I saw this post on Geektyrant the other day and thought it might be of use for anyone trying to survive a game of Dead of Night!
Posts Tagged ‘horror movie’
Christmas Ghost Stories
Posted: December 23, 2011 in Dead of Night, gamesTags: Christmas, Dead of Night, dead of night rpg, ghost story, horror movie, MR James, Susan Hill, Victorian, Woman in Black
Here in England we have a tradition that at Christmas, ghost stories are told and read. I think it dates from the Victorian era, for the Victorians liked a good ghost story, and made the transition to the television in the 70s with an excellent series of ghost stories by the BBC (including Charles Dickens’ [...]
Dead of Night: Salford’s Lot part 2
Posted: October 31, 2011 in actual play, conventions, Dead of Night, gamesTags: actual play, dead of night rpg, Furnace, horror movie, the Covenant, the Craft, witch
I posted part 1 of my actual play in the last post. I set the scene before character creation – two nights ago your teenage coven summoned something it could not put down; last night Salford was swept by a wave of rioting and looting; tonight two of the coven haven’t shown up – so [...]
7 Days of (Dead of) Night – Halloween sale!
Posted: October 24, 2011 in Dead of Night, gamesTags: dead of night rpg, horror movie, Walking Dead, zombies
To celebrate the awesome zombie series, the Walking Dead returning to our screens, coupled with Halloween next week, PDF copies of my horror game, Dead of Night, are half price over at RPGNow for the next week – just $5 instead of the usual $10. Dead of Night is the roleplaying game of campfire tales, [...]
Djinn
Posted: June 12, 2011 in actual play, conventions, Dead of Night, gamesTags: dead of night rpg, djinn, grendel, horror movie, monster movie, mythology
It was UK Games Expo last weekend, one of the UK’s newest and best games conventions, already up there with Furnace, Conception, Indiecon and Dragonmeet in my top 5 UK cons. I was there as part of the smallpress rpg booth, which this year comprised the Collective Endeavour and our Finnish friends, Arkenstone Publishing and [...]
Dead of Night downloads
Posted: November 13, 2010 in Dead of Night, downloadsTags: dead of night rpg, Dust, horror movie, j-horror, monster movie, Unhallowed
I’ve added a Downloads site to the website where you can find, it may surprise you to learn, all the various downloads that are scattered around the site – previews of games, character sheets and so forth. Not terribly exciting in itself, but I’ve also added three new downloads: a blank character sheet that can [...]
The Mist and other fine tragedies
Posted: October 31, 2010 in Dead of NightTags: dead of night rpg, Groundhoggoth, horror movie, james mullen, monster movie, The Mist
My good friend and Dead of Night contributor, James Mullen (he of the excellent Cold Fusion scenario in the second edition book and of a guest post on running a Dead of Night campaign on this very site) has started a new website, Groundhoggoth, which he describes as a “lair of good games.” Amongst the [...]
What’s Next?
Posted: July 15, 2010 in Dead of Night, design, gamesTags: dead of night rpg, horror movie, horror sequel, horror series, monster movie, publishing
So Dead of Night has been out for a little over a month now, and thoughts have turned to the inevitable question: what next?
