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The Halloween One-Shot!
Everybody has got Halloween wrong. I’m serious. Traditionally Halloween is a time for kids to get dressed up in costumes and wander through the neighborhood gathering candy. It’s a time to embrace the creepy and the spooky, the weird and the unusual.
Throw in a good scary movie and most people call it a successful holiday.
As you grow up, you might throw in a lot of alcohol, some questionable decisions and some inappropriate costumes, but the reality is little changes from when you were a kid.
And here is what everybody has gotten wrong about Halloween.
Halloween was built for roleplaying!
Think about it.
Halloween can trace its origins back to Samhain, the ancient Celtic traditions honoring the harvest. People back then believed that the veil between the living and the dead thinned on this night. That the ghosts and spirits of the dead could cross over into our world.
I mean as a TTRPG it kinda writes itself.
I firmly believe in the Halloween roleplaying game and on this episode, Christina and I are talking about running a Halloween game for your family and friends on All Hallows Eve.
We talked about the horror genre before, but this isn’t how to run a horror game specifically. It’s how to get your friends together on or around Halloween and create a memorable spooky night around the gaming table.
Christina, If you were invited to a Halloween game, what would you hope the GM had planned?
[Kick to Christina]
