Greetings, Dark Heresy fans!

This week I have a bit of a surprise for you—the designer diary you see before you isn’t about the newest book or even what’s around the corner. No, this designer diary is about a bit of the past.

Edge of Darkness was one of the first adventures available for Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay, first appearing on the web back in 2008. Since that time, Edge of Darkness has been downloaded innumerable times. It is famous for the first glimpse of the sinister cult of the Logicians. The adventure is quite well written, and it has a strong investigation focus that really draws on the core experience of role-playing an Acolyte of the Inquisition. In addition, the adventure contains quick-start rules for Dark Heresy and serves as a brilliant introduction to the game iline. Alas, due to a series of unfortunate events, Edge of Darkness remained a well-written but simply presented textual PDF for months on end.

Until now, that is!

Thanks to the hard work of our redoubtable RPG intern Trent Urness, Fantasy Flight Games is now able to present Edge of Darkness the way it was always intended—as a 48-page, fully-laid out and illustrated spectacular! This free PDF is a fine addition to any Dark Heresy fan’s hard drive, containing the same great adventure its always been, spruced up with Dark Heresy graphic design and Warhammer 40,000 art. This adventure has always been one of my favorites for the Dark Heresy line, and I am very proud to say that it now looks the part.

Edge of Darkness is the creation of writer Alan Bligh, one of the two minds behind Disciples of the Dark Gods and Tattered Fates. In Edge of Darkness, the Acolytes are called by the Inquisition to investigate an unusual murder in the Coscarla District on the hive world of Scintilla. The adventure has a flexible structure to allow for different approaches to the truth, and the final confrontation is a very exciting challenge that your Acolytes will not soon forget.

If you’ve already enjoyed Edge of Darkness in the past, I encourage you to pick up this free PDF to add to your collection. If you’re looking for a great way to begin your adventures using Dark Heresy, this is exactly what you need. If you’ve never given Edge of Darkness a try, now is the time. What are you waiting for? Go download the free 48-page adventure Edge of Darkness now!

Dark Heresy is a roleplaying game set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe, the grim darkness of the far future. Players take on the roles of Acolytes serving the Inquisition, rooting out heresy and corruption from within the galaxy-spanning Imperium of Man.