| Heart: The City Beneath | |
| Designer: | Grant Howitt and Christopher Taylor |
| Publisher: | Rowan, Rook & Decard |
| Date: | 2020 |
| Genre: | tabletop role-playing game |
| Random Chance: | High |
Heart: The City Beneath is a tabletop role-playing game about surreal underground labyrinths, designed by Grant Howitt and Christopher Taylor.[1] It shares a setting with Spire: The City Must Fall.
The game uses ten-sided dice in dice pools. Failure results in added stress.
Heart: The City Beneath was funded by a 2019 Kickstarter that raised £99,612 from 2,448 backers.[2] The game won seven ENNIE Awards in 2021: Gold ENnies for Best Setting, Best Writing and Best Layout, and Silver ENnies for Best Art, Best Art - Interior, Best Game, and Best Monster/Adversary. It was also nominated for Product of the Year.[3]
Kristina Manente for Syfy recommended it for fans of dark fantasy.[4] Robin Valentine for PC Gamer listed it as one of the best alternatives to Dungeons & Dragons.[5]