London Indiemeet regular Helen Gould has written these excellent skins based on Greek myth and tragedies. Check them out!
http://www.londonindierpg.com/2016/07/helen-goulds-classical-monsterhearts/
London Indiemeet regular Helen Gould has written these excellent skins based on Greek myth and tragedies.
London Indiemeet regular Helen Gould has written these excellent skins based on Greek myth and tragedies.
Now I just need in a game to play these!!
What great skins. They seem well-balanced and true to the inspirational source.
The themes are interesting but a lot of things here are just ported from other PbTA games. The Bacchus is the Chopper, the Cassandra has a move from the Battlebabe…
Almost every sheet has a move that’s multi-paragraph in length. The phrasing is weird: it often says “gain condition” instead of “gain THE condition”, and the books are named as if “The Hercules” is an archetype the way “The Witch” is.
The Ganymede has a trigger warning but it’s basically “Kick Me Sign” the RPG class. The Mortal gains power by being co-dependent, but the Ganymede is defensive/reactive (where you cancel out other people’s actions and crawl into the corner.)
Some are unfinished. The fury has a move that just says “The Rules
Write down three rules that you are
trying to enforce.”
Good art and formatting, but I wouldn’t bring any of these to the table.
The Hercules reminds me of Mask’s “The Bull”, and I think Toro, despite her messy origins, is a lot more powerful and proactive than any MH character.