Press Kit
Last Updated: June 16, 2026
Contact #
Press / Business Contact: [email protected]
Factsheet #
Backerkit
- Website: https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/dark-future/bloodstarved
- Status: Funded! 🎉
- Campaign ends: July 14, 2026 at 3:00 PM PDT
Bloodstarved Website: https://bloodstarved.com
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Description #
Short Description #
Bloodstarved is a rules-light, story-first vampire TTRPG that casts you as the monster: four playable vampire classes, blood powers and weaknesses, and rules built for high-stake, cinematic moments.
Long Description #
Bloodstarved is a rules-light, story-first vampire TTRPG that casts you as the monster: four playable vampire classes, blood powers and weaknesses, and rules built for high-stake, cinematic moments.
Bloodstarved is designed for 3–6 players, one of whom takes on the role of Game Master. The rest play a pack of vampires: fierce, powerful, and always hungry.
Based on the Black Hack, its simple, elegant rules make it easy to learn. D&D players will feel at home with familiar stats (STR, DEX, CHA, etc.) and standard dice. Character creation is quick, so you can start playing right away, or roll up a fresh one if things go sideways.
Unique Mechanics
- Roll under a stat on a d20. Clean and simple.
- Chase mechanics that set a break-neck pace and keep everyone in the game.
- A hunger system where using your vampiric powers incurs risk, and could lead to (sometimes spectacular) failure.
Video #
Teaser Trailer
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
Images #
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Cover Art
Book Spread
Hero (Landscape)
Hero (Square)
Hero (Vertical)
Interior Layouts
Streets of Crimson
Streets of Crimson (Alt)
Press Quotes #
“Bloodstarved is by turns slick and gruesome in all the right places, and feels absolutely right-sized in the options and depth department. I LOVE the included intro adventure.”
– Stephen C., Drop-in Dungeons
Team #
Game Design, Writing, Layout, & Interior Art Michael Medaglia
Additional Writing Chuck Franco
Cover Illustration Eric Radey (@ericradiation)
Bloodstarved Logo https://shadowsquare.art
Copy Editing Meghann Chell
Publisher Dark Future
About the Team #
Bloodstarved is a tag-team effort out of Portland, Oregon. Michael Medaglia, aka Handbasket Games, a writer/director who cut his teeth in the world of horror, brings the terror and moral ambiguity, with just a hint of gleefully twisted fun. Dark Future, a game store and indie publisher with years of TTRPGs shipped and a freshly funded campaign, Bestial Hordes, under their belt, brings the part where your pledge turns into a physical book arriving in your mailbox. Together, we invite you to do something truly horrifying. As a vampire, of course.