Random Table PDF and Print Titles for Horror

Here we are looking at pdf and book titles for Horror on Drive Thru RPG.

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Starting Points

Titles with random tables for all types of horror, modern to fantasy.

Horror adventures cover stories of urban fantasy with vampire, investigators of Call of Cthulu, adventurers caught in dark realms such as Ravenloft and classics such as full moons, the evil that comes at night and cheesy horror films.

There is also a Generators Guide for Horror. And a full guide for Dark Fantasy Titles.

Feb 2025: Added Space Fantasy section; June 2024: Added more titles; May 2024: separated out Dark Fantasy; Oct 2023: Added Solo and Dark Fantasy Sections, plus new titles.

Major Titles

Some PDFs are much larger and comprehensive.

Grinning Skull has a Horror Mega-bundle with lots of d100 titles. It also has a smaller Strange and Weird Stuff Bundle with 8 d100 titles.
The Book of Random Tables: Eldritch from dicegeeks has 24 d100 tables for Lovecraftian-themed games such as Call of Cthulu. It is complemented by The Great Book of Random Tables: World Between Wars for settings in 1920s and 1930s
For mutations, The Metamorphica Revised from Chthonstone Games has 270 pages of them for horror in post-apocalypse, sci-f, superhero and fantasy games.
A bit different is Sidequest Decks: Lovecraftian/Paranormal from Inkwell Ideas, 55 cards with maps and adventure ideas.
For system-neutral group or solo goodness, Larcenous Designs has The GamesMaster's Apprentice: Horror Deck. A deck of 60 cards with prompts, dice rolls, npc traits, names and more for solo inspiration. There is also the GameMaster's Apprentice: Weird Horror.

Solo Titles

Horror is easier to get the atmosphere right if you're playing alone. Space horror seems to have good solo options too.

If you want to play a vampire, then journalling game Thousand Year Old Vampire from The Hutchingsonian Presents-PlaGMaDA is the game for you!
For something a little different, Escape from Pumpkin World the PocketMod RPG from Doppelganger Publishing
For a free solo adventure using Call of Cthulu, Chaosium has Alone Against the Flames, set in the 1920s.
Alone Against Fear from Ganesha Games sees you plying a variation of Four Against Darkness, exploring a town invaded by monsters, trying to close Severn Gates of Hell on Earth.
The Solo Investigator's Handbook from 5E Solo Gamebooks has advice, systems and tables for playing Call of Cthulhu solo.
Alone Against Nyarlathotep by Lee Wade is a solo campaign for Call of Cthulhu 7e set in 1925 England.

Free and Pay What You Want Options

If you like pdfs and random tables then there are some options. And where you find one you might find more...

For cthulu-related monsters try Lovecraftian Title Generator from Azukail Games, with 3 tables to combine
Never Engine has 100 Spooky Yet Mundane Dungeon Encounters
d100 Mundane Items (for Mörk Borg) from Petersender with 100 dark fantasy items. Plus lots of clues for other Mork Borg PWYW titles.
47 Villainous Cults, Orders and Guilds to Thwart Your Heroes from Blackstone Entertainment has organisations for your horror adventures.
English Eerie: Rural Horror Storytelling Game for One Player from Trollish Delver Games is a pay-what-you-want journalling game with five scenarios.

Smaller Titles

To find more related titles by a particular publisher the "Customers Who Bought This Title also Purchased" bar at the bottom of product description is useful.

For filling places with odd things, Skirmisher Publishing has 100 Oddities for a Creepy House and 100 Oddities for a Graveyard.
100 Cursed Places for all Horror RPGs from Grinning Skull Design Studios.
Black Falcon Games has D-Percent - 100 Modern Zombies with graphic descriptions of the undead.
1d100 Plus Haunting Events from Lore Wise Games is a list of 100 unique ghost activity events for your spooky game.
From Azukail Games is Tomes of Cthulu, with 20 different books detailing forbidden knowledge. There is a sequel, Tomes of Cthulu II. Plus 100 Creepy Things and Events to Encounter Outdoors.
Never Engine has the Pay What You Want Weird Shit Generator (Fantasy)

Dark Fantasy

Dark fantasy is a particular niche within horror, catering to grimdark, ravenloft, and other horrors. There is a full Guide for Dark Fantasy Titles.

The Dread Thingonomicon from Raging Swan Press is a collection of 400+ pages of fantasy dread-themed lists.
From Chaos Factory Books there is the Teratogenicon, a tome for generating dark fantasy monsters. They also have Dark Fantasy Characters and 100 Magic Weapons (Dark Fantasy)
100 Superstitions for a Fantasy Setting and 100 Creepy Things and Events to Find in a Spooky House from Azukail Games.
For adventure ideas, Atelier Clandestin has 200 Dark Fantasy Odd Situations with a couple of lines to each for inspiration.
For a deck of dark fantasy hooks try Sidequest Decks: Horror Fantasy from Inkwell Ideas.
By Cassi Mothwin is Tangled Blessings: 1-2 Player Magic Academy Horror, where you can play as either a solo journalling or 2-player rpg in a spooky magical acadamy. Powered by tarot cards.

Space Horror

Horror and space seem to go well together!

The Wretched from Loot the Room is a different type of horror. Set in a spaceship where you are the last survivor. But a hostile lifeform is onboard with you. Others in the series include Go Alone and The Assassin.
From Blackoath Entertainment is Across a Thousand Dead Worlds, space horror salvaging and exploring to coordinates of unknown sites, where dangers and treasures, aliens and death await.
For space horror, the Galaxy Builder Decks: Spooky Set from Journey Mountain Studios gives planets to explore and populate

Final Mentions

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The Book of Random Tables: 1920s-1930s from dicegeeks isn't really horror based, but many Cthulu games take place in that period...
The Cthulu Alphabet from Goodman Games is a collection of random tables done by letters of the alphabet
The Haunting of Home by Ken Wickham has an early 1900s home with tables for sounds, smells, sights and other clues within.
Ken Wickham has something different with Grammar Fuel: Horror Genre and Subgenres, giving 42 d100 lists of nouns, adjectives and adverbs for horror
Heinrich's Call of Cthulhu Guide to Carcosa from Chaosium, by Heinrich D. Moor is a horror gamebook or solo adventure. It's a replayable campaign where you can investigate Dim Carcosa.
Silent Legions from Sine Nomine Publishing is a toolkit of random tables and advice for running modern investigative horror. Compatible with the free Stars Without Numbers game.