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Inside of the Candela Obscura Core Rulebook you’ll discover:

204 detailed pages, with a satin ribbon to keep your place.

The core rules to play and create your Candela Obscura investigators and their circles.

Over 90 pages detailing the turn of the century-inspired setting of the Fairelands, and in detail the city of Newfaire and the ancient ruins beneath known as Oldfaire.

4 full example assignments for gamemasters to dive in with their players.

Over 30 example assignments to explore far-flung corners of the Fairelands and the organizations and people operating within it.

An extensive guide to preparing for and gamemastering Candela Obscura.

Immersive, in-world ephemera and notes strewn throughout the chapters--illustrations, sketches, research notes, correspondences, advertisements, maps, and more to bring the Fairelands to life.

Spenser Starke is a game designer at Darrington Press and credited with Daggerheart, Candela Obscura, Alice Is Missing, and Kids on Brooms.
Rowan Hall is a game designer credited with Candela Obscura and Daggerheart, as well as co-creator of a mythology podcast Willing & Fable.