I don’t know if anyone else does something like this in their games, but we ended a session last night with…

I don’t know if anyone else does something like this in their games, but we ended a session last night with…

I don’t know if anyone else does something like this in their games, but we ended a session last night with something which seemed really cool and worth sharing.

The session ended up with my Ghost character running from school as the headmaster held an assembly to remember the kid who died a year before (i.e. my character); I suggested a quick “Next Time” scene, a glimpse at what would happen in the next “episode”. The MC liked the idea so we built a little montage of short scenes, no more really than glimpses, flash forwards, of events that could conceivably happen in the next episode: my Ghost, at the side of his own grave, the Infernal, in his Darkest Self, holding a bone dagger behind his back as he approached someone, the Werewolf snarling and lashing at someone off-screen, and the Gorgon confronted by the bully she’d previously attacked, now part paralysised and in a wheel chair, with the rest of her gang.

We’ve no idea how many of these scenes will make the “final cut”, but on top of what was an otherwise incredible (and disturbing) session we’ve all got something a little more to look forward to for the next session.

We just had our 6th (?) session of our Monsterhearts campaign set at the prestigious serpent-controlled boarding…

We just had our 6th (?) session of our Monsterhearts campaign set at the prestigious serpent-controlled boarding…

We just had our 6th (?) session of our Monsterhearts campaign set at the prestigious serpent-controlled boarding school of Malvern-Chamberlain (Go Crusaders!), in Western Massachusetts. I really need to post all the weekly love letters from this game at some point. Here’s one of my favorites from this past week:

Dear Ms. Zazsu Brightly-Ladon [the Serpentine],

 

Your family has decided — despite not being like the hippies you were raised by — that it is time to “imminentize the eschaton” so to speak. It is time for the other major players in the game to choose which side they will stand with in the coming time of trial. You and your four cousins (Alistair, Genevieve, George Winston, and T) have each been asked to seduce and/or destroy the following five targets: Tucker [werewolf PC], Mark [infernal PC], Annie [witch PC], Eli [nephalim NPC], and Pastor Helen [Eli’s dark angel mother NPC]. The adults have left it up to you to divide these amongst yourselves while they handle some other matters, but are clearly watching to see which of the younglings handles this business with the most skill. Let’s play out the scene where you pick your targets, yes?

 

Are you still in your Darkest Self? If so, tell me whose life you have totally destroyed with cold venomous fury. Did you swallow them whole? If so, mark XP.

 

Hugs & Kisses,

Your MC

And, of course, the person that the Serpentine chose to swallow whole, slowly digest, and spit their bones down an old well was the girlfriend of the Infernal. So… awesome?

We have a world-shaking battle looming on the horizon between the spawn of the Dragon (the serpent brood) vs. the maybe-fallen Angel and her halfbreed childe. That will be fun.

I’ve been tossing around some custom moves for an “Egg Sitting” episode of monsterhearts.

I’ve been tossing around some custom moves for an “Egg Sitting” episode of monsterhearts.

I’ve been tossing around some custom moves for an “Egg Sitting” episode of monsterhearts.  Let me know what you think.

HEALTH CLASS ASSIGNMENT

Baby-Think-It-Over is a group assignment, choose a small group of partners. 

When you are responsible for Baby-Think-It-Over gain the Baby-Think-It-Over condition. 

If you or your partners leave Baby-Think-It-Over unattended, fail the assignment. 

When you roll 6- and have the Baby-Think-It-Over condition, gain 1 responsibility (max 3).  

If you give Baby-Think-It-Over to a responsible partner, spend all of your responsibility and remove the Baby-Think-It-Over condition.

When you take Baby-Think-It-Over into a tense situation you can spend responsibility 1-for-1 to:

– Create the perfect distraction; gain +1 forward.

– Feel adult; use one of the growing up moves that you normally couldn’t.

– Share camaraderie; another character with the Baby-Think-It-Over condition can treat their miss as a 7–9, or treat their 7–9 as a 10+.

When you have the Baby-Think-It-Over condition, add the following option to avoid death:

-Spend all your responsibility, remove the Baby-Think-It-Over condition and fail the assignment.

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EggSitting

For those that may not have seen this already. I highly suggest giving it a read. :)

For those that may not have seen this already. I highly suggest giving it a read. 🙂

For those that may not have seen this already. I highly suggest giving it a read. 🙂

http://buriedwithoutceremony.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Safe-Hearts.pdf

So I want to have a game of Monsterhearts.

So I want to have a game of Monsterhearts.

So I want to have a game of Monsterhearts.

Unfortunately due to time constraints I don’t have very much time to be able to sit down and have a session weekly. So I’ve come up with an idea.

I want to run a game using just Skype Group chats, not necessarily calls, but typing. We might do calls as we get on or in between. But I feel it’d work as a way to have everything down and still be relatively fast. Usually I’ll utilize message boards or the like though I have yet to find somewhere I can play MH via board. ((If you’ve got one, let me know that too.))

So if you are interested in a MH game on Skype that’ll just continue over a few days, either comment or add me on Skype, my username is Soirgriffe. 

Add me anyway if you just want someone to chat about MH or other games with.

Signed someone with displaced free time.

And tonight’s new skin- the Kitsune (or at least one of them – there are enough Kitsune out there to have an all…

And tonight’s new skin- the Kitsune (or at least one of them – there are enough Kitsune out there to have an all…

And tonight’s new skin- the Kitsune (or at least one of them – there are enough Kitsune out there to have an all Kitsune game).  With that I think my run of skins has come to an end.  I’ve nothing in the works right now.  But I didn’t before last weekend.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1P7JHnlN3e-1PM-5JXMTWOqePKDUKPshFal7gGhg5jLw/edit

New Skin: The Deep One

New Skin: The Deep One

New Skin: The Deep One

The Deep One predates the Gorgon by a few days (both are less than a week old) – and I call it “A missing piece of queer content” because a missing aspect in my Monsterhearts experiences inspired it.  I thought I’d posted it here, but apparently not.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ifjxYkpqW4ONspJM6xGoqUFhZFhtKy8NBgogVSTZRhY/edit

New skin: The Gorgon

New skin: The Gorgon

New skin: The Gorgon

Monsterhearts doesn’t really have any antisocial/socially phobic skins.  It has awkward skins (like the Sasquatch) and dangerous skins (like the Werewolf).  But I’m trying to get a skin that’s actually at some levels antisocial working here.  Comments?  (Link updated to version that has formatting and been modified thanks to feedback)

https://docs.google.com/document/d/14a-FgjPHhpP6EFYaXEHlKYKf-ToRpGJQcGI3nRZ3ukU/edit

Hello, I’ve only recently been introduced to the monster hearts’ system and I am in love with it.

Hello, I’ve only recently been introduced to the monster hearts’ system and I am in love with it.

Hello, I’ve only recently been introduced to the monster hearts’ system and I am in love with it.  Almost instantly I wanted to make this skin, being a fan of Japanese mythology and anime.  After coming up with the idea I spend waaaaay too much time trying to match the format with the MH standard, even went nuts tracking the correct font, (Yataghan.)  *lol*

This is two skins that are related to each other, the Kitsune (fox demon) and the Beholden (their servant.)

I was reading the old lists and I hope the other person who was also making a Kitsune doesn’t mind me posting mine.  I hope you all enjoy it!

Oh, I’ve proof read it so much that my eyes are glazing over now.  I had my BF check it too.  Any input on making it more concise/clear, or even some silly grammar flags will help.  ^_^’