[UA] OT WW bashing (was Horror) (was Something Under the Stairs)

[James O'Rance]

Royal Minister of Stuff <yokeltania at yahoo.com> said:

 >>>I was talking about Elves. Honestly.<<<

I guess I'll take your word for it. There *has* been a certain disdain for 
elves around here, too.

I'd have worn your wife's wig in a second. I think that's really cool.

 >>>See, I don't think you need to be mature to understand horror and I 
don't think you should HAVE to be mature for a game to work.<<<

Reading horror was my Thing as a teenager. Sure, anyone with a bit of 
primate brain matter can understand and appreciate horror. Creating it in a 
group participatory kinda thing like a roleplaying game might be different - 
hell, I could be wrong about this. It's just my opinion.

 >>>People piss and moan about the lowest common demoninator but, when you 
come right down to it, it's the LCD which ties everything together.<<<

Agreed - that was kinda my point :)  Except that I think of it as appealing 
to different people on different levels.

Possibly Wraith failed as a game (although I love it) because it's appeal is 
*so* narrow that people either love it or find it near impossible to see how 
you could actually play the thing.

 >>>I think CoC kinda works, if you can twist people's arm enough to play 
it, because HPL was pretty good at horror (and that momma's boy was 
definitely not mature by almost any standard.)<<<

I wasn't talking about the source material - slasher films make great 
inspiration if you've got the right players - but rather the participants. 
For some reason I refused to play CoC (despite having read a lot of 
Lovecraft) until after I was 21, even though my best friend has a shelf of 
the game and is a very good GM.

Don't be too hard on HPL, the poor nutter. He'd nocked up a lot of failed 
Isolation and Self checks in early life.

 >>>In your case, though, I salute your roleplaying ability, your grasp of 
sexuality and your really cool idea about the old man.<<<

Either you're taking the piss, or I've been putting too much of myself into 
these emails.


Cheers,


James O’Rance
“Divine being creates petting zoo. It gets out of hand.”
- The Bible (summarised by John W. Mangrum)

http://www.geocities.com/dragon-dreamer/







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