Episode 10 - Horror featuring Ash Ely from the Critical Fails Podcast

PLEASE NOTE: This episode is recorded in Stereo.

In this episode of the RPGBOT.Podcast, we discuss horror in tabletop RPGs with special guest Asher Ely of the Critical Fails podcast. We discuss the stages of horror, specific ways to make horror work in a tabletop RPG, and how to create a fun horror experience.

 

Special thanks to @cursedKenku for this week’s question of the week.

 

MATERIALS REFERENCED IN THIS EPISODE

 

• Blades in the Dark (affiliate link)
• Call of Cthulhu (affiliate link)
• Castle Ravenloft (the original!) (affiliate link)
• Cthulhu Mythos for 5e, by Sandy Petersens
• Descent into Avernus (affiliate link)
• Dungeon Master’s Guide (affiliate link)
• See Chapter 8 for the Chase rules
• Chase rules on DnDBeyond
• Heroes of Horror for DnD 3.5 (affiliate link)
• Ten Candles RPG by Cavalry Games
• Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft (affiliate link)

This episode was produced in collaboration with The Leisure Illuminati