Trophy is a psychological-horror tabletop role-playing game by Jesse Ross, about doomed treasure hunters venturing into the woods. It comes in two versions — Trophy Dark for single sessions and Trophy Gold for longer campaigns — both published by Gauntlet Publishing in 2022 after a Kickstarter that raised $210,141. It uses collaborative storytelling, randomized character creation and dice pools, with guidance for maintaining player consent.
Trophy Dark is built from story templates called “incursions,” and instead of leveling up, characters gradually deteriorate. That structure — moving toward ruin rather than glory — shares a register with the tragic form of our world, which takes an irreversible descent as its premise.