I ran my first game of Monsterhearts yesterday and it was an absolute blast!
It was a oneshot set in a boarding school in Scotland. I’d had a hard time getting very trad-oriented people in my local meetup group to understand the pbta style, but as soon as we started filling up the classroom chart, I knew it was going to be good!
The Werewolf was the star of the girls’ lacrosse team and ended up facing off a bunch of vampires after one of them killed a boy from their class. After that she went on a killing spree and was eventually calmed by the Mortal who was in love with her and they ended up in a serious relationship.
The Infernal, who fancied the boy killed by the vamp, sacrificed her best friend to the Loch Ness monster in order to get the boy back from the dead.
The Ghost, who was initially bullied by the most popular girl, went on to screw with her mind constantly and ended up possessing her body permanently.
The only gripe we had was that it was a oneshot. We had to wrap it up early but everyone said they wanted to play more of MH.
The game worked perfectly and I’m so happy right now because the experience was both very emotional and a lot of fun!
haha sounds like just the right balance of ludicrous and heart… was the Loch Ness monster the Infernal’s dark power? because that is genius
Lawrence Tobius Sampson Greene Yes it was 🙂