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Private capital is capitalism metastasized, full stop.

The idea that mechanics don’t matter much to horror is a product of the fact that many gamers have never seen many mechanics that have a...

I think the issue with VtM 1E and 2E is that they were never primarily horror games. Particularly not 2E. It'd be a re-writing of...

Oh, yeah. If you're just going to die or fail there's no tension and most horror scenarios are designed so your characters have a...

Hmmmm. This will be an unpopular opinion, perhaps, but here it is. What makes a successful horror game is the GM and players...

My arguing with Fred Hicks about powerlessness was a substantial part of the Fate Horror Toolkit existing, so count me as another voice...

Yes this. This is what I would say is indeed the main factor, based on having played in a number of much more successful horror games...

This is a really big question because there are so many different types of horror stories. Let's start with actually trying to define...

A sense of threatened vulnerability.

I guess I've seen one too many official CoC adventures where the PCs were genuinely basically powerless against the final foe...

Oh re: mechanics again, I do think they matter, and like, as an example I'd contrast two mechanics from Mothership - Stress/Panic Checks...

I don't really agree. And when I think about effective horror adventures it wasn't the ones where we were truly powerless that worked...

Using your previous comment as a starting point: I think you can do it even when the rules do fight you, as Ravenloft even existing...

Tombs of Atuan, also very good. Third and final volume (I think) of graphic novels Once Upon a Time at the End of the World. This one...

I do wonder to what extent the issue people have with hard core optimizers is really about the power differential itself, versus being...