Episode 05 - PAX East 2020: Horror in Tabletop Gaming Panel

Do you love horror movies but are unsure of how to maintain the same tension and deliver the scares at your gaming table? We’ll explore how to set the mood and tone of a horror game with appropriate themes, setting, and pacing through a single session or across an entire campaign. These tips and tricks can be applied to any game setting, whether it’s a traditionally horror-based TTRPG like Call of Cthulhu or a heroic adventure games like Dungeons & Dragons. Ian is joined by Mike from Darker Days Radio and Chris & Nick from The Botch Pit for a discussion on running horror tabletop RPGs. This panel originally took place on February 27, 2020 at PAX East in front of a live audience. They cover topics like using the five senses to drive horror, moral quandaries, pacing, the different sub-genres of horror gaming, using comedy in horror, what system mechanics help maintain tension, and running horror scenarios in "non-horror" games. Learn more about Darker Days Radio:http://www.darker-days.org/ Learn more about The Botch Pit:http://www.thebotchpit.com Music by: Ross BoydCredits & Editing by: Mark Q Anderson Check out our merchandise at gehennagaming.threadless.com You can subscribe to this podcast using your podcast software of choice, or by visiting gehennagaming.com/podcast Please rate and review on your software of choice, it really helps us to spread the podcast to new listeners and spread the horror. Find us online at:https://www.gehennagaming.comSupport our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/GehennaGamingJoin our Discord: https://discordapp.com/invite/Twb5m6dTwitch: https://twitch.tv/gehennagamingYouTube: https://youtube.com/gehennagamingTwitter: http://twitter.com/gehennagamingFacebook: http://facebook.com/gehennagamesInstagram: http://instagram.com/gehennagaming The Gehenna Gaming Podcast is a podcast distributed and copyrighted by Gehenna Gaming LLC. All Rights Reserved. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.