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LFP One Shot Comedic Horror Game Fri 10/30 9pm PST

Will use Discord for audio rulez Quick Horror Game Imagine a horror theme adventure going viral, found footage. An audience is watching. If they lose interest, you don’t get royalties from clicks and likes. The party of actors has the following Forty-Five Tricks of the Trade. Each may be performed once as a party per adventure. First to use is first to do. Nothing will repeat; that’s plain boring. The goal is to complete the Ref’s scenario of horror, survival, zombie apocalypse, fantasy egghead, dark cover tome mystery and to survive or die well. You know the genre, now you have the easy mechanics. Play to have fun. Forty-Five Tricks of the Trade ( ) Academy Winner – justifies damn near anything. Audience is familiar with you from another role that of course you are successful. ( ) Active Fan Club – defends you to the point of mania. ( ) ADR Control – Allows you to change mistakes made in voice, questioning, perhaps you did not cry out in pain form that flesh wound. ( ) Alternate Wardrobe – Hides blood, makes things more serious, adds levity. ( ) Blind Luck – solve all wrongs. ( ) Box Office Draw – obviously you are a star and make money. If you die, is there a sequel. ( ) Boyish (Girlie) Charm – works every time. ( ) Catch-Phrase – sometimes a situation which is dire can be made humorous and thus it is ignored. A fan favorite quotable meme should be generated. ( ) Chiseled Jaw Profile – too good looking to suffer such indignity. ( ) Cool Under Fire – dodge a bullet, defy logic or physics, cause you do. ( ) Cosmetic Enhanced – rather broad and rather stacked. ( ) Creative Editing – drop a frame or scene and make the bad things go away. ( ) Credible Wince – sure, you took a blow, it showed. But, it wasn’t a kill. ( ) Directorial Input – change things, set the order so a minor character suffers. ( ) Dirt on Producer – just blackmail someone high up to change the script. ( ) Freeze Frame – a moment to reflect and give closure on a problem. ( ) Hand Model – perform any action requiring complex knowledge of operation by simply focusing on the sheen of your palms or manicured tips. ( ) Honorary Degree – best to do egghead stuff with a diploma in hand. ( ) Humanitarian Awards – too good to suffer so, give that person a break. ( ) Intense Glare – stare down danger or show how hard your brain functions. ( ) Iron Metabolism – drink, eat, suffer every depravity and also heal. ( ) Killer Bod – better to have the knife or teeth slice off your shirt. ( ) Million Dollar Smile – helps also to wink so people forget what happened. ( ) Moody Lighting – dim the stage. ( ) Ninja Jukes – chop socky to the rescue. ( ) Off Camera Actions – great for getting off site reports and gear. ( ) Out of Focus – blur the focus. ( ) Personal Stylist – always look good running, swimming, dodging, fighting. ( ) Politically Correct – audience too busy hating or loving your opinions to worry about something as insignificant as a plot hole. ( ) Previously Blacklisted – shows integrity, a willingness to stand your ground on issues. Face down something ferocious, well, he did survive the blacklist. ( ) Screaming Rage – Make the audience shy away covering their ears. ( ) Slap-Stick – works every time. ( ) Song & Dance Man – old fashion approach to problems. ( ) Special Effects Budget – fix thing in post. ( ) Stage Credits – allows a certain je ne sais quoi to command a dialog, gravitas. ( ) Stooge Talent – suffer indescribable pain with a funny oh, oo, oo. ( ) Stunt Double – someone else took the fall. ( ) Superior Agent – get more money and more screen time. ( ) Tabloid Reputation – allows you to fight dirty and still be loved. ( ) Tattoo/Scar – obviously doesn’t get hurt by moral wounds, tough guy. ( ) Uncanny Reflexes – dodge and do stuff fast. ( ) Veteran Approach – veteran? that means war of course; sincerity and trusted for instincts. ( ) Vicious Right Cross – punch that bazooka out of his hands, ( ) Weapon Persona – always has a gun hidden someplace, even in the sauna and pool. ( ) Wide Screen Presence – Takes the whole space and leaves no room to see what the bad guys actually did. Rolling Dice All rolls in the game are 2D8 looking for seven. Seven, a lucky number. You propose an action to learn, fight, survive and then roll those 2D8. If the number is 7+, you pass. What you attempted worked on seven or higher. You found the object, solved the riddle, slew the minion, escaped the clutches of evil (this time). Miss and you still have the situation to survive or problem to overcome. How you do things is the heart of the fun. take a very real action, but justify it with an external excuse or movie trope. One roll is often enough, but in battles with the Boss, there should be at least a half D8 per player. Remember the Forty-Five only work once. Be cautious or you’ll be left with tricks that no one in their right mind will be able to justify. Your audience is watching. How you justify defeating the Boss is very important. Entertain the group and the greater audience. Play this role for real. Make them cry when you die. Make them cheer when you win. Your sequel is coming. Have fun. Example of Play Lois is caught trying to get away form four dead boyfriends sent by the sorority house reject. She first holds them out of her room with Credible Wince. She obviously has to strain to stop four guys from just pushing down the door. Hand Model, now she locks the door and is safe, cause panel doors don’t ever break, nor do door jams. She departs jumping out the window but decides instead to just open it wide. her Active Fan Club sees the trick and agrees, as she hides in the closet that the dead boyfriends would not search the room to find her. But she forgot one has higher senses as he sniffs the air. Out of the closet crashes the Stunt Double to throw the last Dead Boyfriend to his doom out the window and one story down, a fatal fall in these sort of movies. Does it Work, You might Ask? These mechanics were played four times, all to riotous laughter in eight player sessions lampooning horror infused monsters on Gilligan’s Isle, Get Smart, Hogan’s Heroes and the Simpsons. Developed by Red and the rest of Better Games Crew at Spacegamer
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Yes more information  The Scenario / Setting Castle Covid Challenge! The whole world is abuzz with the news of a Super Celebrity Challenge to spend one whole night inside Castle Covid to win 20 Million Buckaroos! You are a Celebrity (either a Movie Star / Music Star/ Streamer/ Fashion/ or Sports). You have been selected / your agent snagged a spot on the show. Congratulations! Now just survive and get good ratings / likes. Castle Covid over a 1000 years old and located high upon the Majestic Covid Mountains. A place stepped in horror and frighting tales. Over a thousand years ago the Mighty Covid King and the Covid Lords tried to conquer the world. The Terrible Covid Lords King Covid – Leader of the 19 Covid Knights and the Army of Undead Covid Freaks The Wolf Princess – Leader of the Werewolf Packs Count Covid – Vampire Leader of the Bat Attack Force The Horseman – Leader of the Centaur Army Baroness Covid – Vapid Queen of the Simp Nation and the Leader of the Knights of Simp (Is this in good tatste???? - No but we will have fun with it!) Paths to Victory! 1 Survive from 7pm to 7am inside Castle Covid! You will be given smart watches with a pin to quit the show at any time. Then a pair of helicopters loaded with pro mercs will be sent in to pull you out. 2. Destroy / Defeat a Covid Lord – a mysterious billionaire has offered a $100M Buckaroo bounty for the destruction of a Covid Lord. 3. Find the Legendary Cure for Covid that is said to be hidden in the Castle for 1000 years. The Pope has promised Saint Hood to anyone who finds it along with $40 million Buckaroos.  
No this is definitely not D&D - System is based on Games Published in Space Gamer Magazine
Character Sheet is really not needed.  just a name and then the shared resources to check off as used. 
Dynamic and Creative Players thrive in this open system.
Character Name:  Player:   Task Resolution Chart 2d8 Ordinary Roll 7 Difficult Roll 11 Tasking Roll 13 Near Impossible 15 *All Characters will have 1 Make Roll / Luck Point No Hit Points instead  Wounded Y/N then Death
Have 3 players would like to have at least 3 more
Can take up to 4 more players
Id play! Email me <a href="mailto:wmueller88@gmail.com" rel="nofollow">wmueller88@gmail.com</a> or text me 312 813 4700
Sent you a link Warren&nbsp; Hope to see you tonight
looking for 3 more players
We will be using discord for audio pm me for a link&nbsp;
Game launching in 3 hours
Game starts in 2 hours
got room for 3 more players
Game starts in 1/2 hour Don't be shy! Come on it and get playing!
Thank you everyone that came and played! Was a lot of fun.&nbsp; It had been a couple of months since I last ran a game!