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It Wasn't Supposed To Happen Like This
This tabletop roleplaying game is based on Dash SRD by Farri RPGs and features a setting of an alternate reality where something has gone horribly wrong in the last moments before death, requiring players to save themselves using their wits or weapons as they navigate through this mysterious world. The text includes concept writing, layout design (by Luke Simon), illustrations from John Harper's Blades In the Dark game book/webpage and is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license at https://creativecoommons.org/.
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