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Time Without Tide: Mirth & Misery in a World of Fog

Created by Chaosium

A TTRPG of exploration and adventure in a fog-shrouded faux-Victorian apocalypse. You are a Delver. Hold your lantern high and venture into the unknown. Fight horrors, discover marvels, and protect the odd survivors of the fallen moon.

Latest Updates from Our Project:

Time Without Tide in the Cult of Chaos
about 2 months ago – Sat, Sep 12, 2026 at 08:25:09 AM

Have you joined the Cult of Chaos? Chaosium’s official volunteer Game Master program is a great way to get involved with players and fans of Chaosium games. It features content from Call of Cthulhu, RuneQuest, Pendragon, Age of Vikings, and now Time Without Tide too!

Lonely Phareflaw, the Time Without Tide: Quickstart adventure is officially entering the Cult of Chaos approved list. If you haven’t heard of the Cult of Chaos before, you can learn more here, and get involved with the Cult of Chaos community on the Chaosium Discord.

We’re already beginning to hear fantastic stories about people’s experience running the Quickstart for their friends. If you’ve given it a try, please remember to share your experience with us. Did your Delvers make it to the end? Did the fog get to them first? If you haven’t run the Quickstart yet but are planning too, then let us know what part of the game you’re most excited to try out!

If you'd like learn more about Lonely Phareflaw, it's in the Time Without Tide: Quickstart, which you can download right now, for free.

In other news, we’re just over 10k away from our next stretch goal. Remember to share the campaign with your friends to help us hit those milestones. For now, here's a a teaser image showing off one of Time Without Tide's adaptations. As a challenge, try and guess the name of this adaptation. Thanks everyone.



New Poll, New Stretch Goal, New Backgrounds Revealed
about 2 months ago – Thu, Sep 10, 2026 at 09:10:04 PM

Our last player background poll ended close to a dead heat. The Sentinel pulled ahead with 37% of the votes, but The Explorer (31%) and The Romantic (32%) were only just behind!

Fortunately, we’re now closing in on our $200,000 stretch goal. As we reveal more of the available player backgrounds, we invite you to share your thoughts in a brand new poll!

How high is your MIND + SKULDUGGERY score? Keen-eyed readers are sure to have seen some of our Delver background art splashed across this page. Can you spot a piece? If you can, try to guess that background’s name.

Our last unlocked stretch goal was to create the Roll 20 Quick Start module as a free version available to everybody. We’re excited to show you what we’ve got in store next! 

Share the campaign with your friends to help spread the word and reach these goals together!

New Delvers Take To The Fog! Watch The Latest Actual Play!
about 2 months ago – Wed, Sep 09, 2026 at 09:40:54 PM

Time Without Tide creators James Coquillat and David Naylor showcase the game in action with a whole group of freshly minted Delvers!

In this actual play, filmed on location at Scryglass Studio in Melbourne, players Jackson Heenan, Art Hunter, and Alex Caton take their brand new characters for their first foray into the Fog!



Check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIh4993967Q

Have you tried Time Without Tide using the free Quick Start rules? Let us know in the comments!


Star Wars, Dark Souls, & Time Without Tide?
2 months ago – Fri, Sep 04, 2026 at 08:41:12 AM

STAR WARS, DARK SOULS, & TIME WITHOUT TIDE?

Since we launched, your support has pushed us past several stretch goals. That means we can add more to Time Without Tide, including to what's already listed on the campaign page. Here’s some of the goodies.

MORE MINIATURES
All backers, regardless of tier, get an STL file of two characters from the Time Without Tide: Quickstart adventure, Lonely Phareflaw. Technically, it’s three characters if you count a toy bear. You can use these files in VTT play, or print them out at home if you have the tools to do so. 

There’s more. Every backer who ordered the physical miniatures set gets these additional models added to their set at no extra cost. If you haven't ordered the physical miniatures set yet, don’t worry about missing out. This is a permanent upgrade to the physical miniatures set. We can’t wait to see some painted versions!

GEORGE MANN HAS JOINED THE PARTY
George Mann, a writer for Star Wars, Dark Souls, DC Comics, and more, is adding an adventure to Into the Fog. We don’t want to spoil too much but it’s a fantastic adventure that is quintessentially Time Without Tide, with an extra dose of the esoteric and mysterious. Like all the adventures in Into the Fog, it’s a great story that’s targeted at rookie delvers and packed with advice for new Keepers.


If you want to know more about the kind of adventures on offer in Time Without Tide, then there’s more good news for you.

SCRYGLASS STUDIOS ACTUAL PLAY
While David & James were working on Time Without Tide, they were also playing Call of Cthulhu on the Stream of Chaos with Alex, Art, and Jackson. The crew got together to play a special preview of one of the scenarios in Into the Fog, written by the talented Meredith Katz. Check out the video on the Scryglass Studios YouTube channel.
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MORE TO COME
With every stretch goal we pass, we’ll add more to Time Without Tide. We’re forging ahead and there’s still so much more we want to include. So, please tell your friends, comment on Backerkit, and come join us on the Chaosium Discord. We are excited to share everything that's coming next!

STAR WARS AUTHOR ENTERS THE FOG. BONUS MINIS ON THE HORIZON.
2 months ago – Tue, Sep 01, 2026 at 03:50:23 PM

That is three stretch goals down! We are so excited that AUTHOR GEORGE MANN (Star Wars, DC Comics, Dark Souls) will now officially be contributing an adventure for Into The Fog! That also means everyone who gets Into The Fog will be getting an ADDITIONAL ADVENTURE. 

The Fog is still thick and we’re holding our lantern high as we Delve deeper! Just ahead we can see that at $150,000 we will unlock BONUS MINIS. These miniatures will not only be added to both the physical miniature pack, but EVERY BACKER will receive the STLs for these bonus minis FOR FREE. 

What are you most excited to see next from the campaign?