Chaosium's New TTRPG, Time Without Tide, Guides You Through the Victorian

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News Written by Tyler ChanceyPublished: September 1, 2026 3:35 PMChaosium has launched a crowdfunding campaign for its latest TTRPG project. This new game from the studio behind Runequest and Pendragon, is called Time Without Tide. It is a game all about exploration and adventure in a Victorian-esque world in the aftermath of an apocalypse.The Time Without Tide Backerkit CampaignTime Without Tide is set in a world where the moon has fallen, marking the end of the Age of Decadence for the world's rich nobles and aristocrats. Now, in this new World of Fog, monsters roam.

But alongside this time of horror is a time of adventurers.That is a particular problem for your characters since they will be going into that fog. In the game, you play as Delvers, people who brave the fog to fight monsters, uncover treasure, and rescue any weirdos you may find along the way.If you are worried that Time Without Tide bears a striking resemblance to the publisher's Call of Cthulhu series, the gameplay is more accessible and pulpy by comparison. Every character has three traits: Body, Mind, and Will, alongside six skills: Culture, Industry, Navigation, Skullduggery, Survival, and Violence.

You roll a pool of D6s based on those stats.Like any other TTRPG, stats and dice are just one facet of the game. You can pick up helpful items to help you in your jobs, or provide some cash once you escape. You can learn Features, which change the rules of the game in novel ways. Lastly, you can give up a bit of your humanity to gain the power of otherworldly Adaptations. Every advantage you can get will help you survive, so choose wisely.The Time Without Tide TTRPG is broken up into two books.

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The Core Rulebook, over 250 pages, contains the game's core rules, including combat, exploration, monster stat blocks, a guide to the World of Fog setting, and character creation. The second book, Into The Fog, is a 100+ page prewritten adventure to help rookie Delvers get started.Lastly, the Backerkit campaign includes additional add-ons. These include a Keeper's Pack, which contains a GM Screen, reusable battlemaps, blank character sheets, and sheets of cardstock tokens, special Delver decks, special dice, custom miniatures produced by Titan Forge, and official VTT support on Roll20.The pledge levels of Time Without Tide are as follows:Digital Delver for $20: PDF copy of the Core RulebookDelver for $50: A physical hardcover and PDF copy of the Core RulebookFancy Delver for $110: A Collector's Edition physical hardcover and PDF copy of the Core RulebookGuildmaster for $160: Physical and PDF copies of the Core Rulebook and Into The Fog, a Keeper's Pack, and a set of Delver decksFancy Guildmaster for $335: Collector's Edition physical hardcover and PDF copies of the Core Rulebook and Into The Fog, Keeper's Pack, a set of Delver decks, a set of custom dice, and a miniatures setAt the time of writing, the Time Without Tide campaign has raised $82,765, more than eight times its initial funding goal of $10,000.

The campaign ends on September 24. Tyler Chancey | Staff Writer Ever since he was small, Tyler Chancey has had a deep, abiding love for video games and a tendency to think and overanalyze everything he enjoyed. This… More about Tyler Additional topics: AnnouncementRPG