The Midnight Vault

Horror cinema, video games, and tabletop gaming

  • Dungeon Crawling the Dark Domain: A Review of the Castle Ravenloft Board Game

    Byhalloweenman666

    Strap on your holy symbol and prepare for brutal, tile-procedural terror. The Castle Ravenloft Board Game brings classic D&D gothic horror straight to the tabletop with deadly traps, endless undead swarms, and punishing solo-friendly tactical combat. Few campaign settings in tabletop history carry the oppressive, fog-drenched weight of Barovia. When Wizards of the Coast released…

  • Into the Abyssal Void: Hands-On with Subnautica 2

    Byhalloweenman666

    There are games that scare you and there are games that burrow into your soul – this is definitely the latter. The original Subnautica succeeded by weaponizing the unknown. It trapped players in an endless blue expanse where oxygen was currency and every shadow hides a potential leviathan. Returning to that universe comes with massive…