Newborn Games
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3 months ago
Project Update: [Q&A] Silent Læke at The Hardboiled GMshoe’s Office
Newborn Games recently joined Dan Davenport at The Hardboiled GMshoe’s Office for an in-depth Q&A about Silent Læke, our upcoming tabletop storygame.
During the conversation, we covered:
- the premise and tone of Silent Læke;
- its relationship to Twin Peaks;
- the card-driven, scene-based core system;
- how the game approaches sex, violence, and consequences;
- accessibility for newcomers vs. traditional RPG players;
- the role of satellite scenarios like Dusk’s Embrace;
- and what makes Silent Læke fundamentally different from classic investigative RPGs.
It was an open and thoughtful discussion, including a particularly insightful observation: Silent Læke may be more challenging for very traditional players — not as a criticism, but because it offers a different kind of activity at the table.
👉 Read the full Q&A here:
https://gmshoe.wordpress.com/2026/01/10/qa-daniel-carvalho-a-maquina-do-rpg-silent-laeke-ttrpg/
If you’re curious about Silent Læke, this interview is a great place to start.
And if you want to try it right away, the standalone scenario Dusk’s Embrace is available for free to anyone following the project on BackerKit.
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