I had a good number of those cheap Halloween skeletons left over and I was unlikely to turn them all into Nephilim like before: So I thought instead about turning all of them into a monster, something where multiple skeletons combined into a bone Megazord. So I just got down to chopping and gluing with […]

Mechanics Lab: Ludonarrative Dissonance And Scary Things

As you can imagine I’m still thinking about scary games, and in thinking about them I’ve come across a few bits and pieces to steer me in the right direction (maybe). ‘Ludonarrative Dissonance’ if you haven’t heard the term before is when the game, the ‘Ludo’ and the story of the game, the ‘narrative’ don’t […]

Scary Games

Thanks to the Rule of Carnage podcast my brain has been whirring lately with a game design challenge – make a game that is scary. Many tabletop experiences are horror themed or horrific, but arguably none are scary, or at least consistently scary. I suppose that’s largely in part down to things having stats, and […]

Horrified – The Miniatures

I’ve always been a fan of the old Universal Horror films and the Hammer Horror films too, basically anything spooky that doesn’t include jump scares. When I saw the Horrified Board Game on the shelves in a local toy shop over Christmas I knew I had to buy it, especially since it included seven figures. […]

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Horrified – The Miniatures