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SCREAM! Playtest.

Posted by steelsmiter
steelsmiter
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Tue 10 May 2016
at 00:37
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SCREAM! Playtest

So it goes that I occasionally become inspired to write a game based on a premise that I never really saw fulfilled. In this case, it's in the Schlock Horror genre. Horror games are about a dime a dozen, but it's not very frequently that you see one about being normal horror movie characters.

SCREAM! is a game of Schlock Horror. The characters will be put in the situation of normal people hunted by one or more monsters or psychotic killers. More like in Until Dawn than Left 4 Dead. For those of you more familiar with games, think Shaun of the Dead instead of Resident Evil. This game is not about badassery, it's about regular people who happen to go somewhere they don't belong. They may find themselves in or around some old, abandoned structure or group of structures, such as a cabin, summer camp rife with a treacherous history, an old hospital or asylum, or even a town or city in scenarios such as a zombie apocalypse (although this game favors not going for dime a dozen scenarios). They will have to conquer their own fears and fight for their lives when they become involved in stories related to the supernatural (or just plain crazy) In order to survive, they will need weapons, wit, talent, and a little luck won't hurt. SCREAM! stories may also involve smaller scale “First contact” scenarios with aliens, but nothing on the level of War of the Worlds.

Scenarios you should not expect are anything involving a monster that is a metropolis level threat, but I also extend it to Lovecraftian or other cosmic horrors, because they focus on the insignificance of humanity. While I’m not saying that those kinds of stories don’t an altogether different sort of legitimacy on their own, it just happens to not be one I’m particularly interested in writing about. Also other games have really done Lovecraftian rather well.
steelsmiter
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Wed 9 Nov 2016
at 09:10
  • msg #2

SCREAM! Playtest

My last playtest never got off the ground. Current events being such as they are, I could stand to take a little stress off by killing a bunch of college students (or other similarly appropriate horror tropes)
steelsmiter
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Mon 5 Dec 2016
at 17:58
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SCREAM! Playtest

Still looking
steelsmiter
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Thu 29 Dec 2016
at 17:56
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SCREAM! Playtest

Thought I might poke my head in and see if anyone's perked up their interest in this.
steelsmiter
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Mon 16 Oct 2017
at 16:03
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This game is getting a reboot. Just an FYI there was some ambiguity in the use of the word schlock. It's basically slasher horror where there's a spectrum of Fear ⇐⇐⇐⇒⇒⇒ Naked Chicks, and a fairly low survival coefficient in comparison to other games. The stats are working against you, so with any luck the brains work for you.
This message was last edited by the user at 16:07, Mon 16 Oct 2017.
steelsmiter
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Mon 23 Oct 2017
at 18:11
  • msg #6

SCREAM! Playtest

I could use 3-5 more players by Halloween. I've shot several ideas out to the existing players and the prevailing idea seems to be "The group is shooting a reality show, and people start turning up dead for whatever reason."
steelsmiter
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Mon 30 Oct 2017
at 21:22
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SCREAM! Playtest

Hi guys, the game just started. We have 1 guy and 4 girls. Looking for at least one other guy, but I do prefer to have a slightly girl heavy game. Taking up to 3 more players.
steelsmiter
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Tue 7 Nov 2017
at 16:54
  • msg #8

SCREAM! Playtest

Same cast, although one of the girls has become inactive for some reason. It's Friday the 13th and the ΣEX sorority has recently reacquired their old sorority house. Looking for members who've heard of a housewarming party, and interlopers alike who just want to see if the rumors are true. I prefer a slightly female heavy game, but the occasional man trying to sneak in is fair.
steelsmiter
member, 1813 posts
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Fri 24 Nov 2017
at 20:06
  • msg #9

SCREAM! Playtest

One of the PCs chopped his foot off. Got plenty of room for sisters who don't wake up until noon, mischief makers, drug dealers coming outside town to make deals, and homeless people dumpster diving to see if they can find any food in the trash outside the Sig-Ep sorority house now that there's cars in the parking lot.
steelsmiter
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Tue 19 Dec 2017
at 20:19
  • msg #10

SCREAM! Playtest

Two inactives are about to trip over a generator and fall into a pool unless they speak up pretty quick.

Could use some more of the same cast as noted above.
steelsmiter
member, 1827 posts
BESM, Fate, Indies, PBTA
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Sat 30 Dec 2017
at 21:45
  • msg #11

SCREAM! Playtest

So, two players stuck with me, one of them has one foot, and I'm thinking I can salvage the situation by letting them have plot protection until they get to the sketchy hospital. Would not mind some patients/victims.
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