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An Osprey Blue Book from the writer of Zona Alfa and other Indie wargames. The premise is simple enough. This is a cooperative or solo-game about monster hunting and investigation. I was intrigued by this one for two reasons. First, I had been slowly working on a similar concept. Secondly, it seemed to straddle the line between a Role-Playing Game and a Wargame which is an area of great interest to me. Therefore, I put it on order at my FLGS.

Interestingly enough two things struck me about this book before I got into the review proper:

1. It is 80 pages long. This looks to be a new thing for the Blue Book Series of 80 pages where they used to by 64 pages. I am curious if they will ever go back to the smaller size now?

2. The book only has artwork, no pictures of minis or tabletops. The lack of "in-action" shots of games was really disappointing to me. I was left unsure what a typical table looked like for the game. The art was all urban or inside buildings but at a glance I was unsure how "tabletop friendly" the premise of the game was going to be.

That said, I was still eager to delve in and see how the game was laid-out. The lack of versus rules was interesting to me, but Solo and Coop play seem to be the Authors strongpoints. Plus, the pandemic made these types of rules very popular for a while. I myself have tried my hand at them a few times.

So, grab a flashlight and your copy of the Malleus Maleficarum and let's dig in! You can read the full review here on the blog:
https://bloodandspectacles.blogspot.com/2024/07/review-when-nightmares-come-osprey-games.html