Autumn/Halloween game

I got inspired about the talk of a fast-paced posting game for Halloween so I'm going to take up the challenge. I'll be running a horror game for the Halloween season starting Sept. 1st and aiming to finish Nov. 1. I'll be using the Dead of Night system, a very rules lite game written to simulate horror movies. I've run this system for several one shots in person and it is great, should work really well for PbP as well since there is not much rolling.

The game will be a Friday the 13th game (or generic clone with the serial numbers filed off). This will be a fast-paced and high posting game. Instead of a posting rate, I aim to finish a scene per week, giving us about 9 weeks, and each week being about 10 minutes of "movie time." Players are expected to post enough to meaningfully contribute during each week.

Since the game is rules lite and character deaths are guaranteed, I can take up to 8 players. Players will take on the roles of camp counselors.

About the system
Dead of Night characters are very simple: A concept, 4 pairs of opposing attributes where each pair equals 10, 1 or 2 specializations, and a Bad Habit. Survival Points are your health, sanity, drama points, and metacurency. Rolls are 2d10 + Attribute against a target number of 15 for static tests, or 10 + Opponent's attribute for opposed tests. All characters should also have a relationship to at least one other PC.

That's all there is to it. If you are interested, leave a comment!

Not sure I can post frequently enough for this but...if someone goes quiet slows down. Kill them off, get tensions high for people to 'post or die" which is actually a great tagline for the game

Lol consider it the official tagline for this game then.

This is really tempting but I'm worried I'm committing to too many games again 😄
If you get enough interest, then skip me. Otherwise, I'll take a spot

At least you know it's only a 2 month commitment ;)

That is true :D
I should be able to manage but if people who have a lower game load than me already are interested, I'd say give them priority

I'm interested. Same as bowlofspinach, skip me if a lot of other people are interested.

Let’s all jump in!

I’m game for a quick one shot!

Why not? Count me in. I'm not familiar with the system, but it sounds as though I really don't need to be.

EDIT: I'm going to play Kristin, a very attractive but very shy female counselor.

Tempted, but concerned about my pace if the posts are more than once / day...

Well feel free to try it out, and if its too fast your character can always meet a swift end lol.

I've put an image of the character sheet below to show how simple the system is. It takes less than 5 minutes to make a character. You can google for a form-fillable one if you'd like but not necessary.

That's a nice looking sheet.

Yeah very simple and clean. Only complaint is Survival Point box is too large for a simple number, and there is no special place for relationships with other PCs. But it's a minor quibble.

Ooooooooh Please can I join!!!!! Please? Pretty Please (*^▽^*)

Lol sure.

Sent invites to everyone showed interest. Have room for 1 more, if I missed anyone feel free to apply!

I'd like to play. Sounds like fun and I Iove the horror genre.

Ok accepted your invite, you make our 8th and final victim player.