Fallen London is where the writers of Baldur's Gate 3, Dishonored and Stellaris come to let their hair down

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There is a place, deep beneath the earth, where the narrative wranglers behind our favourite games come together. Writers who helped deliver the perfect ending for Destiny in The Final Shape, or make sense of Stellaris' irresistible mix of strategy and story. Who spun up the Tim Curry sass of Baldur's Gate 3 companion Astarion, and scribbled the funny ambient dialogue that shows up in Borderlands 4 compilation videos.

They all tangle in Fallen London, the marvellous and sprawling text-based RPG from the makers of Sunless Sea. And there, they do their bravest, smartest, most depraved and moving work.

You play Fallen …