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You know what is even better with one shots? That you can play some of them one after the other as a self made campaign with the same characters (if they ever survive haha).

The controversial is a really right word =) I think it depends on if your games are character driven (which suits more for campaigns) or story driven (oneshots). To me, nothing beats player tears and emotions when they loose, or save, or have some other great character moment in the middle of the campaign. And what makes it stronger is a built up "why should I care about this character" reasoning during multiple sessions. =)

Viral gets my vote for a genuinely unsettling twist on a gripping, very different adventure. It was a blast to get into and play, especially for Call of Cthulhu set in the modern day. It uses the setting incredibly, and was one of my favourite short stories you've run. Necropolis reminds me a lot of the Arkham Horror adventure, Guardians of the Abyss - I love when games are set outside the confines of the U.S.A, it really appeals to my love of history and geography, as well as providing a new backdrop of folklore to frame the mythos against. I'd also like to give my own mention to a one-shot whose name escapes me, where we played as ourselves. Just that small change, going from fictional investigative heroes to our own selves, made the horror feel so much more real, so much more dangerous. To this day, it's my favourite one-shot we've done, and to any Keeper reading this looking to try something new, I urge you to try it out one time, see how your players feel about it.

I ran The Necropolis and my players loved it! Took about 3 hours to finish. I would also recommend Dead Light and Blackwater Creek. Both are great adventures.

Haha I love the title! One of my friends i play with is a chaos goblin to a T, always escalating to the most extreme option. I have to ask his reasoning all the time, and you're right i usually find it's some misunderstanding or they think it would be fun

Really good points! My favourite TTRPG experience is with a table that embraces the chaos and the absurd for a hilarious, improv heavy experience at the cost of a safe, calculated and risk-free adventure. Players of games with high risk often fall into 'optimising the fun out of the game' where they favour whatever approach which minimises that risk, which may often be what is the least engaging (think going through a dungeon incredibly slowly, asking the gm if they spot any traps at each step). Not a problem if the table wants to make the most out of the game's mechanics, or are looking for a challenge, but some players, especially newer ones, just want to make a character with a goofy voice that falls face first into fun predicaments. Super valid as well! One thing I would add to help manage the tone of each player is to ask everyone before the first game what they are looking to get from this campaign. Are you looking to have a light hearted laugh with your friends and generate chaotic situations you have to get out of by the skin of your teeth? Or is there a build you've been planning and want to battle test? (these aren't mutually exclusive, but you see what i mean :D) From there you can negotiate a middle ground for everyone to play in, and those chaos boundaries can be understood by all involved! (side note: I am a fan of the phrase 'Talk to your Goblin'. I am imagining a therapy session where a little green fellow is bounding up and down on the Chaise Lounge :3)

Beautiful

This is SO good.

Great videos ! Forget Me Not is an incredible scenario. Are you going to run (and thus make videos about) other scenarios from The Things We Leave Behind ? I would love to see how Ladybug, Ladybug Fly Away Home and Hell in Texas go for you !

Awesome video ! I love your visual style and you really manage to give a sinister atmosphere to The Haunting... which is quite a feat since the infamous bed can turn out more comical than scary.

Solid advice. I love it.

man its been a while but im glad to see a new vid from this channel. time to get spooky...and have you seen the yellow sign?

The long awaited sequel

LETS GOOOOO

Believe it or not, I ran this scenario literally two days ago.

Fantastic as usual ❤

I mean, seeing something like that happen to a person would probably drive anyone a bit mad. Another great video, I look forward to the next one.

We need this guy to upload more

Ah yes, scenario also know as "the bedframe kills investigator or two".

How are more people not seeing this? Must be mythos activity.

Next year, I'm gonna GM this scenario, but I decided to create a campaign out of it. I'm gonna adapt Blackwater Creek to the modern days and then add Panacea and I'll finish with my own scenario which is based is some Resident Evil stuff. Your channel is amazing!

This was great. Thanks!

Connor should join PISCES

Someone needs to call PISCES.

Solid narration, I recommend a higher volume however.

This was my first Lovecraft story. At the time, I read seven pages and then had to put it down. It is a classic.

Oh snap a new piece of spooooky.

Happy halloween!

Haha Song of Pain goes brrr

is this on PC or PS5

Thank you for this, its very informative and helpful for a keeper who's been struggling at interpreting the book. Much love!

4: You totally can traumatise your players if the trauma is caused by fighting a skeleton (in CoC) or a zombie (in D&D) that JUST WON'T DIE. As soon as the investigators see another mound of bones rattling, they will nake the PC run away, saying "no, no, no, not that again!"

I found your channel a while ago, forgot to subscribe, and erased it from my watch history. Anyway, I’m really glad this popped up again. I love your content, keep up the awesome work.

Too true x

Another thing you can do is give them non-standard versions of the spells. Every spell comes in dozens or hundreds of variations. If one part of a spell seem problematic to you, then change the spell so that part is missing, adjusted, or costs extra Magic Points. Keeping a spell identical, but making one change so that it takes 1 round to cast rather than instant makes a big difference. (If they are damaged while casting, the spell fails, where as an instant spell can't be interrupted.) Nice video! Keep them up! Warm regards, Rick.

I really enjoyed this video. Suggestion for future video: 5 Examples of Failing Forward in Call of Cthulhu. Give 5 in game examples of how a blown roll or SAN loss can make the game more interesting and advance the plot. (Don't forget to remind people of Insane Insight.) Warm regards, Rick.

Super useful, thank you!

It's strange this channel isn't known too well; the voice acting and illustration seem good.

10:24 Win tickets to our local theatre show: The King in Yellow. That newspaper is hilarious.

Wow! Amazing video omg! Congratulations dude.

Ohhhhhh im mad at youtube. Hiding this gem from me after i hit the bell too. Thank you for this story.

please continue, bro, that's amazing

Please continue this

Hey, a great video! I have intuitevely thought a lot about the random phobia / mania tables not being that fun or interesting so already have started to not go there, instead just picking something from the scene. The agency loss is a interesting thing, there are people in my table who haven't minded at all going for a red haze by the dice rolls being unlucky and trying to drown their fellow investigators. But I don't know, if the investigator suffering the red haze has a shotgun, things can get real ugly real quicky.

You witness a Gug devouring a human. Your character now has an obsessive fondness for parakeets. O___o