A role-playing game
of Dark Academia
Grimsby Academy is a co-narrative, Co-oppositional, RPG of gothic horror, supernatural academics and tragic twists. Based on the FLOW RPG system. Grimsby Academy allows players to take on the role of a character at the seemingly cursed Grimsby Academy as they try to survive awful events.
Unlike traditional table top RPGs, Grimsby Academy does not have a game master that is dictating the story. Each player gets to help create a story of college friendships, annoying rivals and supernatural happenings. While you are trying to graduate, the main goal is to tell a good story with your fellow players. Using the best possible stat every time is a sound strategy, but does it tell an exciting story? Your goal while playing Grimsby Academy should be story first, winning second.
Grimsby Academy uses a brand new game system that is dice free. Instead, a standard deck of playing cards, with the jokers included, is used for each character. The deck is divided amongst a character's stats and used when a player attempts certain actions during the game. So leave those dice in your dorm room!
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Grimsby Academy Novella Series
Coming soon is the official Grimsby Academy Novella. A Dark Academia Romance Series.
Book one, Allure of Alira, is releasing May 23rd, 2026, in ebook and paperback formats.

It's my family's academy. I'm just trying to survive it. I just turned 21, and it was finally time for me to attend Grimsby Academy. The school is a refuge and training ground for the Lineaged, the world's supernatural and magically inclined.As if trying to fend off a mysogynistic bully and terrifying principal were not enough, the Hydrurgan Cultists have taken up residence at the academy. These followers of the dark water goddess seem mostly harmless, but one of their members, Lilly Brineblude, drives me insane; I’m just not sure in what way.Thankfully, my friend Alira is enrolling too, or is she becoming more than just a friend?Absentus save me...