Night Shift: Devil Division

Created by Slightly Reckless Games

A cinematic tactical combat RPG. Set in 90s Tokyo. You play sharp Operatives of a deployable response unit tasked with hunting devils born from human fear. Dripping with style and unapologetic pop culture references.

Latest Updates from Our Project:

24 Hours In. £84K. $110K. What?
3 months ago – Wed, May 06, 2026 at 10:00:45 AM

We are twenty four hours into this campaign.

£84,000~. $110,000~. Book ribbons. Spot gloss. Both unlocked. Both going in.

We knew this community was building into something but seeing it move this fast is something else entirely. Thank you. Every person who showed up on day one, you guys are boss (Liverpool colloquialism meaning amazing).

You've been asking for rules. We heard you.

The feedback and requests for more game information have been loud and consistent, so we're doing something about it. The Starter Rules are roughly written and in good shape so we're going to get them properly formatted and send them out free to everyone before the campaign closes.

Consider it a thank you for the first 24 hours.

We've also got interviews and coverage in the pipeline. 

We'll drop those into updates as they go live, so keep an eye out. In the meantime, if you haven't already, share the campaign. Devil minis are at £90K. A brand new class is at £110K. Both are very much within reach.

We also got our first ever piece of OC art in the Discord (by Dinah Choi).



We'll see you at the next milestone.

//Slightly and the SRG Devils, out.



Funded. Thank You.
3 months ago – Tue, May 05, 2026 at 11:16:01 AM

We did it!

Night Shift: Devil Division is funded! £30,000. It's real, it's happening, and honestly we're a little stunned sitting here writing this. The SRG team stepped out for pizza and when we came back, we'd funded 😂



This game has been a long time in the making and getting it across that line with your support means more than we can adequately put into words in a BackerKit update. So we'll just say: thank you. Genuinely. Every follow, every share, every comment, every person who grabbed a friend and said "look at this", that's what got us here.

Now we want to step into second gear
Every pound beyond £30K unlocks something that makes this game better, bigger, and more complete. We've attached the next stretch goals below. Have a look at what's coming if we keep pushing.



Book ribbons. Spot gloss. Devil minis in the Starter Set. A brand new class added to THE DIVISION. A custom cover for DEVILS. Full Draw Steel Codex VTT support. There's a lot on that list worth getting excited about.

The single best thing you can do right now is share this campaign.

Every new backer does two things: it pushes us toward the next stretch goal, and it grows the community of people who'll be playing, discussing, and playtesting this game. More players means more playtesting. More playtesting means a better game for everyone at the table. We're hoping to build a community that Night Shift: Devil Division will continue to support for years to come.

So share the campaign page. Post it in your Discord. Send it to the one friend who you know would love this. Tell them there are Devils that need Detaining.

We'll be back soon with more updates as we climb.

// Operative Slightly and the SRG Squad, out.

Fuck It. Here's The Cover. Got Any Questions For Us?
3 months ago – Tue, Apr 28, 2026 at 11:37:41 AM

We were going to wait until 3,000 followers for this. We're close enough, and honestly, we've been sitting on this piece for a while now and the patience has run out. So. Here we go.


This is, in my opinion, our best cover to date. And I don't say that lightly — we've been genuinely lucky with the art on this project, but this one is something else. Tonton Revolver, our good friend and returning cover artist, absolutely delivered. Look at the detail. Actually look at it. Zoom in. Revel in it. Take your time. We'll wait.

Dave Thaumavore Got A First Look — And Made A Video About It.

Dave put together a first look video for Night Shift: Devil Division and it's a great watch whether you're already sold or still on the fence. Go give it a like, leave a comment, subscribe if you aren't already; all that good stuff. It genuinely helps and Dave put the work in.

Carrying On The Video Theme — We're Filming A Q&A On Thursday.

If you're in the Discord you'll have already seen the question submissions absolutely piling in, which has been brilliant. But we want to hear from you here too — drop your questions in the comments on this update and we may cover them in the video.

Anything is fair game. The game, the lore, the design process, the worldbuilding, the crowdfunding journey, my favourite Blade film. Genuinely anything. We're not precious about it.

While You're Here — There's A Poll Below.

We're asking which VTTs you're interested in so we know what to prioritise. We're having some good conversations at the moment and making real progress on that front, so your answers here will actually feed into decisions we're making right now. Takes ten seconds.

One More Thing — We Launch In Just Under A Week.

10am PST. 5pm GMT. If you haven't reserved your spot yet, please do! It costs next to nothing and it genuinely helps us going into launch day. We'll be back before then with more, but if we don't... we'll see you on launch day.

Sacha and The Slightly Reckless Busybodies

2,500 Followers. THE VAULT Opens.
3 months ago – Sun, Apr 19, 2026 at 06:28:20 AM

We hit 2,500 followers (which is amazing btw!). We said we'd open THE VAULT at 2,500. So here it is.

THE VAULT is the all-in collector's tier. A collector's box containing pretty much everything Night Shift: Devil Division will physically be. Here's what's inside. 



Both core books in faux-leather limited edition with custom colour embossing, housed in an exclusive slipcase. DIVISION. DEVILS. The slipcase is BackerKit exclusive.

The Vault Exclusive Lenticular Duty Manager Screen. The DM side carries the full reference panel: Power Roll tiers, Conditions, Damage Types, Engagement actions. Flip it around and the player-facing side shifts between the five Devil faction heads and their faction logos depending on the angle. Look how fucking cool and 90s it is!


The Devil detained in the THE VAULT gets a full Devil Dossier. A physical case file on a Devil exclusive to THE VAULT tier; full stat block, threat assessment, containment notes, and background. Not available separately. Exclusive to BackerKit.
Rounding out the box: the Limited Edition Dice Set, The Operative Starter Set, the 90s Tokyo/Under-Tokyo Double-Sided Poster Map, Chase Scene Cards, and Digital Everything — all PDFs and digital assets.  


Keep kegare low for now. We launch in 16 days.
// Operative Slightly, out.




All artwork not final.

The Division.
4 months ago – Sat, Apr 11, 2026 at 05:17:33 AM

Last week we put a poll to you: what do you want to know about first? The Division beat Kegare. Narrowly, but enough. You've already met the five Operative types on the campaign page. Now let's talk about who actually runs them. 

INCOMING MESSAGE:

FOLLOWER GOAL: 2,500

We're 268 followers away from 2,500. Hit that number and we'll drop a reveal of THE VAULT, our top tier pledge. Share the page, spread the word.
Stay low. Keep ambition low.

// Operative Slightly, out.

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(text version)

Officially, Devil Division is a Special Urban Hazard Countermeasures Company. Chemical spills. Structural instability. Cult violence. Unusual incidents. They publish bland safety brochures. They have a cafeteria.

Unofficially, the Division is a private organisation with government blessing and government leash, built to sit in the gap between public safety and secret war. The government tolerates them because the Division keeps panic low and Tokyo functional. The government also fears them, because the Division holds secrets that would burn ministries and careers. Both sides know it.

The people who do the work are known on the street as "Red Crows." The ones who walk into rain-wet alleys and come back with blood on their cuffs. (Red helps with this)

Headquarters looks like a mid-tier office block from the street. Corporate meeting rooms. A small showroom for "hazard equipment". Visiting clients see that. Staff live in the second skin: stainless steel, sealed concrete, salt-wash drains, air that smells faintly of ozone and antiseptic.

Below that are the Root levels. The Vault. The lab annexes. The hybrid ward.

Staff develop slang to reduce emotional charge and avoid true-name exposure. A gate is a "hinge". A civilian witness is "grey". A cover story is "paint". A body is "cargo". A detained Devil is an "asset". A pact is "paper". Managed Leakage is "drip". The department that ensures the Division survives regardless of cost is "the grown-ups". People use humour as a means of getting by. When staff stop joking, Internal Security gets nervous.

The Division also runs something called Managed Leakage. Controlled incidents allowed to continue long enough to gather data, reveal networks, and harvest Devils for the Vault.

There's a department called Continuity whose purpose is to ensure the Division survives. The problem is that if gates close permanently, the Division loses mission justification and becomes a liability with decades of crimes attached. Continuity knows this. It acts through a variety of means: delayed research, buried findings, rerouted budgets. It prefers a manageable disease to a cure.

Field teams are aware of all of this. They stay anyway. Money. Status. Fear. Or the stubborn belief that they are holding a thin wall between Tokyo and something worse.

They might even be right...