Project: Day Breaker

Break the Daylight!

The year is 2599.  Humanity has gone to the stars and seeks to forge a new destiny. The starliner, Persephone, carries cargo and passengers on a wayward journey to a new Sol colony on the moon Io. Among its cargo are ancient relics from Earth, ecologically devastated, in the hopes of preserving humanity's legacy. Unbeknownst to the crew or passengers, a dark and sinister terror has awakened. 

Project: Day Breaker is a GM-less tabletop game where you take on the roles of a ragtag group of misfits onboard the Persephone. How will your group survive their ordeal on a ship infested with vampire spawns and the Prince of Darkness himself, Dracula?  

A wooden brick tower simulates the tension as the ship's systems break down, you face terrifying foes, and find any means to survive with a bunch of volatile strangers.  Each character moves' bring the Persephone to life while revealing more about themselves, sometimes inconveniently. 

This game was inspired by Snakes on the Plane, Hobbs & Shaw, Gackt (Daybreakers single), and Underworld. 

GAME INFO

• Players: 2-4 players
• Game Time: 2-3 hours
• Content Warnings: agoraphobia, claustrophobia, horror, possible gore, feelings of being trapped or being stalked, space, undead, vampire, vacuum of space

In this booklet you'll find:

• The basic premise for the game
• Setup instructions
• Gameplay instructions
• A list of suggested safety tools
• 4 character playbooks
  • Play as the Swearer, the Superstar, the Messenger, or the Blood Angel
• a Dracula Schema sheet
• a room map of the Persephone

Hit Point Press' Constellation Anthology! 

You can also find Project: Day Breaker on Hit Point Press' Constellation RPG Anthology 

Help this game get Itch-funded! What your $500 USD pays for: 

• More commissioned artwork from Auri (@the_lady_auri), which includes internal artwork and art for the playbooks
• Hire and pay an editor 

Potential Stretch Goals include: 

• EXPANDED RULES & EDITOR - $750 USD pays for an expansion on the rules, a short story from Dracula's perspective about awakening in a "sea of stars" and the new era. Finally, this stretch goal allows me to hire and pay an editor. 
• 2 NEW PLAYBOOKS - $1000 USD pays for the development of 2 new playbooks, the Wicker and the Dark Monarch. In addition, Auri returns to do the new artwork for the playbooks. 
• PRINT RUN - $2000 USD provides a pay boost for me plus it allows me to commit more to improve the layout for a zine-style print run of Project: Day Breaker.