Horror Hero rant

[Just Joe]

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With my meager powers, I bestow rep upon thee.

[Old Man]

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Oh, he deserves more rep than that. Here.

[Rover]

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Hi All,

 

 

I've allways found horror games, ie; COC & it's like, to be an excellent wake-up call to players who were used to 'immortal'- chararcters*.

 

Many enjoyed the change of pace and as a temp game it was an excellent way of prepeparing gamers for a tougher game, IE: one where thier characters could die!

 

*characters the GM couldn't bring himself to kill

 

 

Regards,

 

Rover.

[Doctor Agenda]

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Sorry for the extreme threadromancy, but I just read the collection 'On Her Majesty's Occult Service' and in trying to find more, came across an e-book CoC-based RPG that uses Stross's setting. I purchased a copy and have already started incorporating elements into my conspiratorial Champions game:

 

http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product_info.php?products_id=83956

[Doctor Agenda]

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The above may seem less out-of-the-blue if I note it is in response to post #41 by Xiowar, I just forgot to 'reply with quote'.

[The Main Man]

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Impressive thread necromancy, but this is an interesting thread. Me likey that Tales of Terror link.

[Southern Cross]

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As do I - Here is the current hyperlink:Tales of Terror.

There is a RSS link on the page,if anybody's interested.

[The Main Man]

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But yeah, I have one of those unphaseable kinds of players in a small Doctor Who game I run. Granted the core problem is more that he's one of "those" players.

[lapsedgamer]

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That's too bad. The fun of the Doctor Who setting is facing things that scare you crapless and winning. That is unless you are playing the Doctor. Then you are scared in Act 1 and Act 2, but get a massive power-up in Act 3 so you can come in for the win.

[The Main Man]

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He plays a companion. We made up our own Time Lord (The Drifter) for this campaign, who will change hands between the players over time. That said, the other players (this one included) started off playing as themselves. Naturally, he's the only one who cannot seem to actually play himself because he cannot seem to swallow his ego and emotionally immerse himself into the game for better or worse like everyone else. I don't know what's worse, that the game is held at his house (it developed after Series 5 ended) or that this is his girlfriend's first RPG experience and she's already better at it than he is.

 

That said, I do mix it up, being that Doctor Who isn't all horror. I think the best description of my current style is Douglas Adams meets HP Lovecraft.