{"id":462,"date":"2009-10-27T16:20:32","date_gmt":"2009-10-27T20:20:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rpggm.com\/blog\/?p=462"},"modified":"2009-10-27T16:20:32","modified_gmt":"2009-10-27T20:20:32","slug":"goolies-and-ghosties-and-things-that-go-bump-in-the-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rpggm.com\/blog\/2009\/10\/27\/goolies-and-ghosties-and-things-that-go-bump-in-the-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Goolies and Ghosties and Things That Go Bump in the Night"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In keeping with the Halloween spirit, here&#8217;s a list of horror RPGs to check out:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/All_Flesh_Must_Be_Eaten\"><strong>All Flesh Must Be Eaten<\/strong><\/a>. An award-winning zombie survival game. Try to keep your brains intact \ud83d\ude09 .<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Call_of_Cthulhu_(role-playing_game)\"><strong>Call of Cthulhu<\/strong><\/a>. The granddaddy of horror RPGs. Based on H.P. Lovecraft&#8217;s world. Remember, once your sanity score reaches 0, you no longer have to roll&#8230;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chillrpg.com\/chill.html\"><strong>Chill<\/strong><\/a>. Designed to have the same feel as horror movies, it&#8217;s a very flexible system that can handle many different types of horror.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rpg.net\/news+reviews\/reviews\/rev_3473.html\"><strong>Deadlands<\/strong><\/a>. A horror game set in the Old West. Uses playing cards in poker-style play is used for magical and steampunk effects.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.enworld.org\/forum\/blogs\/juergen-hubert\/784-non-d-d-books-d-d-gamers-gurps-horror.html\">GURPS: Horror<\/a><\/strong>. Another flexible game which can be used to simulate all kinds of horror stories. Even if you don&#8217;t use GURPS, this is a great book for inspiration or as a resource.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kult\"><strong>Kult<\/strong><\/a>. Angels and demons set in a world that&#8217;s slowly unraveling to reveal a much darker Reality.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ravenloft\">Ravenloft<\/a><\/strong>. An AD&amp;D Gothic horror setting. Can you fight the Dark Powers or will you slowly succumb to your darker nature?<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Whispering_Vault\"><strong>Whispering Vault, The<\/strong><\/a>. Become a Stalker and hunt down threats to humanity.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/whitewolf.wikia.com\/wiki\/Wraith:_The_Oblivion\"><strong>Wraith: the Oblivion<\/strong><\/a>. The classic version. Really, most of the World of Darkness games are a type of horror game. I chose Wraith because of it&#8217;s unique Shadow system. You play your character, but you also play another PC&#8217;s shadow side, attempting to corrupt that PC to his doom.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What&#8217;s your favorite horror RPG? Have you played any of the games mentioned? What did you like and\/or not like about them?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In keeping with the Halloween spirit, here&#8217;s a list of horror RPGs to check out: All Flesh Must Be Eaten. An award-winning zombie survival game. Try to keep your brains intact \ud83d\ude09 . Call of Cthulhu. The granddaddy of horror &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rpggm.com\/blog\/2009\/10\/27\/goolies-and-ghosties-and-things-that-go-bump-in-the-night\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[43,74],"class_list":["post-462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musings","tag-game-systems","tag-horror"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rpggm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rpggm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rpggm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpggm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpggm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=462"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpggm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":463,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpggm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462\/revisions\/463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rpggm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpggm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpggm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}