#RPGaDAY2026: Day 10 Secret

Jackson, IL is full of secrets.What small town doesn’t? There are the family, school, and church kind of secrets. The sort of things that are common knowledge yet never voiced, or at least put out of mind because to remember them would be to have to deal with them. Then there are the older ones in Jackson. They can be found in the high school or the library stacks, in old houses and derelict buildings, in hospital tunnels and church basements, even in a family Bible where some pages are best left unread. Some are buried or put under lock and key, others are handed down like an heirloom. And then you have the ones strolling about town with a pleasant smile for all to see, pretending to be harmless. It is what makes Jackson ideal for horror gaming. One does not always need a fresh monster from out of town to provide the terror; more often than not, the horror is built into the place, woven into the stories told and those that are not. The secrets are part of the town's foundations and…