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Caught in the Rain (PRESALE)

Caught in the Rain (PRESALE)

A solo TTRPG system to create investigative mysteries from gloomy noir to far-future sci-fi.

$60.00 AUD
$60.00 AUD
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Caught in the Rain is a solo table-top role-playing game (TTRPG) where the player delves into a mystery that must be solved before the weight of it is too heavy and the house of cards comes crashing down. The thing we love about our solo mystery RPG is that the truth is hidden until the very end, offering a satisfying player experience without the company of another player.


We launched this RPG on Kickstarter and were absolutely thrilled to share it with over 980 backers who contributed $60,805 (AUD) to send it to print! Thank you so much! We can't wait to poke your brains and see how you solve mysteries.


Caught in the Rain will hit the shelves toward the end of 2025, but you can secure your copy today. Kickstarter orders and pre-sale orders will be our #1 and #2 priority when we get the game.

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Want to bundle it?

Caught in the Rain is available solo or with our in-house designed RPG playing cards.

Can you Solve the Mystery?

Caught in the Rain is a solo roleplaying game of investigative mystery. Whether you are a child searching for their lost brother, or a detective searching for a ruthless killer, Caught in the Rain solves the challenge of solo mysteries by keeping the truth hidden. This allows players to uncover satisfying, cohesive, and sometimes unexpected revelations as if guided by an unseen hand.

When you play, you will weave a tense mystery, roll dice to determine the outcome of your investigator’s actions, draw cards from the clue deck to establish and strengthen your clues, and through a process of elimination, guess the truth cards set aside at the start of the game to solve the mystery. Can you uncover the truth before the weight of it becomes too heavy?

What's Included in the Book?

Caught in the Rain is a fully contained game containing everything you need to play including:

  • 90+ pages of simple to learn TTRPG rules to create engaging mysteries.
  • Campaign options to play with the same investigator over successive mysteries.
  • Narrative oracles to aid your creativity and spark ideas in the story.
  • 20+ genre tables to customize the genre and setting of your mystery.
  • Advice for playing solo rpgs, whether you're a veteran or beginner.
  • Extensive example play to teach the game.

How to Play the Game

The Mystery Mechanic

The mystery mechanic is the heart of Caught in the Rain, here's how it works:

1. Separate a deck of cards into two piles - the face cards (the truth deck), and everything else (the clue deck).

2. Shuffle the face cards and remove 3 without peeking. These 3 cards represent the narrative answer to the mystery.

3. As you play, you'll gather clues represented by cards drawnfrom the clue deck. When you draw a clue, you establish what you find in the narrative. a fingerprint? An email conversation?

You can then use those gathered clues to establish truths about the mystery, revealing cards from the truth deck and narrowing down the 3 initially removed cards.

Doing this lets you assert a fact you've uncovered - perhaps the fingerprint belonged to the security guard at the crime scene, perhaps the email conversation implicates the CEO as the primary suspect...

Who am I Playing as?

In Caught in the Rain, you play as an investigator with some motivation to solve a mystery. Your investigator might be a grizzled detective, but they might be someone else entirely.

Character creation will have you define 3 attributes, create an obligation which you must tend to outside of the mystery, define a signature keyword, and a few final details to bring them to life.

Character Creation

Character creation takes less than 5 minutes, and offers a huge array of options to make each investigator feel unique.

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