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| A Role-Playing Game of Contemporary Horror | |
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 Front cover of Beyond the Supernatural first edition rulebook, illustrated by Richard Corben | |
| Designers | Randy McCall, Kevin Siembieda, Erick Wujcik |
| Illustrators | Covers: Denis Beauvais, Richard Corben, John Zeleznik Interiors: Stephen R. Bissette, Michael Dubisch, Kevin Long, Apollo Okamura, Ramón Pérez, Freddie E. Williams II |
| Publishers | Palladium Books |
| Publication | October 1987 (1st edition) January 2005 (2nd edition) |
| Years active | 1987–present |
| Genres | Horror, mystery |
| Languages | English |
| Systems | Megaversal |
| Synonyms | Beyond[1] BTS[2] |
| Website | palladiumbooks |
Beyond the Supernatural is a horror role-playing game published by Palladium Books. It has seen two editions released, both of which have introduced innovations to Palladium's standard mechanics. A versatile horror-themed game, it lends itself well to wildly different play styles and narrative tones, from schlock splatter-horror to intense psychological horror, with an entire spectrum of terror (humor, or action, etc.) in between. Beyond the Supernatural is implicitly set in the modern day, wherein magic and psychic powers are real and monsters and demonic cults exist, but out of the public eye. This, however, is not set in stone, and most of the character classes are flexible enough to account for variant settings or time periods.