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<blockquote data-quote="Scurvy_Platypus" data-source="post: 4453642" data-attributes="member: 43283">It should go without saying, but I'll say it anyway...Make sure your players are actually interested in this in the first place. Just because they're playing a &quot;horror&quot; game doesn't mean they want somebody trying to jack with their head.It'd be considered poor form for me to get up and punch the GM in his face because my character is pissed off. I fail to see how it's anymore acceptable for the GM to try and play head games with me in an attempt to have my character be scared.Yeah, I get that a lot of people don't agree with me. And I get that some people like it when the GM plays games and tries to freak out the players. I'm not saying you're doing it wrong. I'm saying not everyone wants that.And no, the answer is _NOT_ &quot;Well, don't play a 'horror' game then.&quot; There's groovy games out there that are classed as &quot;horror&quot; (Nightspawn, Beyond the Supernatural, Delta Green, Witch Hunter: Invisible World) and I enjoy them.I do know that if a GM decided to run a &quot;horror&quot; game and started trying to play mind games, I'd simply get up, collect my stuff and walk out. Then again, I don't believe that &quot;bad gaming is better than no gaming&quot;, so don't tend to put up with crap I don't like.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Scurvy_Platypus, post: 4453642, member: 43283"] It should go without saying, but I'll say it anyway... [i]Make sure your players are actually interested in this in the first place. Just because they're playing a "horror" game doesn't mean they want somebody trying to jack with their head.[/i] It'd be considered poor form for me to get up and punch the GM in his face because my character is pissed off. I fail to see how it's anymore acceptable for the GM to try and play head games with me in an attempt to have my character be scared. Yeah, I get that a lot of people don't agree with me. And I get that some people like it when the GM plays games and tries to freak out the players. I'm not saying you're doing it wrong. I'm saying not everyone wants that. And no, the answer is _NOT_ "Well, don't play a 'horror' game then." There's groovy games out there that are classed as "horror" (Nightspawn, Beyond the Supernatural, Delta Green, Witch Hunter: Invisible World) and I enjoy them. I do know that if a GM decided to run a "horror" game and started trying to play mind games, I'd simply get up, collect my stuff and walk out. Then again, I don't believe that "bad gaming is better than no gaming", so don't tend to put up with crap I don't like. [/QUOTE]

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