horror

  • Légende Urbaine

    Thanks to the generous effort of DeReel, my ghostly Descended from the Queen game Urban Legend is now available translated into French as well. I’m surprised and pleased by this, and maybe you will be as well if you have some Francophone players that want a spooky sort of time.

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  • Urban Legend

    For the Folklore Jam 2020 I wrote a Descended From the Queen game about a ghost of uncertain character. Is she a tragic figure or a horrible monster? You will have to play the game to find out.

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  • I Pray God Will Curse the Writer in Poland

    My cosmic horror King In Yellow larp I Pray God Will Curse the Writer was played in Poland, and they took many nice looking photos of the event. It always makes me happy to learn people actually are playing and enjoying the games I make. (Larp Conducted by: Robert Klawikowski. Production: Piotr Budzisz. Pictures: Aleksander…

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  • [Monthly Monster] 2 scenarios for Nameless Horror

    For October, I decided to make two short horror scenarios. The pair of scenarios were written specifically for my old nameless horror game but I am sure that any competent GM could turn them into a Dread or Cthulhu Dark game without any trouble a all. The scenarios are inspired by two D&D monsters, the…

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  • Devil John Moulton works his way into some other game

    This isn’t exactly Actual Play, but it demonstrates the game is being read, shared and played. A fanmade (?) supplement for some weird west boardgame includes John Moulton as an encounter. I don’t know how that happened, but I find it interesting.

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  • [Actual Play] The Devil John on Roleplaying Public Radio

    Roleplaying Public Radio podcast played my game The Devil John Moulton, and had an interesting story about a resort for decadent warlocks. Listen to the episode here.

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  • [Actual Play] Devil John on KSUA

    Critical Hits is a roleplaying podcast and/or radio show on KSUA (which seems to be college radio in Fairbanks, Alaska). In March, they played The Devil, John Moulton (q.v.) and I enjoyed listening to it.

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  • [Actual Play] The Devil, John Moulton, again

    The Liberation Industries podcast is doing a second playthrough of The Devil, John Moulton. So far there are two parts posted: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3

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  • The Divided House and other stories

    The Divided House and other stories is a game I wrote for Giacomo Vicenzi’s Spooky Design Contest 2016. It’s a loose, freeform narrative game, inspired by “Tlon, Uqbar, Orbus Tertius”, The Twilight Zone, House of Leaves, Archipelago III and the board game Power Grid.

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  • Tricks and Treats!

    Tricks and Treats is a simple little hack I made of John Harper’s Lasers and Feelings. You play Halloween-ish creatures that are horrifying but also somehow cute and/or loveable. The one night a year you can interact with others without problem is on Halloween night. But something is threatening to ruin your one pleasing day…

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