played in the Candela Obscura series.

Content
Candela Obscura is a Gothic horror game in which players are investigators working for an esoteric order called Candela Obscure, which uses its centuries of knowledge to combat a mysterious source of corruption and magickal bleed. Players solve mysteries involving "stranger occurrences" and "dangerous magicks".

The game is built on the Illuminated Worlds system, which is focused on arc-driven stories and uses a d6 dice pool system.

Creative team
Candela Obscura was created by Taliesin Jaffe and Chris Lockey and produced by Steve Failows and Maxwell James. Spenser Starke and Rowan Hall were the lead designers and writers. It is developed and released by Darrington Press.

Release
A quickstart guide and a How To Play video, featuring Starke, will be released on May 25, 2023 alongside the premiere of the Candela Obscura series. Adventures in the quickstart will be run at GenCon 2023 in the following August, and the Core Rulebook will be released near the end of 2023.