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<blockquote data-quote="Jer" data-source="post: 7513801" data-attributes="member: 19857"><p>Depends on if I want "horror" or if I want "adventure game with horror trappings". The latter is what my players mostly want to play - playing actual horror games is not something any of them are interested that much in (which is weird, because they love horror movies - they just aren't as interested in gaming that narrative I guess). They want to play games that are more like Buffy and Supernatural, rather than Oculus or The Ring.</p><p></p><p>For adventure gaming with horror trappings, I like the Gumshoe games - Trail of Cthulhu and Esoterrorists especially. Easy to run, easy to explain. My players aren't really big on the resources management aspects of Gumshoe, though, so we don't play that often. We've got the new Torg Eternity in our rotation now, so I'll probably send them to Orrorsh the next time we start feeling the bug to play an adventure game with horror trappings.</p><p></p><p>I am, however, going to try to get them to play a one-shot of <a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/237058/Purgatory-House" target="_blank">Purgatory House</a> one of these days. I picked it up at Origins this year and given the setup and the simplicity of the game I think I might be able to get them on board for a one-shot. (I haven't played it yet, but I really want to).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jer, post: 7513801, member: 19857"] Depends on if I want "horror" or if I want "adventure game with horror trappings". The latter is what my players mostly want to play - playing actual horror games is not something any of them are interested that much in (which is weird, because they love horror movies - they just aren't as interested in gaming that narrative I guess). They want to play games that are more like Buffy and Supernatural, rather than Oculus or The Ring. For adventure gaming with horror trappings, I like the Gumshoe games - Trail of Cthulhu and Esoterrorists especially. Easy to run, easy to explain. My players aren't really big on the resources management aspects of Gumshoe, though, so we don't play that often. We've got the new Torg Eternity in our rotation now, so I'll probably send them to Orrorsh the next time we start feeling the bug to play an adventure game with horror trappings. I am, however, going to try to get them to play a one-shot of [URL="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/237058/Purgatory-House"]Purgatory House[/URL] one of these days. I picked it up at Origins this year and given the setup and the simplicity of the game I think I might be able to get them on board for a one-shot. (I haven't played it yet, but I really want to). [/QUOTE]
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