New Game Idea

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I wrote some player facing rules, WIP, for a type of game I want to run. It's a housecrawling survival horror game literally in your nightmares.

 


 The premise of the game is that the party are regular people who have recurring nightmares. All the gameplay happens in the nightmare. The group dreams they are in an abandoned suburban neighborhood, and enters houses full of monsters in order to wake up. Of course, if you die in the dream, you die outside of it too.

 

Still thinking on GM facing stuff.  The GM needs to prepare 'houses,' smaller dungeons with a way out of the dream. Other thoughts:

  • "Moments of Lucidity" are my replacement for magic. If you notice what seem like dreamy inconsistencies, you can call them out and get a pseudo-wish spell (like you are lucid dreaming).
  • Houses could have a "House Boss" with the wake up thingy. Current thought is that you see a familiar object from your character's life and calling out That inconsistency wakes you up.
  • Lots lots lots of cool inspiration out there. Silent Hill, Coraline, Nightmare on Elm street, House of Leaves... any haunted house horror could work. 

 

Let me know of any inspirational stuff or other thoughts! 

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