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I wrote a first session recap…… At 3am last night…….

SO……. On teenmonstersbrooding the show this session.

An npc we don’t have any reason to care about was murderated…..surprisingly NOT by any of the player characters. Emmaline (the queen) and Valentine (the mortal) were not dating, but kind of dating. But then suddenly after an initial antagonizing start to their aquaintance, Emmaline was kind of all over the sexy werewolf girl Sam…… Who though tempted, was very into the mysterious fae girl Jonah, but shy about it. Jonah’s friendliness wins the day and they make a lunch plan. Sam just doesn’t know what is up with this strange and enchanting girl. The initial brouhaha with Sam and Emmaline caused them both to be kicked out of class where they continued to sass and unexpectedly flirt. After Sam kissed Emmaline to make a power point or something but that kind of ended up backfiring as she kissed a queen and she liked it….. Emmaline made her bid via asking Sam on a dinner date and Sam agreed. Meanwhile Jonah and Valentine learn that a boy we still don know or care about was murderated, and sort out that Jonah is not very comfortable with electronic technology that makes scary noises yet. They agree to finish the plan to cut off Valentine’s hair and also solve that murder probs. Sam feels bad cause she realizes that the dinner date is really kind of a date even though that’s not really what she intended and Valentine punches her when she learns of Sam and Emmaline’s flirtations. She says that Valentine can keep Emmaline, Sam doesn’t really want to date her anyways. Then Emmaline sees this violence and disapproves. Jonah meanwhile has a tender moment with Sam where she cares for her wounded cheek. The worst idea for a road trip ever happens during lunch and Valentine tries to get Sam to break off her date with Emmaline. Sam tries, but Emmaline remains persistent and isn’t taking no for an answer. Sam and Jonah also snuggle some. Sam wants to ask Jonah out…. And kind of does….. Saying that they should hang out at Jonahs treehouse later after dinner, as Valentine has invited them to have dinner at

HER house. Sam helps Jonah cut Valentines hair and cousin Amanda (Sam’s preppy cousin) takes a picture of Jonah and Sam kissing and snuggling, apparently her and Helena (vampire who is BFFs with Jonah) were THERE THE WHOLE TIME GUYS! Boy they are quiet…… So Everyone drives back and apparently finishes school and later that evening as the moon rises and everyone (except Emmaline) is at Valnetines) Sam feels the stress of the day compile and goes full on wolf mode…… And comes across the bikers whose motorcycle she stole yesterday with Helena. For some reason they have a crossbow and are hunting I guess and intend to kill Sam. she kills the guy with the crossbow in one bite first and the rest scatter. Sam comes back to her senses and feels super terrible about the fact that she killed a guy. It’s bringing up all these feelings about when she killed her abusive alcoholic mom. Jonah and Valentine start dinner without Sam and Valentine introduces her family to Jonah, who find her funny and sweet if very very odd. Meanwhile wolfSam full of emotions and guilt finds herself turning back to human right outside Emmaline’s house, and is in quite the bloody, dirty, naked, and emotionally wrecked state. Emmaline comforts her and gives her a bath and tells her it’s okay as Sam tries to explain that she’s a monster……. Emmaline being so nice and comforting is too much and Sam ends up giving in and they find physical comfort in each other……….. Valentine and Jonah are wondering where in the world Sam is Valentine cuts herself and has a vision that SAM AND EMMALINE ARE DOING IT AND ALSO SAMS A WEREWOLF and killed a guy. This is understandably distressing…….. Jonah texts Sam being like “Sup”. What a way with words that girl has. Sam gets the text as the phone buzzed off the table and falls to the floor. Sam tells Emmaline that she has to go and she shouldn’t have done this and she is dangerous and also Valentine will be hurt, but Valentine, having had her heart hurt a bit too much by Emmaline and also being super fickle has set her sights on Jonah instead. Emmaline wonders what in the world has Sam so distressed, and by having sex with Emmaline Sam as unwittingly opened up her mind to the psychic. So Emmaline figures out that Sam is freaked out because she is a werewolf…………. And because she killed her mom months ago and this dude tonight……. Emmaline tries to tell Sam that she is powerful and amazing and that she shouldn’t fear or resist her blessing. But Sam is a little freaked out……. Mostly because Emmaline is inside her head. That’s not normal. Sam runs to valentines and Valentine seems to know all SAMs secrets too “MINDREADERS EVERYWHERE OMG” but then Sam realized that

Valentine is just regular kind of smart, and also I guess sort of visiony. Anyways then Sam and Valentine kind of end up in a tug of war with Jonah caught in the middle but she chooses Sam. Sam then leaves with Jonah and they go to her treehouse and snuggle………. Sam promises that if she freaks out again she will go to Jonah, and Jonah promises to be Sam’s girl. Sam figures out that Jonah is a Fae! And then they consummate their affection physically. Meanwhile Valentine and Emmaline are snarking over texts. Eventually I believe this leads to them also having sex. And the spirit bond between Sam and Emmaline is broken and one is formed between Jonah and Sam instead. However, Sam spread her psychic VD to Jonah and Emmaline is all like WASSAP in Jonah’s head and Jonah is all like “huh? Who dis?!” THE FUCKING END. literally.

Crabby Moves:

Crabby Moves:

Crabby Moves:

So, I’m a fan of the crabby version of “turn someone on”, because it forces that move to do something in fiction as well as in the mechanics.  Whatever happens, once the dice are rolled, the scene is going to shift or end on a 10+.

Now, the “shut someone down” move has a similar problem of not always having its mechanical effect be reflected in the fictional scene, and the crabby version of that move is also obviously trying to address it… but in doing so, it upends the mechanical result of the move (whereas crabby turn on preserved the mechanical result).

Has anyone experimented with a version of shut down that combines a strong fictional result with the condition granting and string loss that was at the mechanical core of the original?

Howdy Folks, I’m currently looking for 3 players for what will hopefully be a longterm Monsterhearts campaign.

Howdy Folks, I’m currently looking for 3 players for what will hopefully be a longterm Monsterhearts campaign.

Howdy Folks, I’m currently looking for 3 players for what will hopefully be a longterm Monsterhearts campaign. This game will use the X-card rule. It will be a Weekly game at 7:30 PM CST. I hope to get some Patient players, Because this is my first time playing or MCing this game. https://app.roll20.net/lfg/listing/42797/monsterhearts-senior-class-of-2017

https://app.roll20.net/lfg/listing/42797/monsterhearts-senior-class-of-2017

My skin The Incubus seems to have disappeared from the internet again.

My skin The Incubus seems to have disappeared from the internet again.

My skin The Incubus seems to have disappeared from the internet again. It’s seen a lot of play locally and almost three years of testing and revision. It’s not for everyone, but some will dig it. In spite of the name, The Incubus can be male, female, or non-binary.

Here’s the final version of The Incubus. Enjoy!

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/37403859/The%20Incubus.pdf

I got to play Monsterhearts last night in a new campaign. So much fun.

I got to play Monsterhearts last night in a new campaign. So much fun.

Originally shared by Bryanna Hitchcock

I got to play Monsterhearts last night in a new campaign. So much fun.

Here’s a link to my character journal. The game is set in the 90s. I’m playing an Infernal riot grrrl with a Trickster for a dark power.

http://www.infrno.net/users/Hazimel/posts/6065-this-town-is-fucking-weird

I’ll be MCing a PbP game soonish, and one of the players has requested to play The Rusalka.

I’ll be MCing a PbP game soonish, and one of the players has requested to play The Rusalka.

I’ll be MCing a PbP game soonish, and one of the players has requested to play The Rusalka. It’s the first time I’ve seen the Skin, and had a question. Maybe Brie Sheldon can help me out here.

The second part of the Sex Move says: “When the other person has sex with someone else, they lose a String on you.” How long does that last? Is it meant to be a one time effect that can only be triggered after the Rusalka and another character have sex? Or is it something that can happen any number of times after a character has sex with the Rusalka?

I interpret it as the latter, so that once a character has sex with the Rusalka, they are mechanically encouraged to stay faithful. Just checking though.

This might be the cutest thing ever. Just binge watched the first season. Seems entirely appropriate for this game.

This might be the cutest thing ever. Just binge watched the first season. Seems entirely appropriate for this game.

This might be the cutest thing ever. Just binge watched the first season. Seems entirely appropriate for this game.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4QzRfvkJZ4

For those that don’t know my deal, I work at sea and find it hard to put together well-edited stuff…

For those that don’t know my deal, I work at sea and find it hard to put together well-edited stuff…

For those that don’t know my deal, I work at sea and find it hard to put together well-edited stuff…

However, when I next get ashore (for longer than a weekend) I really want to get in touch with the game’s designer and request to put out a very, very large supplement. This’ll be the first time I produce something of decent quality for someone else, but Monsterhearts has really taken my own heart- I just adore the concept.

It’ll be free. So why not just make it you ask? Well, it’s going to have a few settings with extra rules and a lot of Skins. I don’t want to tread on or sully their idea, so I feel I should ask first.

It’ll be called TERRIFYING REFLECTIONS.

Can anyone help me get in touch or just offer advice?

Good morning!

Good morning!

Good morning!

My name is Eric and I do a indie RPG one shot show on twitch.tv/ericvulgaris called Once Upon A Game. Yesterday for valentines day I played a one shot of Avery’s Monsterhearts! 

Our 4 players, on the verge of their high school graduation, receive news they actually lack the credits to graduate! Their strange Guidance Counselor assigns them a group-study project for them to complete before graduation to make up the credits…. and then that’s where things start going horribly wrong.

I hope you enjoy this AP! 

I admit that I probably could have been more knowledgeable with the mechanics (looking at the NPC advantages/strings), but with hundreds of hours of story gaming and PBtA gaming, I winged it and we all enjoyed the story! This AP, if anything, is a testament to the MC reference sheet.

Thank you for your time! 

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJ0snHDJGuC3_nhO8gQybx5TmSLnQ7Bi7

PS- if you’re ever interested in playing monsterhearts or some other story game with me online let me know! Me and the Once Upon A Game community is always looking for new players!

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJ0snHDJGuC3_nhO8gQybx5TmSLnQ7Bi7