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It’s been a long time coming: This Thursday, January 27th, we are going to release a major update to Polythreme, which adds both a new activity and adjusts the existing Polythremic Promenade activity. Here’s a short rundown of changes: Upon landing in Polythreme, players will access the Polythreme Docks, a staging area leading into other activities. […]

Last year, before the Empress so rudely cancelled 1900, we set a creative challenge to the Fallen London community. We asked for responses to the prompt: “What does your character usually do on New Year’s Eve?” As you might expect, the range of activities Fallen London citizens get up to for such an occasion were extremely varied. […]

We’re Failbetter Games, makers of Sunless Skies, Sunless Sea and Fallen London. We’re known for inventive narrative design and rich, atmospheric storytelling. We’re looking for an experienced writer and narrative designer to join our award-winning in-house writing team. This is a permanent, full-time position, which for us means 35 hours a week. Duties of this […]

Following on from our consultation on Jewish Communities in Victorian London in June, which honed in on the lives and social landscape of Rachel and David, the two major Jewish characters in Mask of the Rose, we wanted to turn our attention to another significant character: Harjit Singh, a Sikh man recently arrived in London […]

Merry Christmas; Yule; or the holiday you hold most dear! It seemed particularly advent-appropriate to talk a little more about the importance of seasons and festivities in Mask of the Rose. The Mask of the Rose story is set in the earliest days of post-fall London. Many of you are Fallen London players, and you’ll […]

We are delighted to present the latest creation from our talented friends at Gametee: a new edition of our Fallen London playing cards!   Londoners do love a game of cards, from the honey-dens of Veilgarden to the back rooms of the exclusive House of Chimes. The suits (Bats, Hats, Cats and Rats) and individually-illustrated […]

A woman wearing the mask of a golden swan haunts the canals of Jericho. She is despised by the Guild of Gondoliers for a past she does not remember. Visited by recurring nightmares of a wedding held in a ruined palace surrounded by poisoned waters, she is seeking answers. Answers only the keeper of a […]

Delicious friends, the festive season is upon Fallen London once more, and with it a tremendous bounty of advent treats. The Fallen London Advent Calendar From today until the 25th of December we’ll be handing out advent treats via the Fallen London Advent Calendar. Each window will give you a snippet of Yuley narrative, and […]

The end of the century approaches and, absent any conspicuous planning from Mr Wines, His Amused Lordship has taken it upon himself to plan a New Year’s soirée of truly catastrophic proportions. In Fallen London, the year is 1899. The turn of the century approaches. What does the city have in mind for this unmissable […]

Midnight visitors are common in London, but visiting royalty is rare. Accompany an Injurious Princess on a perilous errand: the recovery of her brother from a tyrant’s clutches. Journey through the northerly realms of the Elder Continent, navigate the politics of a poisonous court, and beware the spider’s kiss. Writing: James Chew Editing & QA: […]