In this Gothic soap opera, play scheming members of two wealthy dynastic families who strive to control the coastal town of Storm Cove—unaware that a great supernatural evil is about to reawaken.
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DramaSystem is a game of emotional conflict and interpersonal drama between player characters. In this episode, inspired by the soap opera Dark Shadows, a winter storm batters the great manor of Stormgate as two conniving families of American aristocrats—the Storms and the Darkes—seek to control the fortunes of their coastal New England town. But a terrible, centuries-old curse on the two families is about to once again make its presence felt...
Vampires, ghosts, and werewolves meet ruthless CEOs and long-lost evil twins, as Gothic horror and daytime soap operas collide in a session inspired by television shows like Dark Shadows.
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A winter storm batters the great house of Stormgate as the powerful, imperious Storms and the once-illustrious, resentful, Darkes scheme to control the fortunes of the coastal town of Storm Cove - both unaware that a supernatural evil is about to awaken. NOTE: This game system is all about emotional drama and interpersonal conflict between characters, so being comfortable with that at the table is essential for a good time!
Create & play out the st episode of a dramatic TV series-that-never-was about a vampiric conspiracy within Britain's MI6 intelligence service.
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Create and play out the first episode of a dramatic TV series-that-never-was about a vampiric conspiracy within Britain's MI6 intelligence service.
Using Robin D. Laws' DramaSystem, you will collectively create a story of interpersonal conflict within a tightly-knit group of people. In this session — inspired by the Dracula Dossier RPG campaign — you play the Dukes of Edom, chief operatives of a deep conspiracy within MI6. You are all are tasked with the impossible: harness a medieval vampire for the 21st Century’s shadow wars. Now rogue agents—and your fellow Dukes—are making the impossible even worse.
No experience is necessary to play this Hillfolk RPG adventure. The session includes collaborative character generation and setting development.
You are the gods of Asgard, your starships roving the galaxy in a desperate search for a new home. But even the universe's death can't quench your fiery passions, or heal the bitterness dividing you.
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Ragnarok has come. You play the gods of Asgard, your starships crossing the galaxy in a desperate search for a new home. But even the death of the universe cannot quench your fiery passions, or heal the bitter strife that divides you.
Using Robin D. Laws' DramaSystem, you will collectively create a story of interpersonal conflict within a tightly-knit group of people. In this session, you play the fractious Norse gods as they set forth in starships from Midgard as the universe dies. Sailing the black tides of the cosmos, will you find salvation in the void where armies of the hungry dead writhe endless beneath black suns? Or will your rivalries and jealousies tear you apart first?
No experience is necessary to play this Hillfolk RPG adventure. The session includes collaborative character generation and setting development.
Create an episode from a dramatic TV series-that-never-was about psychic alien castaways building a new home on Earth in 1965.
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Create an episode from a dramatic TV series-that-never-was about psychic alien castaways building a new home on Earth in 1965.
With DramaSystem, players collectively create a compelling story of emotional need and conflict within a tightly-knit group of people. In this session — inspired by the 1975 movie Escape to Witch Mountain — you play castaways from a doomed planet seeking safety and a new home in small-town central California. As members of the first group of alien settlers, you must struggle to adjust to this new world, find your fellow castaways, and keep your true nature a secret from your human neighbors. The session includes collaborative character generation and setting development.
Create the pilot episode of the cable drama you've always wanted to see! Play an Iron Age tribe facing its greatest enemy, a Mob family coming apart at the seams, or something completely different.